Bree Bessette

Chris is a registered psychotherapist who has been working in the mental health field since 2014. He approaches therapy in a client-directed and mindfulness-based way. This means he lets the client choose the direction of exploration and aids them in becoming more aware of their experience than they might alone. He uses the power of relationship and reparative experiences, and his therapy tends to be gentle, body-based, and precise. He has extra training in addiction, attachment theory, and trauma resolution. He especially enjoys working with people struggling with intimacy issues, depression, addiction, spiritual issues, and adoptees and their parents.

With over five years training as a therapist at Naropa University, Chris offers a rich, extensive background in contemplative practice and therapy. His professional and clinical methodology is rooted in Gestalt Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), multicultural counseling, and body-centered psychotherapy. Chris’ primary therapeutic belief, is every individual holds an innate brilliance to transform and heal their lives through enough discernment, attention, and self-attuned awareness. Chris has a fervor for working with those who have struggled with compulsive behaviors, discrimination, spiritual/religious concerns, grief and loss, and the LGBTQ+ population. His gentle, non-judgmental demeanor is coupled with a fierce commitment to guide his clients past comfort, and into a liberated state of radical growth. He cultivates therapeutic space that welcomes inclusivity, encourages individual and creative expression, and provides opportunity for spiritual and contemplative self-inquiry.

Alec has been working in the mental health field since 2016. He has worked with a diverse clientele and has a passion for approaching each individual specific to their unique needs and strengths. In his work, Alec is excited to fuse together his spiritual and professional paths in service of personal values such as empowerment, interpersonal connection, compassion, and helping people find increased freedom from suffering. Mindfulness-based and body-centered practices informs his life and enhances his work. Alec’s goal is to support and serve all clients in identifying and processing any barriers to living their most authentic and full lives. His work and schooling have supported his choice to focus on the intersection of human development along the pathways of attachment and spiritual growth. He is dedicated to elevating the lives of clients by identifying and moving past old patterns and unresolved emotional issues.

Ariella Gery

Liz Long, LMT, RYT is a registered psychotherapist, massage therapist, and yoga teacher who invites the whole person in treatment. She offers an atmosphere of collaboration and support as strengths are discovered and challenges are navigated through the lens of bodymind holism, creativity, and play. Liz has connected with clients of all ages and from a wide variety of backgrounds. As a somatic counselor in training, Liz addresses challenges and triumphs related to trauma, transition, emotional dysregulation, interpersonal conflict, addiction, human sexuality, chronic physical and psychological illness, and embodying difference and diversity. She has received extensive training in somatic bodywork and is a Sensorimotor Psychotherapy© Level 1 training assistant because she believes the evidence that involving the body in treatment is the best way to help people heal and reach their highest potential.

Riese (Pronouns: she/her/hers or they/them/theirs) has been working therapeutically since 2015 to help people holistically (re)connect with their inherent wisdom and to (re)orient to the nature of themselves and their environment. Through collaboration and gentle guidance, Riese takes a transpersonal, eco-social-justice, and strengths-based approach to helping people find their own authentic path to healing. This approach helps to illuminate the belonging and importance of diverse identities and experiences within one’s self and their community. Riese has developed an embodied understanding of how the human-nature relationship can reduce feelings of isolation, nervous system dysregulation, depression, and anxiety through both their professional and personal experiences. They are most drawn to work with couples and individuals, the LGBTQIA+ community, sexual assault survivors, those struggling spiritually, with self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and those moving through difficult life transitions.

Rosario has nine years of experience practicing as a psychotherapist in countries around South America, Africa, and Europe. She uses mindfulness, gestalt, and neurobiology to help clients to explore in a non-judgmental space their most difficult emotions, fears, and life experiences. Rosario welcomes clients who are struggling with trauma, grief and loss, attachment wounds, life transitions, and spiritual concerns. She has served in different contexts within the mental health field working as a student counselor, as a psychotherapist in a hospital and public community center, and as a counselor in an NGO working with immigrants and refugees. Living in different countries, and as a bilingual therapist, she is passionate about culturally diverse and inclusive practices. She offers therapeutic services in both English and Spanish. Rosario tiene nueve años de experiencia trabajando como psicoterapeuta en países alrededor de Sud América, África y Europa. Ella usa el mindfulness, la terapia Gestalt, y la neurobiología para ayudar a los clientes a explorar en un espacio sin juicios sus emociones, miedos y experiencias de vida más difíciles. Rosario acoge clientes que se encuentran enfrentando experiencias de trauma, duelo y pérdida, heridas de apego, transiciones de vida y preocupaciones espirituales. Ella ha servido en diferentes contextos dentro del campo de la salud mental, trabajando como psicóloga con estudiantes universitarios, como psicoterapeuta en un hospital en un centro de salud mental comunitario y como psicóloga en una ONG trabajando con inmigrantes y refugiados. Habiendo vivido en diferentes países y siendo una terapeuta bilingüe, tiene una pasión por las prácticas culturalmente diversas e inclusivas. Ella ofrece servicios terapéuticos en Español e Inglés.