Erin Roepcke, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker – Serving clients in Tucson and throughout Arizona and Florida (via telehealth).
Erin Roepcke is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps adults, adolescents, couples, and families break out of painful patterns and build stronger, more connected relationships.
Since 2010, Erin has worked with clients across the lifespan — as a child and family therapist, hospice social worker, preventionist, care coordinator, and couples counselor. This range allows her to meet people exactly where they are, with curiosity, empathy, and perspective.
Erin is a mom, stepmom, and grandma, and a co-parent to incredible young adults. She has been a military spouse, and she has faced cancer as both a patient and a partner. These experiences shape how she shows up for the people she works with — and how she makes room for resilience, vulnerability, and the slow, honest work of change.
Erin's approach is trauma-informed, attachment-based, and collaborative. In therapy, she helps clients look beneath the surface — at how the nervous system, beliefs, and early relationships shape present-day patterns of emotion, connection, and protection. She draws from EMDR, somatic therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and behavioral interventions to help clients navigate trauma, anxiety, life transitions, and relationship challenges. A core part of her work often involves building emotional regulation — helping clients understand, manage, and respond to intense emotions without becoming overwhelmed or disconnected.
Whether clients are seeking couples or family therapy, individual support, or EMDR, Erin offers a supportive space to slow down, make sense of the story, and move forward with greater clarity and intention.
Her specialty: Therapy for the One Everyone Depends On.
Schedule a free consult with Erin if you're ready to slow down, look at what's underneath the patterns, and stop running on empty.
Melissa Simard, LAC, NCC
Licensed Associate Counselor – Serving clients in Tucson and throughout Arizona (via telehealth).
Melissa Simard is a Licensed Associate Counselor and equine-assisted therapist who supports individuals healing from trauma, addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, and identity-related challenges through experiential, relational care.
Melissa's connection with horses began at age five and has grown into a lifelong commitment to the healing relationship between humans and horses. What started as trail riding evolved into years of competitive showing and immersive time in the barn, where she began to witness the quiet, powerful ways horses respond to human emotion, presence, and authenticity. These early experiences shaped her understanding that healing does not always begin with words, but often through felt experience, safety, and connection.
Melissa earned her Associate’s degree in Applied Animal Science with a specialization in Equine Management from the University of New Hampshire, building a strong foundation in equine behavior and care. She went on to complete her Bachelor’s degree at Southern New Hampshire University, graduating Cum Laude with a focus on child and adolescent development, where she began deepening her understanding of trauma and its impact across the lifespan.
Melissa’s clinical work is grounded in a trauma-informed, relational approach that honors each client’s pace, story, and capacity for healing. She is committed to creating a space where clients feel safe, seen, and supported as they explore their internal experiences. Her work integrates equine-assisted psychotherapy with modalities such as EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic awareness, and polyvagal-informed care, allowing clients to process trauma in ways that are experiential, regulating, and empowering.
In 2017, Melissa became certified in the Eagala model, drawn to its emphasis on client-led, experiential work. She has since expanded her training to include EMDR (Evergreen), EMDR-equine (Compassion Works), IFS-informed equine work (Equid-Nexus), ARCH (Arenas for Change), and advanced trauma certifications, including Clinical Trauma Specialist–Addiction and Clinical Trauma Professional II. Her approach is adaptable, guided by what will best support each client's nervous system, sense of safety, and readiness for change.
Melissa is particularly passionate about supporting clients in reconnecting with their sense of self, rebuilding self-worth, and moving toward meaningful, sustainable change. She approaches her work with warmth, authenticity, and deep respect for the resilience of those she serves, believing that healing happens within safe, attuned relationships grounded in compassion, curiosity, and unconditional positive regard.
Outside of clinical work, Melissa finds restoration in time with her children, being outdoors, and her continued connection with horses. She values movement, mindfulness, and holistic well-being — principles woven into both her personal life and her therapeutic practice.
Schedule a free consult with Melissa if you're ready to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and move toward sustainable change.
Our Vision
With Intention Counseling was created with the belief that meaningful, lasting change happens when people feel truly seen, supported, and empowered. Our vision is to provide a space where clients can slow down, explore the roots of their struggles, and discover new ways of relating to themselves and others. We are committed to offering care that is trauma-informed, attachment-focused, and practical, bridging deep insight with tools you can use in everyday life. Whether working with individuals, couples, or families, our hope is to help people build resilience, strengthen connections, and move forward with clarity, confidence, and intention.