Welcome to Janelle Hallman & Associates
Janelle is expanding her clinical practice to include other seasoned counselors who have expertise and huge hearts for women with same-sex attraction as well as parents seeking to understand and love their lesbian daughters. At times, Janelle will serve as the primary therapist. At other times, one of her associates will serve as the primary therapist. In these latter cases, however, Janelle will be still be integrally involved, offering direct supervision to her associates and providing direct consulting (or intensive) sessions to the client. This way, her years of expertise will be influential in every case handled by her office. Currently, services are being provided by:
Janelle Hallman, MA, LPC, Ellen Haroutunian, MA, and Kelley Klassen, LCSW, M.Div
Following is their biographical information. |
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Janelle Hallman, MA, LPC
Janelle is a licensed professional counselor in Denver, Colorado specializing in female homosexuality and emotional dependencies. She is also a popular international speaker on female homosexuality, human brokenness, redemption and healing. Her passion is to share God's word in a way that speaks to some of the deepest needs of broken and hurting people. She has also been an adjunct professor at Colorado Christian University and Denver Seminary and is the Executive Director of Desert Hope Ministries, a non-profit organization. Janelle completed her Masters in Counseling with honors at Denver Theological Seminary, is married and has one daughter. | Janelle Hallman Professional Experience |
Licensed Professional Counselor in Private Practice specializing in female same-sex attraction. Janelle offers counseling, counseling intensives, consultation, therapeutic retreats, audio and video resources, and speaking services to women with same-sex attraction, parents of lesbian daughters and other counseling professionals.
Westminster, Colorado (1995 – present).
Executive Director, Desert Hope Ministries, a Christian non-profit organization offering conferences, retreats, education, and speaking services related to Biblical and psychological perspectives on relational and sexual wholeness.
Littleton, Colorado (2001 – present).
Adjunct Professor, Denver Seminary, Denver, Colorado (2003 – present). Class: The Psychological and Theological Perspectives of Homosexuality.
Visiting Lecturer, German Institute for Youth and Society, Reichelsheim, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland (2002). Class: Understanding and Treating Female Homosexuality.
Adjunct Professor, Colorado Christian University, Master's in Biblical Counseling Program, Denver, Colorado (1998 - 2001). Classes: Human Growth and Development, Human Sexuality.
Visiting Professor, Evangelical Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic (2001). Class: Human Sexuality.
Regional Representative, Exodus International, Seattle, Washington (1998 - 2001).
Staff Member, Where Grace Abounds, Exodus Referral Ministry, Denver, Colorado (1990-1994)
| Janelle Hallman Professional Speaking Experience |
Keynote and Conference Speaker, Exodus International North America Annual Conference (1993 – present).
Founder, Director and Main Speaker at Restoring the Glory conferences (2000 - present).
Conference Speaker, NARTH (National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality) (2001 - present).
General Session Conference Speaker, Love Won Out, Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO (2000 – 2003).
Conference Speaker, Evergreen International, Salt Lake City, Utah (2002, 2003).
Key Note Speaker, Eurasia Teen Challenge International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (2000).
| Janelle Hallman Education |
M.A. in Counseling with honors: Denver Seminary, 1995. Also completed graduate course work at Colorado Christian University, MABC program.
B.A. in Economics with distinction: University of Colorado at Denver, 1985.
Paralegal Certificate: Denver Paralegal Institute, 1981.
| Janelle Hallman Professional Publications |
Hallman, J. (2008). The Heart of Female Same-Sex Attraction: A Comprehensive Counseling Resource. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Hallman, J. (2006). 'Do No Harm' - Working with Women in Conflict with Same-Sex Attraction, NARTH Bulletin, 14(3), 9-11.
Hallman, J. (2005). Introducing the First Stage of Therapy with Women with Same-Sex Attraction: Securing the Foundation, NARTH Bulletin, 13(2), 13-18.
Hallman, J. (2005). On Helping women with Same-Sex Attraction. NARTH Bulletin, 13(1), 33-36.
Hallman, J. (2005). In C. Vonholdt (Hrsg.), Verwundete Weiblichkeit (pp. 13-73). Verlag Giessen: Brunnen.
Hallman, J. (2004). Clinical Issues Within the Lesbian Struggle, NARTH Bulletin, 13(3), 2-7.
Hallman, J. (2003). The Condition of Female Homosexuality. NARTH Bulletin, 12(3), 20-24.
Hallman, J. (2003). Weibliche Homosexualitat - Ursachen und Symptome. German Institute for Youth and Society Bulletin, 3, 4-13.
Hallman, J. (2003). Weibliche Homosexualitat - Diagnostik und Therapieansatz. German Institute for Youth and Society Bulletin, 3, 14-22.
Hallman, J. (2003). Weibliche Homosexualitat - Schritte der Veranderung. German Institute for Youth and Society Bulletin, 3, 23-35.
Listed in Marquis' Who's Who of American Women, 2007
Listed in Strathmore's Who's Who, 2007-2008
Outstanding Graduate, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UCD, 1985
National Dean's List, 1985
Top Student, Dean's List, Fall 1983 semester
| Janelle Hallman Endorsements |
"Thank you for your work. It means a lot to me as someone who struggles with these types of issues. I didn't even realize I was one of these women until I started reading one of your papers and tears started pouring out of my eyes. I am glad that the lord has spoken to me through you. I feel like I have hope, and that is something I haven't felt in a very long time. I just wanted to say thank you." - A woman who struggles with same sex attraction -
Ellen Haroutunian, MA
After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, Ellen went on to become integrally involved in ministerial work on various levels. In 1994 she completed her MA in Biblical Counseling and worked within a counseling internship under the supervision of Dr. Larry Crabb and Dr. Dan Allender. Over the past 12 year she has maintained a small private counseling practice focusing on general women's issues, in particularly, identity issues, marriage and relational issues, gender issues and spiritual formation. Ellen is a published author, popular speaker on global gender injustices and is completing a book manuscript on new missional paradigms for evangelicalism. Ellen is passionate about social justice issues, particularly the flourishing of women around the globe. She serves as Board Chairman for Street's Hope, a non-profit orgainzation that is designed to help women leave the sex-for-sale trade. Ellen lives in Littleton, Colorado with her pastor husband and two college aged kids and a retired racing greyhound. Ellen Haroutunian Professional Experience |
Psychotherapist in Private Practice specializing in women's issues, abuse, identity and gender issues and spiritual direction. Ellen has spent over a decade listening and entering into personal stories and helping men and women to see the movement of God in their lives and to grow towards emotional wholeness and spiritual formation. Ellen offers individual face-to-face and phone counseling, marital therapy, and speaking services to churches and non-profit organizations. Westminster, Colorado (1997 – present).
Visiting Faculty Member, Center for Leadership Development, Maputo, Moazambique (2004-present). Classes: Biblical Anthropology, Soteriology, Hamartiology, and Hermeneutics.
Director, Lookout Mountain Community Church Film Series, Golden, Colorado (2004-present). Using film to learn how to view a story in the light of the larger story of God.
Founding Member of Worldviews: Denver's Humanitarian Film Forum, Denver, Colorado (2005-present). A film series designed to facilitate awareness and dialogue about important social justice issues of our time.
Graduate Student Assistant in the Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling Program, Colorado Christian University, with Drs. Larry Crabb and Dan Allender, Morrison, Colorado (1995-1996).
| Ellen Haroutunian Professional Speaking Experience |
Keynote Speaker, "Strong Women in Christ," a conference held to address the concerns of women in Mozambique. Maputo, Mozambique (October, 2006).
Workshop Leader for "The Emerging Church for the Existing Church Conference," Highlands Ranch, Colorado (April, 2008). Workshops include: Reel to Real, A Conversation about Film, Faith and Culture, and Why the Women's Issue Still Matters: A Conversation about Gender-Based Injustices.
| Ellen Haroutunian Education |
Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling, Colorado Christian University, Morrison, Colorado (1993-1994).
Ongoing graduate studes at Fuller Seminary and Regent College (1996-present).
Courses in the Master of Arts in Biblical Studies program, Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas (1984-1985).
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire (1976-1980).
| Ellen Haroutunian Professional Publications |
A New Kind of Conversation: Blogging Towards a Postmodern Faith, M.B. Penner & H. barnes, Eds., (with Brian McLaren and others), Paternoster Press, June 2007.
"The Hours" (Film Review), Mars Hill Review, Volume 22, 2003.
"A Baptism of Imagination: A Conversation with Peter Kreeft," Mars Hill Review, Volume 5, 1996.
Kelley Klassen, LCSW, M.Div.
Kelley Klassen is a seasoned social worker with over twelve years of experience of counseling and crisis intervention with children, teenagers, adults, and families. Her areas of clinical focus include grief and loss, emotional dependency and codependency, parenting issues, gender identity, relational struggles, adoption, attachment, depression, spiritual formation, and spiritual direction.
A confident and experienced small group facilitator, Kelley is also an engaging retreat speaker. An influential educator, Kelley is experienced in offering training seminars, educational forums, and school chapel services. She has co-ministered in pastoral ministry along with her husband, throughout the twenty years of their marriage. Together they have three daughters. For recreation, Kelley enjoys hiking, swimming, biking, running, and participating in sprint-triathlons.
Kelley Klassen Professional Experience |
Private practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Colorado, 2007 – present.
Public School Social Worker, 2007-present. Assesses and evaluates children with emotional, behavioral, academic, and/or social difficulties. Provides individual counseling and facilitates behavior support groups for students. Completes suicide and threat assessments. Implements and supports individual education plans for students.
Clinical Social Worker, 2002-2007. Provided clinical suport and treatment management to families through a private, non-profit organization. Responsibilities included: crisis intervention, counseling, educational training, parent support groups, and professional mentoring.
Counselor, Leadership Consultant, Teacher, and Project Coordinator, 1988-1999.
Master of Divinity, Eastern Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1999).
Master of Social Work, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (1996).
Thesis: An Integration of Christianity and Social Work Practice: A Discussion of Poverty and Social Justice in North America
Bachelor of Arts in Social Work, ORU, Tulsa, Oklahoma (1988).
Senior Thesis: The Father's Role in the Family and How He Affects Child Development
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