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Curt Drennen
About
Hello! My name is Curt. I have spent my career working with people during moments when clarity, compassion, and careful listening matter. As a licensed psychologist, registered nurse, and certified emergency response professional in Colorado, I have learned that every person brings a complex story shaped by biology, experience, relationships, culture, stress, resilience, and the environments they have had to navigate.
We all have strenghs, gifts and challenges. My approach to assessment is grounded in respect, curiosity, and collaboration. I see this process as an opportunity to help people better understand themselves, make sense of lifelong patterns, identify strengths and needs, and access supports that fit who they actually are.
What drives me as a provider is helping adults feel seen with accuracy and kindness. Many people come to assessment after years of wondering why certain parts of life have felt harder, different, or more exhausting than expected. My goal is to create a safe and thoughtful space where questions can be explored without judgment, and where the final outcome offers practical understanding, validation, and direction.
My interest in working with neurodivergent adults is both professional and personal. I have come to better understand how many adults move through life feeling different, overwhelmed, misunderstood, or unsure why certain relationships, environments, expectations, or transitions have been so difficult to navigate. People close to me have helped me appreciate how often neurodivergence is missed, misunderstood, or recognized much later than it should be. That has deepened my respect for the courage it can take to seek answers as an adult, especially after years of adapting, masking, or wondering whether one’s experience of the world makes sense. It has also strengthened my belief that assessment should be compassionate, careful, and grounded in the whole person.
Choosing this path allows me to bring together several parts of who I am as a provider. I am drawn to this work because it offers the chance to grow and support others toward greater understand of themselves, name their strengths and needs, and move forward with greater self-trust and practical direction. My hope is that each person I work with experiences the assessment process as respectful, affirming, collaborative, and useful.
I approach assessment from an affirming and strength-based perspective. I work to understand the whole person—your strengths, values, communication style, problem-solving abilities, relationships, life experiences, and ways of navigating the world. My role is to listen carefully and hear you, validate and help identify not only areas of difficulty, but also patterns of resilience, creativity, persistence, and capacity. When challenges are present, I view them in context and with compassion. My goal is for you to feel seen, respected, and better equipped with language, insight, and practical direction.
