Ari McGrew
Dr. Ari here, founder of Tactful Disruption® (a trademarked methodology and federally recognized dual-expertise clinic). I’m a business psychologist and licensed psychotherapist who works with adults navigating anxiety, first responders, and individuals managing personality patterns that impact identity, relationships, and emotional regulation. My approach is experiential, trauma‑informed, and grounded in developmental psychology. I help clients understand how past experiences shape present patterns and support them in building clarity, stability, and healthier ways of relating to themselves and others. My style is collaborative, direct, and deeply attuned to each client’s lived experience.
First session
In our first session, we’ll slow down and get grounded. I’ll ask about what brings you in, what you’ve been carrying, and what you hope will feel different. We’ll explore your history at a pace that feels safe, identify immediate concerns, and begin mapping the patterns that show up in your relationships, emotions, and daily life. You can expect a calm, structured, and supportive space where you don’t have to perform or hold everything alone.
Strengths
I bring a blend of clinical depth, developmental insight, and real‑world experience from military psychological operations, correctional mental health, and high‑stress professional environments. I’m skilled at quickly recognizing patterns and helping clients make sense of their inner world with compassion and clarity. My work integrates trauma‑informed care, experiential processing, and identity‑focused frameworks. I’m direct but warm, able to challenge when needed, and committed to creating a space where clients feel understood, respected, and capable of meaningful change.
Ideal clients
I work best with adults navigating anxiety, first responders, and individuals managing personality patterns that affect relationships, identity, or emotional regulation. My ideal clients are motivated for insight, open to experiential work, and ready to explore how past experiences shape current patterns. I support high‑stress professionals seeking clarity, stability, and healthier ways of relating to themselves and others through a collaborative, trauma‑informed approach.
Treatment methods
Adlerian
I use an Adlerian, developmentally informed approach that helps clients understand how early experiences, identity formation, and private logic shape current patterns in relationships, leadership, and emotional regulation. I integrate insight, meaning‑making, and practical strategies to support growth and belonging.
Narrative
I help clients explore the stories they’ve internalized about themselves, identify dominant narratives that no longer serve them, and reconstruct more empowering identities. This approach is especially effective for trauma recovery, leadership development, and life transitions.
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
AEDP‑informed therapy focuses on helping clients move through emotional experiences in a safe, supportive, and accelerated way. I work from an attachment‑based, experiential approach that emphasizes creating safety, accessing core emotions, and transforming protective patterns into more regulated, connected, and empowered states. My work integrates neuroscience, developmental psychology, and moment‑to‑moment emotional processing to support deep healing and lasting change.
Schema Therapy
I use Schema Therapy to help clients understand long‑standing patterns that began in childhood and continue to shape their relationships, emotions, and sense of self. This approach is especially effective for personality disorders, chronic anxiety, and identity‑based struggles. I help clients identify their core schemas, recognize the “modes” they shift into under stress, and develop healthier ways of thinking, feeling, and relating. My work integrates schema awareness with developmental repair, emotional processing, and practical skills for long‑term change.
Trauma-Informed Care
I take a trauma‑informed approach that prioritizes safety, regulation, and empowerment. I help clients understand how their nervous system responds to stress, how past experiences shape current patterns, and how to build emotional resilience. My work integrates neuroscience, attachment, and experiential techniques to support healing without re‑traumatization. Clients learn grounding skills, emotional regulation strategies, and ways to reconnect with their strengths while processing difficult experiences at a pace that feels safe.
Location
Virtual sessions
In-person sessions521 97th Ave, Greeley, CO 80631, Tactful Disruption
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- ColoradoLicense LPC.0020332
- New MexicoLicense CTB-2024-0072
- UtahLicense 14270276-6004