Martin Meltzer MA, LPC, NCC

Martin D. Meltzer, M.A., is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado (License #69), is a National Certified Counselor (Certificate #21864), a trained mediator, and holds a college level Colorado Vocational Teaching Certificate. Mr. Meltzer received his M.A. degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver in 1985 and his B.B.A. degree in Accounting and Electronic Data Processing from Pace University in 1970. Mr. Meltzer has been in private practice since receiving his graduate degree. Besides private practice, which includes outpatient and inpatient settings, additional work experience includes a local resource center providing outpatient mental health counseling services, a university counseling center, homeless and battered women shelters, an AID’s clinic, a residential child-care facility, and various public school settings. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services were added to Mr. Meltzer’s practice in 1993. Mr. Meltzer has been an adjunct faculty member in the Applied Communications and ADR Programs, University College, University of Denver, was an adjunct Clinical Professor at the College of Law, University of Denver and has been an Associate for CDR Associates, among others. Prior to receiving his graduate degree, Mr. Meltzer held various corporate senior level management positions specializing in the areas of domestic and international finance, accounting, tax, and law. Mr. Meltzer was a Senior Accountant for a “Big Four” accounting firm and has taught accounting on the college level.

In the area of psychotherapy, Mr. Meltzer conducts brief and long-term individual, family, couple, and group psychotherapy through private, insurance, managed care and EAP settings. His philosophical perspective is Existential/ Humanistic, while his theoretical and methodological perspectives are Cognitive-Behavioral/Systems. Specializations include crisis intervention; suicidal ideation; mood, and anxiety disorders; survivors of childhood and adult trauma, abuse and violence; domestic violence; addictive and compulsive personalities, and systemic issues relating to families, employment, relationships, parenting (joint, single and co-parenting), and homelessness. Client populations include female and male late adolescents, adults and seniors.