​Jackie Vonfeldt, LMFT​
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Executive Director/Practice Founder, Clinical Supervisor
Jackie is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, practicing in the State of Colorado. Originating in Kansas, she founded and passed on West Wichita Couple and Family Counseling, which continues to serve her hometown community. She is also the practice owner at Heart Space Counseling Center, where she currently serves Lakewood and the surrounding areas. She is working towards a Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision through Lindsey Wilson College in Kentucky in order to deepen her clinical skills through doctoral training and research and eventually educate and supervise other counselors. She received her prior education in Kansas through Friends University with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Philosophy and a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy.  She also completed 29 credit hours towards a Doctor of Marriage and Family therapy degree before pursuing counselor education.

​Jackie specializes in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of individuals, couples, and families struggling with relationship and marital distress, sexual intimacy, family conflict, trauma, parenting and child issues, and mood disorders. Jackie has additional training in premarital counseling, marriage enrichment, substance abuse counseling, the Gottman Method, nature-based therapy, sand tray therapy, and the treatment of trauma through EMDR.

​Her passion for helping others has developed through overcoming childhood trauma, as well as experience in many professional roles in the mental health field. In addition to her experience in private practice, she has previously worked as a crisis, intake, and outpatient therapist at a community mental health center; facilitated spiritual counseling; and taught group classes for survivors of domestic violence. Jackie also has extensive experience working with children and teens in a variety of roles, including working as an educator and house staff at a group home for teen girls. Jackie's warmth, compassion, and empathy drive her love for serving people from all walks of life through individual, couple, and family counseling. ​

​Melissa Shaw, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Assistant Director, Clinical Supervisor
​Melissa Shaw is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who shares office space at Heart Space Counseling Center. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Melissa moved to Colorado in 2008 to take advantage of all that Colorado has to offer. She is married with two wonderful, rambunctious, loving kiddos! She has an adventurous spirit that comes out not only in the way she speaks, but also in the way she loves others and lives her life.  She has a passion for helping people by helping the relationships in their lives. After providing individual and couple therapy for many years, she realized that change, REAL CHANGE, was hidden in the dynamics of people's relationships and the emotions they carry around with them.

What can you expect from her? She has a casual and encouraging approach, while also being direct and transparent. You can expect her to be caring, down-to-earth and solution-focused. She will create a safe space for you to explore, process and express yourself while also guiding you in a way that creates lasting change. She strives to work with you at a pace that is both comfortable and also challenging, but not overwhelming.  

​​What are her beliefs? She BELIEVES in the power of changing the "dance" in your life. She believes that making the decision to start counseling can be hard, and she understands the vulnerability that it takes. Most importantly, she believes in you and that YOU are the expert while she is your guide there to help you uncover your own answers.

Learn more about Melissa at http://www.knot-therapy.com/
Holly Sperling, LPCC​​
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate
Holly is a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate who shares space at Heart Space Counseling Center. She received her first degree through Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.  In 2015, Holly graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

Holly is an approved evaluator and treatment provider by the SOMB in working with adults, juveniles, and individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities. This experience has allowed her to broaden her clinical scope through the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to work through trauma; grief and loss; conflict resolution; general life transition; stress management; boundary concerns; long-standing unhealthy behavioral patterns; and negative perceptions. Her goal is to offer a comfortable, supportive, and yet lovingly challenging environment to help individuals develop self-awareness and attain the personal growth for which they strive.

Having resiliently overcome challenges in her own life, she has always sought to understand the mind and the factors behind the choices people make.  As she continued to follow her heart's intentions and grow in her passion for working in the field of mental health, she knew she was called to help others with their own struggles.  Her work with a variety of clients, including court-ordered clients and people with severe mental illness, she has developed a strong and dedicated skillset in working with  a vast array of clients from a place of compassion, empathy, and genuine caring in order to assist individuals, couples, and families in overcoming life's greatest challenges.
Erica Johnson, MFTC
Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate
​Erica is a Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate sharing space with Heart Space Counseling Center. As a Denver native, Erica has lived most of her life in Colorado with the exception of the two years she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Indonesia. As a seasoned traveler and a trained, professional actress, she has always held a deep curiosity for how cultures, communities, families, and intimate relationships mutually influence how people relate to themselves and their worlds.

Erica received her Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Regis University with a certification in Counseling Children and Adolescents. She is currently working toward her Certification as an EFT Therapist from the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT). In her therapeutic vocation, Erica has supported children, adolescents, couples, families, and individuals find healing  from depression, anxiety, trauma processing/recovery, communication, separation and divorce, parenting, suicide, self-harm, stress management, reverse culture shock, and challenges in sexuality and sexual identity (LGBTQIA+ inclusive). Her approach often draws from humanistic and systemic principles, attachment theory, family systems theory, mindfulness interventions, experiential therapy, sand tray and play therapy interventions, and emotionally focused therapy. 

At times life can leave many feeling helpless, unlovable, unwanted, and lonely.  While Western culture tends to promote emotional independence and even isolation, the science of human connection proves to be discovering quite the opposite: humans are biologically wired to experience relationship, connection, and vulnerability in community with one another.  From this science-based and heart-centered foundation, Erica’s first priority is to build a genuine connection that fosters openness, trust, and compassion with you at your own pace - to provide a safe haven where you can begin to develop curiosity and awareness around patterns that are no longer serving you while helping you uncover a more authentic story and way of engaging with your emotions, relationships, and even yourself! Recognizing that you are the expert of your own experience, Erica looks forward to collaborating with you and supporting you in cultivating deeper connections with yourself and those people in your life who matter most.
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Joanna Sullivan, MFTC
Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate
Joanna Sullivan is a Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate who shares office space at Heart Space Counseling Center. A Colorado native (yes, we do exist),  Joanna graduated with a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Regis University.  Joanna enjoys life most when connecting with friends and family. She is a mother of two and a wife to one.  Joanna works with couples, families, and individuals. When having a session with Joanna you will be met with a supportive person who meets you with understanding, acceptance, and a good dose humor. 

When individuals are feeling better about themselves, they can interact with their loved ones from this healthy place.  In couples therapy, she is interested in what brought you into a relationship with your partner and how you can find that love and support again.  In family therapy, Joanna will work to create a safe and supportive dynamic that works for everyone.  Time with her will give all of you the space you have been longing for to update your family on your needs and dreams as your family unit grows in acceptance of each other.   Joanna works from a solution focused approach along with a systems theory that seeks to bring in more structure and clarity into your relationships.  

She found a new appreciation for herself when she discovered yoga. This has taken her on a journey of self-love and acceptance that she brings to those around her. Joanna also has a love for traveling and has participated in many international humanitarian efforts, including a recent trip to Eastern Europe to provide a marriage retreat for military families

Joanna is currently working towards her certification in sex therapy from the Sexual Health Alliance and will seek her certification from AASECT (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists) once the program is completed.
"The openness of the soul, the feelings of freedom, joy, love are natural expressions of the awareness of the Heart [Space]... 
It is a simple way to tune ourselves with the infinite dimension of our being."
~Hridaya-Yoga