The music industry
is hard on your
mental health.
Therapy that understands your symptoms and your scene.
of musicians report anxiety or depression at some point in their career
Initial consultation with no obligation to continue
Online and in-person therapy throughout Denver Metro and Colorado
Most therapy wasn’t built for how you actually live.
General therapists rarely understand irregular income, touring schedules, the pressure of performance, or what it costs to build a creative life. You end up spending sessions explaining your world instead of getting help in it.
Meanwhile the industry keeps moving. And the people who are supposed to be toughest tend to suffer the most quietly.
- Anxiety before shows, sessions, and auditions that compounds over time
- Burnout that makes the thing you love feel hollow
- Depression that the highs of the stage can no longer touch
- Financial stress and the weight of a career without a salary
- Relationships that break under touring schedules and late nights
- Identity tied so tightly to output that a bad run feels like personal failure
- Substance use that started as part of the culture and became something else
- Grief within a music community that rarely talks about loss
Musician Therapy Studio
Sabrina Merz, MS, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor • Denver Metro, Colorado
The context matters.
Working in music means carrying pressures most people never see. The unpredictability of income, the isolation of life on the road, the way your identity gets bound up with your output. These are not background stressors. For most musicians and industry professionals, they are the central tension of daily life.
“The point isn’t to make your creative life less intense. It’s to make sure it isn’t costing you everything else.”
Musician Therapy Studio was built specifically for people working in music and creative fields. The care here is clinically grounded and shaped by real familiarity with the pressures, culture, and lifestyle of creative life in Denver Metro and on the road. That means less time on context and more time on what actually needs to change.
Whether you are navigating anxiety, burnout, depression, performance pressure, or the weight of holding a creative career together, you will find a space here that already understands the territory.
Focus
Musicians, touring professionals, producers, crew, educators
Treatment
Individual therapy, anxiety, depression, identity concerns, burnout, and group therapy opportunities throughout the year
Interested in the next group? Let us know.
Access
Online and in-person, insurance accepted
Location
Denver Metro and statewide via telehealth
Three steps to get back to yourself.
Book a Free Consultation
A 15 to 20 minute call to talk through what is going on, ask questions, and see if this is the right fit. No obligation to continue.
Build a Plan Together
We’ll build a practical treatment plan around your goals, your schedule, and what you’re dealing with.
Get Back to Your Work
Move forward steadier and more grounded. Feel more like yourself, onstage and off.
Specialized care for what the industry actually does to you.
Anxiety Therapy
Pre-show spirals, constant low-grade worry, the anxiety that builds between gigs. Targeted treatment that works with how you are wired, not against it.
Learn more →Performance Anxiety
Stage fright, audition dread, the fear of judgment that shows up when it matters most. Therapy designed to help you get out of your own way.
Learn more →Depression Therapy
The lows that live below the surface of a career people assume is glamorous. Evidence-based treatment that does not flatten what makes you creative.
Learn more →Burnout Therapy
When the work stops feeling like yours. When tired runs deeper than sleep can fix. A path back to the music that is not forcing it.
Learn more →Online Therapy
On tour, in the studio, anywhere in Colorado. Therapy that works around a schedule that does not look like a regular job.
Learn more →Industry Trainings
Mental health workshops for venues, labels, music schools, and organizations ready to support their people and reduce stigma across the industry.
Learn more →If music is part of your life, you belong here.
You do not need a record deal or a tour date to deserve this kind of support. If music, creative work, or the music industry shapes your daily life, this practice was built for you.
Start with a Free Consult- Performers
Touring musicians, band members, and solo artists managing performance pressure, irregular income, and the demands of a life on stage.
- Producers & Engineers
Studio professionals navigating creative perfectionism, long isolated sessions, client pressure, and the burnout that builds behind the board.
- Road Crew
Techs, riggers, sound engineers, and production staff managing life on the road, physical exhaustion, and months away from home.
- Educators
Music teachers and mentors carrying the emotional weight of the classroom alongside their own creative life and career pressures.
- Industry Professionals
Managers, agents, label staff, and bookers who hold up the industry while absorbing its stress without being in the spotlight.
- Creative Professionals
Filmmakers, visual artists, and performing artists whose identity and mental health are shaped by creative work.
Steadier. Sharper. Still yourself.
This is not about changing who you are or softening the intensity that drives your best work. It is about having enough ground under you to do that work without it costing everything else.
- Anxiety that no longer hijacks your performances or your days
- The ability to separate your worth as a person from your output as an artist
- Relationships that can hold the reality of your life and your schedule
- A clearer relationship with substances, sleep, and how you recover
- The capacity to stay in the career you chose without burning out of it
- More music, made from a steadier place
Initial consultation. No obligation to continue after the call.
Serving Denver Metro musicians and creative professionals statewide, online and in person.
Individual and group therapy options available depending on what works for where you are.
Ready to
get some help?
A free consultation is 15 to 20 minutes. No pressure, no commitment. Just a conversation to see if this is the right fit for where you are right now.
No. If music or creative work plays a meaningful role in your life, this practice is built for you. That includes hobbyists, industry-adjacent professionals, and anyone whose identity or daily life is shaped by creative work regardless of income or career status.
Yes. Online therapy is available for anyone in Colorado, including people on the road, in smaller markets, or anyone whose schedule makes in-person sessions difficult to keep.
It is a 15 to 20 minute call where you share what is going on, ask any questions, and get a sense of whether this is the right fit. There is no obligation to continue after the call.
Yes. Insurance is accepted. Full details on accepted plans, self-pay rates, and billing are on the Insurance and Fees page on the website.
This practice is built around the realities of music and creative industry life. You will not spend sessions explaining touring schedules, recording pressure, or why irregular income creates a particular kind of stress. The context is already understood here, so the actual work can start faster.