Meet Our Team

Dr. Jaime (Brower) Archuleta

Psy.D., ABPP, Emergency Responder and Public Safety Certified Clinician

Dr. Jaime (Brower) Archuleta, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist in Colorado and Wyoming. She is board-certified in Police & Public Safety Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and is currently the American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology’s (ABPPSP) President Elect and National Chair of Examinations. She is also the Founder and Owner of Brower Psychological Services & Consulting, Inc. (BPS). She now serves as the Vice President of Peer Support and Clinician Training and Membership for Lexipol. Dr. Brower founded the National Emergency Responder and Public Safety Center (NERPSC, LLC), acquired by Lexipol in early 2023. Dr. Brower has devoted her career to working with those in law enforcement, corrections, detentions, fire, military, and other high stress occupations, as well as ensuring the health and wellbeing of their family members.  She further specializes in risk and threat assessment, school violence and hostile workplace investigations.  Dr. Brower is particularly passionate about training and consulting with agencies regarding best practices for enhancing resiliency and wellness. Dr. Brower is the proud recipient of the 2019 CIT Instructor of the Year award!

Professional Development:

  • American Board Certified in Police and Public Safety Psychology (ABPP)
  • President Elect & National Chair of Examinations (NCE) of the American Board of Police and Public Safety Specialty Board
  • Over two decades of experience working with those in high stress and emergency response, as well as their families

Rebekah Vint

MBA, MA, LPC, EMDR Trained Therapist
Chief Executive Officer

Rebekah is the Chief Executive Officer for Brower Psychological Services. She is also a clinical counselor and clinical site supervisor for Brower Psychological Services. Rebekah earned a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Regis University and is an EMDR-Trained therapist. Rebekah specializes in trauma treatment, offering EMDR, Field Traumatology, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and performance enhancement. She has 20+ years of experience as a research scientist and industry leader in applied human factors psychology and performance improvement in highly-regulated, safety-critical environments. Rebekah enjoys supporting adults and teens through life's challenges and transitions to grow into greater resilience and robust coping skills.  Rebekah has a special interest in trauma-informed care, education, and coaching with a focus on prevention, mitigation, and treatment of complex trauma. After graduating from Regis, she and her family lived in the Northwest of England where she counseled teens to help them address challenges including stress, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and family dysfunction and abandonment.

Before becoming a counselor Rebekah had a successful two-decades-long career including executive-level leadership and operational experiences that inspired her keen interest in the design and implementation of effective communication, processes, and systems to enhance human and organizational performance. Rebekah is happy to draw on these executive experiences to support executive and professional clients in addressing their professional and operational challenges.

Rebekah is now joined in the office by Owen, a black Bernedoodle, who is often roving the lobby visiting with clients and spreading joy.  Rebekah's hobbies include hiking, running, reading, knitting, cooking, and travel with family and friends. 

Melissa Jiron

Coordinator of Administrative Duties & Office Procedures, Agency Liason and Scheduling Manager

Melissa organizes and coordinates administrative duties and office procedures.  Melissa directly answers all incoming phone calls and/or returns those which come in while busy or outside of normal operating business hours.  Melissa schedules appointments, meetings, and trainings.  She ensures a high level of organization, confidentiality and efficiency, as well as greets those who come to the office and provides general administrative support to our staff and clinicians.

Hannah Sandstrom

Executive and Financial Administrative Assistant

Hannah is the Executive and Financial Administrative Assistant for Brower Psychological Services. Her friendly smile is often the first to greet clients upon arrival at Brower's headquarters office in DTC. Hannah earned a bachelor's degree in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado Boulder. Hannah coordinates all billing for agencies and clients as well as assists with many other tasks necessary to operations of the practice. Hannah enjoys playing volleyball, skiing, and reading.

Dr. Mary Ann Hewicker (Hewi)

Counselor, Trainer & Emergency Services Clinician

Dr. Hewicker is originally from San Diego, CA, where she was raised in a law enforcement and navy family.  Dr. Hewicker received her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado in Psychology and then Denver University for a Masters of Clinical Social Work.  She recently received her Doctorate, from the West Coast.  Dr. Hewicker is well known throughout the Denver-Metro area for her work with first responders.  In 2003, she was awarded the Citation for Leadership and Commitment to Critical Incident Teams Management by the Colorado Regional Community Policing Institute.  In 2005, she was awarded a Broomfield Police Department CIT Training Achievement.  In 2008, she was given a Business Service Citation by the Adams County Sheriff's Department and in 2012, she received the Volunteer Service Award of the Year, by the Thornton Police Department.  Moreover, she served as a consultant to the Aurora Police Department and the Aurora Mental Health Center in their creation of the Department's CIT training in 2016.

Walter-Beaux is her working K9 certified Emergency Response. In 2020, he was recognized for his dedication to First Responders in Southern California during the fire season. At home he is a regular dog with chores.

Tiffany Crist, LMFT

EMDR Trained Therapist
Director of Training and Peer Support

Tiffany is originally from Montreal, Canada, where she was raised in a law enforcement family. She has fond memories of going on ride-alongs and spending time at the command post during community events with her father, who served 31 years in the Montreal Police Force. From an early age, she had a great deal of pride for her father's service. Today, she is honored to support and serve our community of first responders.

Tiffany is the Director of Training and Peer Support for Brower Psychological Services. She is also a clinician and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with Brower Psychological Services. She predominantly works with agencies throughout the state of Colorado by offering public safety related services, including counseling services, trauma therapy, peer support team development, training, and oversight.  

She predominantly works with adults and couples to address anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, cumulative stress and burout as well as relationship struggles.  Tiffany is an EMDR trained therapist. EMDR is an evidence-based therapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional difficulties that are the result of distressing or traumatic life experiences. This treatment approach results in an improved view of the self, relief from disruptive symptoms and an increase in more powerful, adaptive positive thinking.
 
Tiffany has responded to events including the Boulder King Soopers mass shooting, STEM school shooting, numerous Officer Involved Shootings, line-of-duty deaths, and more.

Sarah DeHerrera

MA, LPC, EMDR-Trained

Sarah received her Master of Arts degree in clinical mental health counseling from Colorado Christian University (CCU).  She utilizes an integrated counseling approach, incorporating a variety of therapeutic interventions to encourage holistic wellness for her clients and is trained in group and addictions counseling, suicide intervention strategies, and EMDR therapy.
Prior to her counseling career, Sarah was a police officer for 12 years, where she served on the SWAT team as a negotiator, a CIT trained coach, and SRO.  She was also a member of the department's peer support team.  During her tenure she was involved in several critical incidents and understands the unique aspects of first responder culture.  Sarah is also the wife of a police officer and a parent to three children, so she understands the unique challenges responder families frequently face and is passionate about serving them.
Sarah spends her free time with her family attending church, camping, hiking, hunting, and traveling.  She enjoys working out, attending Broncos games, seeking new adventures, and hanging out with her Goldendoodle.
Sarah was guided by her faith to leave her law enforcement career to pursue her passion to further assist those emergency responders who selflessly serve their communities.  She understands the hesitancy many responders may feel about counseling and knows that her experiences will help her break down barriers and connect in meaningful ways with her clients! 

Lauren Karl

MA, LPC & EMDR, Coordinator of Wellness & Family Services

Lauren received her Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Regis University. While in graduate school and through an internship with Hospice, Lauren focused her attention to helping those individuals working through grief and loss as well as current and past trauma. Postgraduate she has obtained specialized certifications as a Grief Counselor in addition to being trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Lauren enjoys working with clients to achieve their goals and support them in their personal growth. Working with a range of individuals from elementary age to older adult has served as a welcomed experience for her in offering services across the lifespan and through differing life transitions. Lauren utilizes a variety of theories in therapy in addition to EMDR and grief work to support individuals working through anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD and relationship concerns.

Lauren is married to a retired law enforcement officer, which provides her insight into the unique challenges and rewards loving and living within a first responder family. She feels honored to be able to serve first responders in their needs. Together, she and her husband have two teenage daughters and two dogs whom she enjoys spending time in the outdoors with. Lauren enjoys staying active, fishing trips with her family, hiking, bow hunting and live music.

Emily Brower

MA, LPCC

Emily is originally from small town Missouri, where she was raised in a military and law enforcement family. She received her undergraduate degree in criminal justice from College of the Ozarks and her master's in clinical mental health from Liberty University. In between those degrees, she was a police officer for over 16 years, where she worked a variety of uniformed and undercover assignments. In her last assignment at the police department, Emily worked in the Employee Support & Wellness Unit, where she oversaw the department's peer support team and provided emotional, logistical, and tangible support to over 1000 agency members and their families.

She continues to have a passion to serve emergency responders and their families that dedicate so much of their lives to our communities. Clinically, Emily works with individual adults and couples. She considers herself a direct, solutions-focused, eclectic counselor who utilizes a variety of therapeutic approaches and tools to find the best approach to each client's specific need. When not working, Emily enjoys gardening, backpacking, camping, riding her motorcycle, and spending time with family and friends.

Brent Hall

JD, LCSW, EMDR Trained Clinician

Brent Hall is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker licensed in Colorado. Brent began his career in mental health in 1991 working with teens and their families in various residential treatment centers, acute care centers, and schools. After completing a degree in Psychology at Southern Utah University, he attended the University of Utah and obtained a master's in social work. Brent focused his advanced studies on Cognitive Behavioral Therapies and in particular their use in the treatment of depression and anxiety. Brent uses a strengths-based approach and challenges clients to spend a good deal of time developing skills in self-esteem, value identification, communication, and validation.

Brent has engaged with clients in individual, group, couples, and family sessions. Brent has a strong belief that education, not only traditional schooling, but also learning about one's symptoms and the effectiveness of treatment modalities, is vital for clients to feel confident the changes they make will be lasting. In 2004 after consulting with various programs and schools on licensing compliance, Brent opened a boarding school in Louisiana for teens. Brent takes great pride in the graduation rates and outcomes for those students while he remained involved in the school. Although he enjoyed Louisiana and the people, the yearning to be near family and back out west, led Brent to Colorado after he completed a Juris Doctorate at Louisiana State University.

Brent has found this education as highly complementary with his love for mental health and he has used both skills as a mediator. Brent has spent the last 9 years working in mental health crisis which has reinforced his training in CBT, Solution Oriented Therapies, Family Systems, and Trauma Informed Care. Brent has also maintained a small private practice specifically focusing on families, couples and adults who are experiencing issues with changes in life and are seeking clarity and change around new life developments.

Melissa Fuller

MA, LPCC, NCC, EMDR-Trained

Melissa has 15 years of experience working with children and adolescents as an educator and working alongside their families. Over the years, Melissa has also served on staff at her church overseeing women's ministry and handling pastoral care for adults, couples, and families. Melissa is passionate about helping others navigate life's challenges and seeking to grow in their relationships. Her approach to counseling is through a restorative and holistic lens that offers integrative care for the whole person. With a desire to strengthen individuals, couples, families, children, and teens, Melissa engages collaboratively with her clients to seek to understand their stories and offer care and support. She is Prepare & Enrich certified (premarital and marital assessment tool), a certified Enneagram Life Coach, and has completed additional training in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Melissa graduated from Denver Seminary with a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

Melissa is married to a law enforcement officer and understands the demands and stress that come with the job. She desires to help and support individuals, couples, and families to navigate the unique dynamics of being part of a first responder family. Along with her husband, they are raising two teenagers and enjoy traveling, going for walks with their dog, playing pickleball, and hanging out with friends.

Kate Saavedra

MSW, EMDR Trained Therapist

Kate received her Master's in Social Work from the University of Denver, with a focus on clinical work with youth and adolescents. After graduation, she began working with active-duty military service members, veterans, and first responders, and found a passion for helping those who dedicate their lives to helping others. Kate utilizes a client-driven approach in therapy, where therapist and client are a team identifying and tackling the issues that brought someone to therapy. Kate is trained in EMDR and CPT trauma modalities. She also brings a developmental lens to treatment, exploring how a person's childhood experiences have shaped their current perceptions of the world. In her free time, Kate enjoys lazy days reading or crocheting, usually accompanied by her two cats.

Jessica Mackie

Clinician

Originally from Alaska, Jessica’s family moved to Colorado where she was raised in a law enforcement family. Jessica has fond memories of growing up among what she considers to be her extended family of law enforcement officers who often shared holiday meals and social time at her family home. These experiences offered Jessica the opportunity to witness the dedication, commitment, and toll the career can have on emergency responders and their families. Jessica is grateful to advocate and serve emergency responders.

Jessica has worked in the mental health field for nine years and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from CU Boulder. Jessica will graduate from University of Colorado Denver in Spring 2024 with a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

Jessica is a mom, a Denver sports enthusiast, and enjoys fishing and visiting with her large Native family in Alaska.

Jennifer Williams

Clinician, Brainspotting, EMDR Trained Therapist

Having grown up in the Denver area, Jennifer comes to us with deeply personal connections to the Colorado law enforcement community. Being raised in a law enforcement family, as well as having had her own career in law enforcement, she offers a unique perspective into the various complex and inherent roles at play in first responder families. Her work since 2009 with Colorado Concerns of Police Survivors offers Jennifer extensive experience within family and agency dynamics, mass casualty events, grief, and compounded traumatic experiences.

Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Colorado Boulder. Jennifer will graduate from Colorado Christian University in 2024 with a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

With a passion for supporting individuals in their mental health journeys, Jennifer brings a wealth of unique qualifications and experiences to our counseling practice. Outside of her previous law enforcement career, her experience includes certifications in Brainspotting, EMDR, CIT, Motivational Interviewing, and Peer Support.