About Us

South Denver Psychotherapy is comprised of associates representing the various disciplines of professional counseling for individuals, families, adolescents, children and couples. The organization's principal is Pam Kennel.

About us - South Denver Psychotherapy Pam Kennel is the lead practitioner of South Denver Psychotherapy, a professional psychotherapy practice which counsels couples and partners, and individuals; both men and women. She is a Colorado registered psychotherapist and has earned a BA degree in Psychology, earned a Masters Degree in Counseling with honors from Regis University, and received a post graduate certificate in Marriage & Family Counseling from the Denver Family Institute.

Ms. Kennel was born in Colorado and has resided in the South Denver metro area for the last 35 years. She has had the opportunity to counsel people in a variety of capacities within her private practice, in social service organizations, in business and holding executive positions in corporations. Pam has traveled the world, she is a mother, wife, daughter, and throws the ball for two appreciative dogs.

Sally Bonkrude MA, LPC, MT-BC
Public Performance Counselor and Coach

Sally Bonkrude counsels and coaches amateur and professional musicians, public speakers, students and people preparing for auditions and interviews; that want to be "at ease" and shine in their performance. Sally offers new perspectives, insights and tools to overcome stage fright, which involves rewiring your brain's primitive "fight or flight" response into a "relaxation" response. She does this by helping you make positive inner changes to your body and mind. Sally works with all ages to become confident, successful performers in life.

Sally developed her innovative approach to achieving peak performance through the completion of her Masters Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University, Music Therapy Certification, Advanced Gestalt Training, and advanced training in Internal Family Systems Therapy. Sally Bonkrude is a licensed professional counselor with an extensive background in public speaking, piano, voice, and theater.

Today, Sally speaks nationally as an expert on moving from fear and anxiety to freedom and Conscious Performing. In her free time, Sally enjoys hiking in the mountains, yoga and music of all kinds.

In addition to her association with South Denver Psychotherapy, Sally is an independent mental health professional. You can contact her through her private practice directly via her web site: Positive Inner Change

Pamela Kennel is a therapist practicing psychotherapy near Littleton, Colorado serving the Littleton, Englewood, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Ken Caryl, Greenwood Village, South Denver and Cherry Hills Village. She does individual counseling including men’s counseling, women’s counseling, and affirming couples counseling. Her counseling also includes marriage counseling, relationship counseling, GLBT couples counseling, gay couples counseling, weight loss counseling, and life transitions counseling such as mid life crisis, empty nester, retirement and health changes. At South Denver Psychotherapy, she helps couples through divorce counseling and divorce mediation and pre-marital counseling. She provides counseling for depression, anxiety, adjustment issues, self esteem, procrastination, communication problems, codependency, relationship issues, infidelity, sexual dissatisfaction, values clarification, abuse, trauma, anger issues, help with panic attacks, grief, self esteem, weight management, weight loss coaching, personal growth and long term mental health issues such as bi-polar, dissociative identity disorder, borderline personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorders. Counseling can help. Call South Denver Psychotherapy today.