Dr. Annalise Floody, PsyD.
At a Glance
Rate: $180 50-minute individual session, $200 50-minute couples session
Offices:DTC, Lohi & virtual
Insurance: Out of Network Superbills provided
License: Psychologist Candidate in Colorado PSYC.00016415 (Verify my license).
Profiles:Psychology Today
About Me and What Shapes My Work?
My path to becoming a psychologist is both personal and professional. From an early age, I was exposed to the ways mental health can shape individuals, relationships, and entire families. I also know firsthand how isolating it can feel to struggle internally while trying to appear as though everything is fine. Those experiences sparked my curiosity about people: how we become who we are, why certain patterns repeat, and what allows us to heal and grow.
Before beginning my doctoral training, I studied psychology and human development at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and completed a year of service with City Year Chicago. Working closely with children and families from under-resourced communities made it clear that I wanted to build a career grounded in advocacy, connection, and a deeper understanding of people’s lived experiences.
I believe people make sense when we understand them in context. The ways we protect ourselves, manage emotions, approach intimacy, and respond to conflict usually developed for important reasons—even when those same strategies have begun to leave us feeling stuck or disconnected.
Clients often experience me as warm, curious, direct, engaged, and appropriately funny. I am compassionate, but I am not a passive therapist. I will sit with you in difficult places while also helping you notice when shame, avoidance, self-criticism, or old relational patterns are quietly running the show.
Outside of the office, I love photography, traveling, live music, and spending time in nature—especially skiing and hiking. I am also deeply connected to my animals, friends, and family. These relationships and experiences keep me grounded, curious, and connected to the world beyond my work.
Specialization and Approach
I work with adults, couples, and partners across diverse relationship structures. My areas of focus include:
Relationship and communication difficulties
Premarital couples therapy
Sex, intimacy, and sexual concerns
ADHD and neurodivergence
Attachment and longstanding relational patterns
Trauma
Substance misuse, sobriety, and recovery
Anxiety and depression
Gender, sexuality, and LGBTQIA+ concerns
Polyamory and consensual non-monogamy
Identity development and self-esteem
Personality functioning
Life transitions
I offer sex therapy for individuals and partners who want support navigating sexual communication, differences in desire, changes in intimacy, sexual shame or anxiety, difficulty feeling present or connected during sex, and questions related to sexual identity, preferences, and values. My approach is sex-positive, affirming, nonjudgmental, and attentive to the emotional and relational meanings surrounding sexuality.
My primary theoretical orientations include:
Relational psychodynamic therapy
Attachment-based therapy
Feminist therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
The Gottman Method
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
EMDR
Motivational interviewing (MI) and harm reduction
I do not view symptoms as isolated problems that need to be eliminated. Anxiety, withdrawal, perfectionism, substance use, emotional volatility, people-pleasing, sexual difficulties, and relationship conflict often make more sense when understood in the context of a person’s history, identities, attachment experiences, and protective strategies.
Training Credentials and Clinical Work
I completed my doctoral training in clinical psychology at the University of Denver’s APA-accredited Graduate School of Professional Psychology, where I also earned my Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology. I completed my APA-accredited doctoral internship at Florida International University Counseling and Psychological Services.
At FIU CAPS, I provided individual, couples, and group therapy to undergraduate and graduate students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and identities. My work addressed anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, sexuality, identity development, substance use, adjustment, belonging, and academic and professional stress. I also provided intake assessments, crisis intervention, suicide-risk assessment, safety planning, outreach, consultation, and psychoeducational programming.
My broader clinical training has included private practice, university counseling, community mental health, outpatient substance-use treatment, couples therapy, group psychotherapy, crisis services, and psychological and neuropsychological assessment. I have worked with children, adolescents, adults, and couples across a range of identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and levels of clinical complexity.
I have completed specialized training in the Gottman Method (Level 1), EMDR, LGBTQIA+-affirming care, suicide assessment and intervention, psychological assessment, and the treatment of individuals and families affected by substance use. My doctoral scholarship focused on developing Sober Curious, an evidence-informed interpersonal process group for emerging adults seeking to explore their relationship with substances within a non-shaming, harm-reduction-oriented framework.
Who I Work Best With
I work best with people who are curious about themselves and want more than surface-level strategies. You may already understand your patterns intellectually but still find yourself repeating them in relationships, becoming overwhelmed by familiar emotions, or responding in ways that do not reflect the person or partner you want to be.
You may want support because you:
Keep becoming caught in the same relationship or communication patterns
Want closeness but feel overwhelmed, guarded, or unsafe when intimacy deepens
Struggle with shame, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or self-criticism
Feel disconnected from your body, sexuality, or emotional needs
Are navigating differences in sexual desire or intimacy within a relationship
Are exploring your identity, sexuality, gender, or relationship structure
Want to examine your substance use or recovery without judgment or rigid labels
Have benefited from therapy before but want work that feels deeper and more relational
I also work well with couples and partners who care about one another but feel trapped in cycles of criticism, defensiveness, withdrawal, resentment, or disconnection. You do not need to arrive knowing exactly what is wrong or whether the relationship can be repaired. You simply need some willingness to examine what is happening between you.
What Therapy Looks Like
Therapy with me is active, collaborative, and emotionally honest. Sessions are not limited to supportive listening or general advice. I will ask thoughtful questions, help you make connections, and pay attention to patterns that occur both outside therapy and within our relationship.
Sometimes we will explore your history and the experiences that shaped you. At other times, we will focus closely on what is happening in the present: what you feel, what you avoid, what becomes difficult to express, or how you respond when you feel vulnerable or misunderstood.
Insight matters, but insight alone is not always enough. We will also work toward helping you tolerate difficult emotions, communicate more directly, respond differently to familiar triggers, and make choices that feel more aligned with your values.
In couples and sex therapy, we will slow down the conflict or disconnection so that we can understand what is happening underneath it. Rather than deciding who is right, we will examine the cycle that has developed between you and create opportunities for greater honesty, accountability, emotional safety, and intimacy.
Next Steps
Finding the right therapist matters. You do not need to know exactly what you want to work on before reaching out. Many people begin therapy with only a sense that something feels painful, repetitive, disconnected, or no longer sustainable.
A complimentary consultation gives us an opportunity to discuss what is bringing you to therapy, what you hope might change, and whether my style and approach feel like a good fit. If we decide to work together, we will begin building a shared understanding of your experiences, relationships, and goals at a pace that feels thoughtful and useful.
Dr. Annalise Floody’s Blog Posts
Additional Trainings, Academic Publications, and Presentations
Additional Training
EMDR Basic Training — EMDRIA-Approved, Personal Transformation Institute
Gottman Method Couples Therapy — Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm
LGBTQIA+ Queer and Ally (Q&A) Training — Levels 1 and 2
Suicide Assessment and Intervention Training
Colorado OUD/SUD Training Program — Specialized clinical training in substance use, co-occurring mental health concerns, and trauma-informed treatment
Serving Children and Adolescents Impacted by Substance Use — Learning Series
APA Telepsychology Best Practices 101 — Four-Segment Training Series
CITI Human Subjects Research — Student Investigator Certification
Academic Publication
Floody, A. G. (2026). Sober Curious: A Treatment Manual for a Semi-Structured Interpersonal Process Group Targeting Substance Misuse in Emerging Adults. University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology.
This doctoral research paper presents an original eight-session group treatment manual grounded in harm reduction, motivational interviewing, interpersonal process theory, and the developmental needs of emerging adults.
Professional Presentations and Program Development
Sober Curious: A Treatment Manual for a Semi-Structured Interpersonal Process Group Targeting Substance Misuse in Emerging Adults (2026), University of Denver Doctoral Paper Defense
Sober Curious Group Therapy Intervention (2025–2026), Florida International University Counseling and Psychological Services — Created and launched a harm-reduction-oriented interpersonal process group for emerging adults exploring substance misuse
Campus Outreach and Psychoeducational Programming (2025–2026), Florida International University Counseling and Psychological Services — Developed and delivered programming supporting student mental health, belonging, and help-seeking