About Lumen Therapy
ABOUT THE PRACTICE
Our Approach
Lumen Therapy helps couples, individuals and families improve their most important relationships, health and well-being. Our therapists each have a long standing commitment to excellence in private practice, research and other therapeutic settings.
We have created our practice around the belief that each person deserves a safe, caring place in which to heal and grow. We see our role as guides and facilitators who will help you embrace your emotional responses to life’s twists and turns as we empower you with tools and resources you can use throughout your life. While healing takes time, you will feel empowered and stronger with each step you take in your therapy journey.
For many people, COVID-19 has created additional pressure and stress in life. We are attuned to the shifts our clients have experienced and can help you develop healthier coping responses and strategies for moving forward.
At Lumen, you will find a culturally responsive, racially conscious, LGBQ+ and trans/non-binary affirming atmosphere. We meet you where you are, and we help you celebrate your unique gifts and strengths.
WHO WE ARE
Meet Our Therapists
We bring a broad range of life experience, research and therapeutic backgrounds to our practice that allows us to understand and serve individuals, couples and families experiencing a variety of life transitions and challenges. We approach our practice with a strong commitment to excellence, and we welcome our clients with the utmost concern for their well-being.
WHO WE ARE
Ashna Maheshwary
Ashna Maheshwary is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Denver. She grew up in California in a multicultural household, where she developed an early appreciation for relational systems, values, and the complexities of family dynamics. After completing her undergraduate education, Ashna moved to Denver, where she earned her Master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology. Through this training, she deepened her understanding of systems, communication styles, and emotional regulation across contexts.
Ashna is currently pursuing her PsyD and is particularly interested in working with individuals, couples and families. She approaches her clinical work from a systems-oriented, multicultural, and relational framework, with an emphasis on building trust, enhancing communication, and exploring attachment patterns within individuals and relationships. She is passionate about fostering a collaborative, open, and vulnerable therapeutic space to help clients create meaningful change. As part of Ashna’s doctoral training program, she is offering low cost therapy to individuals and couples in Colorado.
In her free time, Ashna enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing tennis, attending sporting events, reading, and engaging in creative craft projects.
Ashna Maheshwary
Doctoral Extern Therapist
$75-100 per session
Meghan Yingling
MFTC Clinical Therapist
WHO WE ARE
Meghan Yingling
Meghan specializes in working with individuals and couples navigating relationship issues, conflict, self-worth, attachment trauma, and ADHD. Meghan particularly enjoys working with individual men to help them not only find their emotions, but to use them in meaningful ways in their lives. Meghan practices through an attachment-based, Emotionally Focused Therapy lens with a focus on helping clients understand their deeper needs and fears that drive patterns for connection.
In her work with couples, Meghan helps clients slow down and identify the negative cycles that keep them stuck — the moments when you reach for connection but end up feeling alone, misunderstood, or overwhelmed. She guides couples in creating new emotional experiences that increase closeness, responsiveness, and emotional security.
Meghan tailors her approach to fit your unique needs and goals and may incorporate other approaches including the Gottman method and solution-focused therapy. Together you’ll navigate histories, identities, and societal influences that impact your relationships. Above all, her work honors the human desire to feel seen, safe, and valued.
Meghan’s approach is warm, empathetic, and nonjudgmental, with some added humor. She believes change is fostered through emotional understanding, connection, and awareness through personal insights. Whether you’re navigating relationship challenges, personal growth, rebuilding trust, healing from past wounds, or simply feeling stuck, Meghan offers a safe, compassionate space where you can heal and grow.
Jana Jiacoletti
M.A., LMFT
Clinical Therapist
WHO WE ARE
Jana Jiacoletti
Jana is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and an ICEEFT Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist, specializing in individual and couples therapy. She is also an EMDRIA-trained Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapist and integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed parts work to help clients better understand themselves, heal from painful experiences and create meaningful change.
Jana believes that lasting change doesn’t come from doing more. It comes from feeling safe enough to slow down, understand what’s beneath the surface and approach yourself with greater curiosity and compassion. Whether you’re navigating relationship struggles, anxiety, trauma or simply feeling stuck, she provides a supportive space where you can make sense of your experiences and begin moving toward the life and relationships you want.
In her work with individuals, Jana supports clients experiencing anxiety, depression, PTSD, relationship challenges, attachment wounds, trauma and struggles with self-worth. She helps clients understand the patterns that have shaped how they relate to themselves and others, heal from past experiences and develop a deeper sense of self-understanding, acceptance and connection.
In her work with couples, Jana helps partners understand the painful cycles that leave them feeling disconnected, misunderstood or alone. Together, you’ll explore the emotions and needs beneath these patterns, rebuild trust, strengthen emotional connection and create a relationship where both partners feel seen, valued and secure.
Outside the therapy room, you can find Jana exploring the outdoors with her Golden Retriever, Finn, playing pickleball, or spending time with family and friends. She considers it a privilege to walk alongside clients as they heal, grow and create meaningful, lasting change.
Frances Russell
M.A., LMFT
Clinical Therapist
WHO WE ARE
Frances Russell
Frances works with both individuals and couples, and specializes in trauma recovery, PTSD and C-PTSD, and relationship challenges. She primarily uses Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help clients move toward secure attachment and improve communication, trust, and connection with others. Frances also uses parts work and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with individuals.
Frances is passionate about taking a person-first approach. You can expect her to integrate other approaches as they meet your needs, including meditation, mindfulness, and solution-focused therapy.
Prior to being a therapist, Frances was a consultant in Washington, D.C. and attended the University of Virginia, majoring in Political and Social Thought. Frances received her master’s degree in couples and family therapy from Colorado State University. Her graduate program emphasized diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice. With clients, Frances believes that maintaining awareness of societal norms, cultural discrimination and power is important for creating a healing therapeutic environment.
In her free time, Frances enjoys staying active and getting outdoors through running, backpacking and skiing. She is also always on the lookout for new restaurants and recipes.
WHO WE ARE
Natasha Amiri
About Natasha
Born and raised on the west coast, I grew up surrounded by the natural beauty of California, spending weekends hiking, camping, and boogie-boarding with my Afghan-French family. After college, I met my wonderful partner, a Colorado native, and we’ve shared 15 amazing years together. Now living in Colorado, we enjoy exploring the Rocky Mountains, hiking, mountain biking, and photographing wildflowers, often accompanied by our beloved hound, Oakley.
My relationship with my partner has shaped my approach to life and therapy. Together, we focus on maintaining respect, adoration, and authenticity—values I bring into my work with couples. I’m passionate about helping others cultivate positive, compassionate interactions in their relationships, fostering understanding and reducing conflict.
My fascination with healthy relationships began early, influenced by role models who embodied compassionate communication and authenticity. This passion led me to study positive psychology, attachment theory, and cultural systems in my academic studies. I’ve always been drawn to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of change.
Growing up in a multicultural household, I learned to value diverse perspectives and the uniqueness of each individual. As a Couple and Family Therapist, I use a systemic, attachment-based, and Emotionally-Focused approach to help clients build stronger emotional connections. I’m dedicated to guiding couples through the process of breaking negative patterns and fostering a deeper, more fulfilling partnership.
Natasha Amiri
M.A., LMFT
Clinical Therapist
Meridith Marshall
M.A. MFTC
Clinical Therapist
WHO WE ARE
Meridith Marshall
Meridith believes that relationships have the power to heal us, challenge us, and help us grow. She works with individuals, couples, families, and business partners who are navigating anxiety, ADHD, trauma, relationship distress, or major life transitions. Her goal is to create a space where clients feel understood while helping them make meaningful progress toward the changes they want to see.
Much of Meridith’s work is with couples, and she has a special interest in offering couples therapy intensives. These extended sessions give couples the opportunity to step away from the demands of everyday life and devote focused time to the issues that have kept them feeling stuck. Whether they are rebuilding trust, working through communication challenges, healing from a difficult season, or simply wanting to strengthen their relationship, intensives provide the time and space for deeper, more lasting work.
Meridith primarily uses Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), an evidence-based approach that helps clients understand the emotions and attachment patterns shaping their relationships. She has completed advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy and continues to deepen her knowledge through ongoing professional development. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, she partners with clients to identify the goals that matter most and tailors therapy to meet their unique needs. She also approaches her work through a multicultural lens, recognizing that culture, family experiences, and personal identity all influence the way people experience relationships. Meridith is committed to creating a welcoming, respectful environment where clients feel safe bringing their whole selves into the room.
Meridith earned her master’s degree in Couples and Family Therapy from the University of Colorado Denver. She also holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Economics and a minor in Neuroscience from Drake University. Before becoming a therapist, she spent years helping leaders, organizations, and communities navigate complex challenges. That experience continues to inform her work as she helps clients better understand themselves, strengthen their relationships, and move toward lasting change.
Outside of her practice, Meridith has been married to her high school sweetheart for many years, and together they are raising their son. Their family is also a licensed foster family, an experience that has deepened her appreciation for resilience, connection, and the many ways families are formed and supported. She enjoys listening to comedy podcasts, staying active to support her mental health, and making time for meditation and family whenever she can.
WHO WE ARE
Annie Bossange
Annie Bossange received her master’s degree in counseling from the University of Colorado Denver, specializing in Couple and Family Therapy. Annie is continuing advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for both Couples and Families.
With a rich and diverse background as an agricultural scientist, middle school teacher, and leader, she offers a holistic and empathetic approach to support individuals, couples, and families on their journey of healing and growth. Having worked in schools, Annie deeply understands the needs of adolescents and families, creating a safe and nurturing space for exploring emotions, building stronger relationships, and fostering closeness. Her dedication to empowering her clients makes her a trusted guide towards discovering positive transformations and well-being.
Annie Bossange
M.A. MFTC, LPCC
Clinical Therapist
Lukas Schafer
Founder | Clinical Director
M.A., LMFT, LPC
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
ICEEFT Certified Supervisor and Therapist
WHO WE ARE
Lukas Schafer
Lukas Schafer is a therapist passionate about helping individuals, relationships, and families create more dynamic and fulfilling lives. His journey toward this work began with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Utah and a deep love for wilderness therapy with teens and families. These experiences ignited a passion for deeper understanding about attachment and relationships, leading him to pursue a Master of Arts in Counseling from the University of Colorado Denver, specializing in Couple and Family Therapy. He is the founder of Lumen Therapy Services, a Certified Emotionally Focused Supervisor and Therapist for individuals, couples/relationships, and families, and an AAMFT-Approved Supervisor. Lukas is dedicated to the ongoing exploration of attachment, connection, and community, both personally and professionally, in the Denver Metro area.
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I am continually inspired by Lukas and the team at Lumen Therapy Services. Their exceptional therapeutic expertise, combined with genuine care and professionalism, creates a supportive environment for clients. Lukas’s unwavering commitment to high-quality therapy and staff support is evident in everything he does. I trust his team completely and would highly recommend Lumen Therapy Services to anyone seeking compassionate, expert care.
