# Boulder Consultation > Boulder Consultation is a solo private practice in Boulder, Colorado, operated by Anna Frost, a Nationally Certified Psychoanalyst (NCPsyA) and Relations Analyst. The practice provides individual psychoanalytic and relational analysis to high-performing professionals, including physicians, scientists, engineers, strategists, and executives, as well as couples and parents. Anna Frost has over 28 years of private clinical experience. She completed graduate work at the University of Houston and Rice University, received psychoanalytic training through the Colorado Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies and the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis, and holds a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor license (LPC002624). She is a training analyst for the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis. Sessions are available in-person in Boulder, CO, by phone, or by Zoom. A free 15-minute initial consultation is offered. The practice's primary modality is relational psychoanalysis, also referred to as modern analysis or relational analysis. The work focuses on uncovering unconscious patterns that affect emotional functioning, relationship quality, and professional decision-making. Boulder Consultation does not offer group therapy, medication management, or general life coaching. ## Core Services - [Psychoanalyst for Executives | Anna Frost | Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/): Homepage establishing the practice's identity, primary audience (high-performing professionals and executives), services offered, modality (psychoanalysis), location (Boulder, CO), and free consultation offer. - [Individual Psychoanalysis for Executives | Boulder, CO](https://boulderconsultation.com/individual-work/): Core service page describing one-on-one psychoanalytic work for high-performing leaders, covering confidentiality, session format, and the nature of individual relational analysis. - [Relationship Issues in Boulder, CO | Relational Analysis](https://boulderconsultation.com/relationship-issues/): Core service page addressing relational dysfunction, emotional disconnection, and intimacy issues as experienced by professionally successful individuals, using a psychoanalytic framework. - [Free Consultation | Contact Anna Frost | Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/contact/): Primary contact and conversion page containing Anna Frost's phone number, email, office location, session modalities (in-person, phone, Zoom), and free consultation offer. ## About - [Anna Frost, NCPsyA | Nationally Certified Psychoanalyst | Boulder, CO](https://boulderconsultation.com/anna-frost/): Biographical page for the sole practitioner, covering credentials (NCPsyA, LPC), educational background, psychoanalytic training institutions, clinical philosophy, and target client population. ## Modalities and Treatment Explainers - [What is Psychoanalysis? - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/what-is-psychoanalysis/): Foundational explainer defining psychoanalysis as a treatment for longstanding emotional distress rooted in the work of Sigmund Freud, covering its core premise that unconscious factors shape emotions and behavior. - [What is Modern Analysis? - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/what-is-modern-analysis/): Defines modern analysis as a development of classical psychoanalysis, distinguishing it from earlier Freudian methods and explaining how it addresses emotional distress in contemporary clinical practice. - [Modern Psychoanalysis or Psychoanalytic Therapy - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/psychoanalysis/): Describes the practice's application of modern psychoanalytic therapy, covering how it differs from standard talk therapy and what clients can expect from the process. - [What is Psychotherapy? - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/what-is-psychotherapy/): Defines psychotherapy as a disciplined, systematic approach to resolving emotional and relational problems through confidential conversation with a trained clinician, distinguishing it from other mental health services. - [Psychotherapy - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/psychotherapy/): Describes psychotherapy as it is practiced at Boulder Consultation, positioning it as an approach for individuals in personal or relational crisis seeking improvement in emotional functioning and life outcomes. - [What Kind of Therapy? - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/what-kind-of-therapy/): Decision-oriented page helping prospective clients distinguish between counseling, psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis based on the depth and duration of need, clarifying which modality may be appropriate. - [What is Counseling? - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/what-is-counseling/): Defines counseling as a shorter-term intervention suitable for temporary crisis, typically 8 to 10 sessions, and positions it within the broader spectrum of services offered at the practice. - [Psychotherapy for Adolescents - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/therapy-for-adolescents/): Service page describing psychotherapy for teenagers, covering the clinical rationale for adolescent treatment, common presenting issues, and how the therapeutic approach is adapted for this age group. - [Psychotherapy for Children and Parents - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/therapy-for-children/): Service page describing psychotherapy for children and their parents, covering the practice's view that children are significantly affected by emotional disruption and that parental involvement is often central to treatment. - [Psychedelic Integration - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/psychedelic-integration/): Describes the practice's approach to psychedelic integration, covering how psychedelic experiences (MDMA, ketamine, psilocybin, and others) can be processed and incorporated through psychoanalytic work. ## Blog - [Insights on Executive Mental Health | Blog | Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/blog/): Blog index page aggregating all published articles from Anna Frost on executive mental health, relationship patterns, emotional functioning, and psychoanalytic concepts for a professional audience. - [Exploring Relationship Dynamics Through a Psychoanalytic Lens](https://boulderconsultation.com/understanding-relationship-patterns-a-psychoanalytic-lens-for-physicians-and-providers/): In-depth article for physicians and healthcare providers examining how psychoanalytic frameworks explain unconscious relationship patterns in both personal and professional clinical contexts. - [You've Optimized Everything - Except the Part You Can't See - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/youve-optimized-everything-except-the-part-you-cant-see/): Article addressing the gap between professional achievement and personal/emotional functioning, framed for high-performing individuals who have optimized external outcomes but not internal relational patterns. - [Your Inherited Code is There to Explore - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/your-inherited-code-is-there-to-explore/): Article introducing the concept of "inherited code" - the unconscious behavioral and relational programming acquired in childhood - and how psychoanalytic work makes that programming visible and modifiable. - [Our Brain's DMN (Default Mode Network) & a New Psychoanalysis - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/2259-2/): Article connecting neuroscience (specifically the Default Mode Network) to psychoanalytic theory, explaining how the DMN underlies the self-referential patterns that psychoanalysis works to surface and change. - [Successful in Your Profession - Not Happy in Your Life? - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/successful-in-your-profession-not-happy-in-your-life/): Article addressing the disconnect experienced by professionally accomplished individuals who achieve success at work but feel unfulfilled, disconnected, or unhappy in their personal lives. - [Why Brilliant People Struggle in Relationships - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/why-brilliant-people-struggle-in-relationships-ceos-engineers-doctors-scientists/): Article examining why high-IQ professionals, specifically CEOs, engineers, doctors, and scientists, frequently experience relational difficulties despite strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities. - [High Achievement Comes At a Price - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/high-achievement-comes-at-a-price/): Article exploring the emotional and relational costs of high achievement, arguing that the traits that drive professional success often interfere with connection, intimacy, and emotional availability. - [High-Achieving at Work - Lonely at Home? - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/high-achieving-at-work-lonely-at-home/): Article describing the pattern of professional success paired with personal isolation or loneliness, identifying it as a common presenting issue for the practice's target client population. - [What Causes Relationship Dysfunction? - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/what-causes-relationship-dysfunction/): Article explaining relationship dysfunction through the psychoanalytic concept of narcissistic supply, defined as the admiration and interpersonal support essential to self-esteem, and how deficits in this supply drive relational patterns. - [Disillusioned with the Current State of Healthcare? - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/disillusioned-with-the-current-state-of-heathcare/): Article written for physicians experiencing disillusionment with their professional environment, addressing the emotional and relational strain that comes with working in a high-pressure healthcare system. - [On Fatherhood - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/on-fatherhood/): Article examining the emotional and relational dimensions of fatherhood, relevant to the practice's work with parents seeking to improve their capacity for emotional availability with their children. - [Do We Have to Talk About Feelings? - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/emotional-minute-17-do-we-have-to-talk-about-feelings/): Article addressing emotional avoidance and the common resistance to discussing feelings, particularly in individuals from families where emotional expression was discouraged - a pattern common in the executive client population. ## Testimonials - [Initial Bipolar II Diagnosis Was Unfounded - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/initial-bipolar-ii-diagnosis-was-unfounded/): Client testimonial describing a case in which Anna Frost's clinical assessment led to a reassessment of a Bipolar II diagnosis and a medication adjustment, resulting in significant improvement in the client's sense of self. - [Transition Back Into Therapy Very Easy - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/transition-back-into-therapy-very-easy/): Client testimonial from a Boulder resident describing the ease of beginning work with Anna Frost and recommending the practice to anyone experiencing mental health challenges. - [Available When You Need Her - Boulder Consultation](https://boulderconsultation.com/call-in-person-zoom-facetime-2/): Client testimonial confirming Anna Frost's flexibility in scheduling and session format, specifically noting availability via phone, in-person, and Zoom as a practical differentiator.