Note: As of January 2024, we will be taking an extended leave of absence. Please contact your insurance provider or www.psychologytoday.com for other available clinicians.

Welcome to Solid Roots Counseling, located in the Denver Tech Center, where we offer quality mental health counseling to children, adolescents, and adults. We offer therapy services for a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, grief and loss, low self-esteem, and more. We utilize a client-centered and strengths-based approach in our counseling practice.

We also offer animal-assisted therapy with facility assistance dog, Marilyn. Marilyn is a Labrador Golden Retriever cross and has been specially trained by Canine Companions for Independence to work with our client population. She has been working in this capacity since May of 2017.

At this time we are offering both in-person or virtual sessions. The suite that we are located in has the signage “Acacia Healing.”

Casie Rust, LPC, MA

Casie grew up in the Littleton area and has enjoyed living in Colorado for the majority of her adult life. She graduated in 2011 from Colorado State University with a bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies, and in 2015 graduated from Adams State University with a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. In her free time she enjoys being outdoors, spending time with her family, and loving on her dogs.

Marilyn IV, Canine Companions for Independence

Marilyn was born in March of 2015, and was raised in Phoenix, Arizona for the first year and a half of her life. She then went to advanced training at the Canine Companions for Independence Southwest region training center in Oceanside, California. Marilyn spent 6 months in advanced training and was matched with Casie Rust in May of 2017 and has been working as a Facility dog since that time. In her free time, Marilyn likes playing with toys, going on walks, and sleeping.