Liz Zhou, M.A. in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling, expected May 2023
Liz (she/her) brings a compassionate and trauma-informed lens to therapeutic work with children, adults, and couples. She incorporates mindfulness training, Gestalt theory, transpersonal psychology, nervous system regulation, and a social justice framework. Her philosophy is that healing arises when we bring body, mind, and spirit into conversation with one another. Through deep presence and curiosity, Liz cultivates a safe space in which the intrinsic wisdom of each individual may naturally emerge.
She draws on a range of experiences in the mental and holistic health fields, including: psychology research, inpatient and outpatient programs, advocacy for survivors of sexual assault, crisis intervention services, ceremony facilitation, yoga instruction, integration coaching, and legal psychedelic guiding. She has lived, studied, and worked abroad in various cultures (including India, Nepal, Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Peru, Ecuador, and Mexico), and weaves multicultural awareness into her therapeutic work, to honor the histories and identities within each individual’s being.
Rose Winkler (she/they), Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling, MA expected 2023.
Rose is passionate about supporting clients with self-exploration, processing relational-based trauma, and cultivating loving relationships with themselves and others. She is a grounded, warm, and compassionate person who works with individuals, polyamorous & monogamous couples, and relationship constellations.
Rose integrates humanistic, mindfulness-based, transpersonal, and gestalt modalities in her work with clients. She has a sex-positive approach and incorporates attachment-based therapies. Rose views counseling through a social justice lens, acknowledging that our social identities impact our lived experiences. She welcomes people from diverse identities and backgrounds, including the LGBTQ+ community.
Rose spent many years as a Wilderness Instructor & Educator, and brings her experience teaching communication, listening, and conflict resolution skills to her work as a counselor. She also draws on her studies in nonviolent communication to help clients cultivate self-compassion and navigate challenging external relationships.
In Rose’s free time she likes to play in nature, trail-run, garden, and cook plant-based foods. She also has a daily mindfulness and yoga practice that support her to be present and center through the challenges of life. Rose offers online sessions as well as in-person outdoor sessions in local parks and trails.
Dylan Leigh, Naropa Mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling, MA expected May 2023
Dylan’s work through his own struggles has given him a deeply rooted empathic and
compassionate orientation towards the therapeutic relationship. Dylan has spent much of the
last decade working with adolescents in organizations that support their social-emotional
learning. As a research assistant in a cognitive and affective science lab, Dylan has helped
publish academic research on mediation practices and emotion regulation. His clinical approach
is thus informed by neuroscience and empirically grounded thinking. Dylan is a certified
mindfulness and meditation instructor and has taught meditation in various organizational
settings. Mindfulness-based strategies are an important part of Dylan’s therapy. He has also
been trained in Gestalt techniques, and uses attachment theory. Dylan is pursuing training in
equine assisted psychotherapy, which aligns with his personal connection to the healing power
of the natural world.
Bridgid Lupetin, Mindfulness Based Transpersonal Counseling at Naropa, M.A expected May 2023
Bridgid (she/her) approaches therapy with an open-hearted and genuine interest in helping individuals, couples and children feel supported and empowered in every facet of life.
As a lifelong artist, she possesses a creative and eclectic style that is grounded in mindfulness and informed by theories including Humanistic, Gestalt, Transpersonal and Jungian Psychology. She has a present-centered style that is both relational and collaborative and strives to help people connect to their unique and inherent wisdom.
Bridgid’s integrated, trauma-informed approach is non-judgmental and inclusive of all identities. She has a strong desire to facilitate healing for individuals during challenging life transitions and times of grief and loss.
Outside of therapy, Bridgid enjoys playing with her dog at the park, riding bikes and skiing in the
mountains, painting and spending quality time with family and friends.
Seth Tolbert,Transpersonal Wilderness Therapy at Naropa, M.A. expected May 2023
Seth (he/him) is committed to aiding adult individuals and couples to finding happiness and healing through genuine curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and compassion. He uses cognitive, emotional, somatic, and spiritual approaches to explore ways for clients to reconnect with their own innate wisdom, as well as using mindfulness techniques for nervous system regulation and drawing upon the natural world as a guide for exploring ones own internal wilderness. Seth honors each individual’s struggles, passions, culture, and background, and works to create a supportive environment and relationship within therapy to nurture each client’s unique ability to grow from trauma, stress, addiction, depression, anxiety, and relationship troubles. When not practicing therapy, Seth enjoys writing and playing music, gardening, biking, skiing, backpacking, and playing with his dog, Georgia.
Alyssa Mullen (she/her) M.A. in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling, expected May 2023
My therapeutic approach is influenced by Gestalt Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Child-Centered Play Therapy, Synergetic Play Therapy, Mindfulness, Somatic Integration, Authentic Relating, Narrative Therapy, Neuroscience, Social Justice, Trauma-Informed Care and Transpersonal Psychology. Sessions will be unique to the relationship that is created with each client and each client’s needs. I work with kiddos, teens, adults, and couples/relationships.
My philosophical lens for therapy is rooted in the idea that every nervous system is brilliant and is always working toward equilibrium. I carry a belief that our nervous systems are always communicating and that, through this relationship, we can show one another how to modulate the impacts of life. I am passionate about supporting individuals struggling with grief, loss, existential stress and confusion, self-expression, spiritual emergency, adjustment challenges, life transitions, sexuality, and spirituality. I am also knowledgeable in working with individuals in polyamorous/non-monogamous relationships.
In my freetime, I enjoy listening to podcasts, hanging with my cats, studying astrological traditions, engaging with paranormal content and conversation, reading books, watching comedy and sci-fi/fantasy, listening to music, dancing, movement/mindfulness practice, exploring new places, trying new food, and drinking tea. I’m also a co-facilitator for a student-led organization at Naropa University, the Naropa Alliance for Psychedelic Studies.
Lili Gahagan, Contemplative Psychotherapy, M.A. expected 2023
Lili (she/her/hers) is a third-year graduate student pursuing her masters’ degree in counseling at Naropa University. Lili offers holistic, trauma-informed, multiculturally and socially sensitive counseling for adults, couples, and teens. She believes deeply in the human capacity to heal, and the power of uncovering and building trust in the innate wisdom that exists within each of us.
Lili has spent the last six years studying the mind body connection. She draws on her experience as a certified integrative nutrition coach, life coach, yoga and meditation instructor, and breathwork facilitator in her therapeutic work with clients.
Lili’s intention is to create a space for her clients to identify, understand, reprocess, and heal the root issues and experiences that are playing a role in their current behavioral and emotional challenges. She utilizes a unique approach that blends evidence-based practices with her own creativity, to align and create balance within the mind, body, and spirit. Lili strives to foster a strong, trusting, and safe therapeutic alliance with her clients, to create a powerful foundation for the work that will be done together. Lili is deeply dedicated to serving others to create lives and relationships they love.
