Adam Cage, MSW

Master of Social Work, Arizona State University

B.A. in English, Regent University

Mental Health First Aid Certification

Advanced Motivational Interviewing Certification

I believe that everyone has a story worth hearing. In my theoretical approach, I draw from psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and motivational interviewing. My belief is that healing comes from relationships filled with trust. Just as broken trust causes pain, secure trust can provide healing. I consider it my joy and duty to create a space that is safe, secure, warm, and genuine.

Together we will walk through your past with curiosity so that we might come to a place of reconciliation with your whole self. We are shaped by our experiences - the intricacy of these experiences over the course of a lifetime is astounding! A combination of diligence, patience, curiosity, and research is my road map. Much like a road trip, the journey will be filled with mountains and valleys, but how much easier is a long journey with help along the way?

Where I grew up impacted my story in profound ways, and I believe that the theme of oceans and mountains is deeply ingrained in my life. As a young man growing up on the East Coast near beaches, lakes, and oceans while having a love for mountains, valleys, and rivers, I never felt “at home” in the landscape. I would drive hours and hours to find small mountains with reluctant friends who would rather spend their time surfing or sunbathing. It was a disconnect that I would feel throughout my 20+ years of calling Virginia home.

This disconnect goes deeper than the terrain of my home, however. Beginning my English degree at a small Christian university, I quickly found that I would need to work diligently to find a deeper understanding of what Faith meant to me. I felt that God was relational and cared about my heart more deeply than I could understand, but my experience at my university was one filled with legalism, image, and status. I felt rejected by my peers if our beliefs did not align, which led me deeper into prayer, asking, “Jesus, who are you?” While my college experience shaped me in more ways than I could write here, it was a time when I felt overwhelmingly unsafe, unheard, and unknown.

One summer, I came across a job application for Camp Timberline here in Colorado - a Christian camp that shaped my story more profoundly than almost any other event in my life. Deep in the mountains of Estes Park, I found a community of Christians that desired my safety, desired to hear me, and desired to know me. The daily anxiety of waking up at my university left after that summer at Camp Timberline because God reminded me of the loving relationships that He had helped me form. From chaos to peace, from disconnection to connection, I had experienced how safe relationships could begin to heal the wounds of broken ones.

After many years of summer camp counseling and leadership roles, I knew that my calling was to help those who feel disconnected - however one might interpret that word - come into a place of feeling heard and known. I am thankful to be able to do this work in a home where I can spend my free time trail running, fishing, and feeling the heat of the sun from 5,000 feet.