Meet Katelyn Arterburn | Therapist for Women

We had the good fortune of connecting with Katelyn Arterburn and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Katelyn, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
I help women release the weight they’ve been carrying—the pressure to be everything to everyone, the shame around their needs, the guilt around their voice, their anger, their pleasure, their dreams. I believe emotional health is world-changing work. When a woman reconnects with herself—fully, unapologetically—she doesn’t just transform her own life. She shifts how she parents and partners and shows up in every room she walks into.

Healing ourselves isn’t selfish- it’s strategy. It’s how we interrupt cycles we were never meant to carry forward. The work I do creates a brave space where women can stop apologizing for who they are and start building lives that feel like theirs. Because when one woman stands in her wholeness, she makes it safer for everyone else to do the same.

What should our readers know about your business?
My private practice is built on a simple but radical idea: emotional health is world-changing work. I specialize in helping women who feel stuck– women who carry the emotional weight of their relationshps, their families, their histories– and who are ready to lay it down. My approach is not about diagnosing what’s wrong or offering quick fixes. It’s about creating a brave space where women can remember their own strength, rebuild their connection to themselves, and live lives that actually feel like theirs.

What sets my work apart is its depth and intentionality. I don’t believe in surface-level therapy. I work from the inside out, combining parts work, trauma-informed mindfulness, EMDR, and a deep belief in each client’s inner wisdom. It’s about real, lasting change, not symptom management.

Getting here wasn’t easy. Starting a private practice meant betting on myself — over and over again–without a guarantee. It meant leaving safer systems, trusting my gut, working two jobs at once, staring down seasons of doubt, and deciding if I was going to struggle, I would at least struggle for something that matters to me deeply.

The lesson? Clarity is louder than fear.
Alignment will cost you something– approval, security, comfort– but it will give you everything that matters back.

My clients and I don’t just talk about healing– we live it. We honor the hard, the beautiful, and the complicated work it takes to break old cycles and build something new.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
If my best friend were visiting for a week, I’d want her to experience Colorado’s slower, soul-filling side– the real heartbeat of where I live. We’d start the morning at East Simpson Coffee in Lafayette, then wander through The Read Queen bookstore–because nothing beats getting lost in stacks of good stories. We’d catch a hot yoga class, then take a slow walk on the open trails near my home, soaking in the views and the quiet. For dinner, we’d grab a cozy meal at Birdhouse in Erie–one of those places with a unique menu that makes you want to stay for a while. We’d splurge on a full spa day at The Dragontree in Boulder, shivering our way through the cold plunge and then into the salt room. Midweek, we’d head into Denver for a food tour– hopping between restaurants, laughing too loud, sampling everything. We’d end the night at Townhall Collaborative, catching one of their one-of-a-kind events or just savoring a classy cocktail. For the grand finale, we’d drive south to the mountains to spend a few slow days there- hiking, breathing, being. We’d take a day trip to the Great Sand Dunes National Park so she could experience one of Colorado’s most awe-inspiring places–standing at the edge of those massive dunes, where the world feels wide and wild again. It wouldn’t be a rush to see everything. It would be about soaking it all in: good food, good books, deep conversations, and the kind of beauty that makes you feel lucky to be alive.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I want to dedicate my shoutout to my clients from my work in criminal defense. Most people imagine that world as only monsters and darkness. But what I witnessed was something else entirely: Unbelievable suffering, yes– but also breathtaking resilience. I saw people stripped of everything- family, freedom, even their names reduced to numbers– and still, they found ways to rebuild themselves from almost nothing. They trusted me with their stories–stories most people will never hear. Stories of early wounds that were never tended, of unfathomable trauma, and the weight of life-changing decisions. Through them, I learned we are wired to survive almost anything. None of us will ever fully be prepared for the worst days of our lives, but we are far more resilient and capable than we imagine. Through them, I found the deepest well of compassion I’ve ever known. And where I learned, deeply, that healing begins with our relationship to ourselves. That realization shaped everything I do now: Helping women who are still carrying invisible shackles–inherited shame, generational pain– and helping them to learn and accept themselves, so they can finally live lives that feel like theirs. I carry deep gratitude for every criminal defense client who trusted me with their truth, and for the ways their courage continues to shape the work I do today.

Website: https://katelynarterburn.com

Instagram: @therapy.with.katelyn