love your life. live well in love.™
dr rae sandler simon | licensed clinical psychologist
My Approach: Repair as a Guiding Value
At the heart of my work is a simple, enduring value: repair.
Not fixing. Not performing. Not rushing toward some finish line. Repair, the kind that begins with tending what has been harmed, improving what already exists, and taking responsibility for making life more whole.
This value guides everything I do at live & love well™. It shapes how I listen, how I hold space, and how I build a practice that treats you as a full human being, not a set of symptoms.
What Repair Looks Like in Therapy
Most people who seek therapy are not broken.
They are exhausted: from pain, from disconnection, from illness, from trying to be everything for everyone else while slowly disappearing from themselves.
Repair begins in the room between us: with presence, with dignity, and with care that does not rush you or reduce you to a diagnosis.
Whether you are navigating anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship struggles, or the weight of living in a world that asks too much, you deserve a therapist who sees you as a whole person.
In my work with individuals and couples, repair takes many forms: learning to speak honestly without fear, rebuilding trust after a painful rupture, restoring safety in the body after illness or trauma, reclaiming identity after years of self-betrayal, or simply choosing presence over perfection. These are not small acts. They are foundational ones, and when one person heals, that repair ripples outward into every relationship their life touches.
How This Value Shapes My Practice
Repair is not abstract here. It shows up in concrete, everyday choices.
I protect your privacy and dignity by practicing out-of-network, so your confidentiality and autonomy remain in your hands. I prioritize patience over performance, because healing is not linear and you will never be expected to "do it right." I am committed to accessibility through my scholarship program, offered not as charity but as respect. Quality mental health care should not depend on ability to pay. I honor cultural and relational safety, because your identity and lived experience belong in the room. And I always choose repair over blame, focusing on understanding, accountability, and growth rather than shame.
Where This Value Comes From
Jewish tradition, there is a concept called tikkun olam (תיקון עולם), often translated as "repairing the world." It speaks to the belief that each of us has a responsibility to tend what is broken - in ourselves, in our relationships, and in our communities. As a Jewish woman and clinician, this value is both personal and ancestral. It lives in my bones, and it is the foundation of everything I have built at live & love well™.
But you do not need to share my tradition to feel its influence in our work together. The commitment to showing up with honesty, treating people with dignity, and believing that healing is always possible - those are human values. They belong to everyone.
A Safe Haven for All. An Especially Welcoming Space for Jewish Clients and Allies
I want to be direct about something that matters to me: in a world that can feel increasingly polarized and unsafe, many Jewish individuals and families are searching for a therapist who understands their experience - a space where they do not have to explain, justify, or minimize who they are. The rise of antisemitism, the complexity of Jewish identity, and the particular grief and resilience that come with this moment are realities I hold with care and understanding.
live & love well™ is an intentional, vocal safe haven for Jewish clients and our allies.
It is also a deeply welcoming space for people of all identities, all backgrounds, all beliefs, and all lived experiences. If you are someone who has ever felt "othered," for any reason, you belong here.
The only requirement is that you are human, and that you are willing to show up.
An Invitation
Repair does not ask you to be fearless, healed, or fully formed. It asks you to show up, stay curious, and remain open, even when it is uncomfortable. That willingness, that quiet, imperfect courage, is itself an act of repair.
If you are seeking therapy grounded in compassion, integrity, and depth, I would be honored to walk alongside you.
Wherever you are right now, you don't have to carry it alone. Let's take the next step, together.
Live well. Love well. You deserve both.
Live & Love Well is a private psychotherapy practice offering individual therapy and couples counseling rooted in the value of repair — serving clients seeking compassionate, culturally affirming mental health care including Jewish therapy, trauma recovery, relationship counseling, and holistic emotional wellness in Colorado, Hawai'i, and across 35+ PSYPACT states.