Sarah Jane Coffey, (she/her/hers), LPCC, MA Naropa 2024
Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling
Through Counseling 720.378.8347
Life is complex. Thankfully we don’t have to do this alone. Therapy is a collaboration. I will meet you where you are and together we will work to honor your unique identity, experiences, needs, and goals. My aim is to foster the conditions and provide support that allows your inner wisdom, joy, and freedom to arise, even when challenged by circumstances outside of your control. I work with trauma, grief, end-of-life experiences, and utilize the PACT approach to support couples to unite love and logistics. I hold additional training in EMDR and PACT couples counseling approaches.
Dean Gestal, (he/him/his), MA Naropa 2024, Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling
I am dedicated to helping individuals discover meaning and purpose in their lives, guiding them through life’s unpredictable events. Using a blend of scientific and spiritual methods, including Existential psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and Logotherapy, I empower people to recognize their inner strength and choose their own paths.
I work with a broad range of people, from adolescents to the elderly, assisting those who struggle to find meaning amid life’s challenges, including end-of-life anxiety, spirituality, love, relationships, and more. My expertise extends to diverse interests like anime, live music, and the unique appeal of American cheese.
In our journey together, I’ll be your supportive guide, navigating the complexities with authenticity and curiosity. We’ll integrate various parts of your identity, fostering self-love and helping you realize that you are complete just as you are.
Jillian Tosta (she/her/hers), MA Naropa 2024, Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling.
Lasting Change Counseling
Choosing to start therapy is a big deal and takes courage. I see you putting in the effort to care for yourself, and I’m glad you’re here. As your counselor, I will strive to create an atmosphere where all parts of you feel welcome. I will listen compassionately and challenge you when appropriate. Together we will address your challenges in a way that draws on your strengths and aligns with your values.
Mental health challenges do not exist in a vacuum. I utilize a holistic approach considering your mind, body, spirit, history, and social and cultural influences. My counseling style is mindfulness-based, trauma-informed, and body-centered. I also have a background in health and wellness coaching. In my free time, I enjoy dancing, playing volleyball, hiking, and spending time with my dogs.
Lissa Treger LPCC MA Naropa 2024, (she/her/hers), Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling
Psychology Today link
Seeking assistance is a human need. Finding yourself in deep personal distress may be an indicator that you are wanting and ready for change. Together, we can honor those signals and better understand what fuels them. This awareness helps us make sense of how we interact with the environment and shifts how we perceive the world.
With empathic support, we can turn towards the difficult things that may be holding you back, making space for your inherent wisdom, creativity, and growth. My approach to therapy is collaborative and playful. My work integrates humanistic, strength-based, queer, decolonized, and trauma- informed approaches. In terms of modalities, I use Gestalt, mindful and somatic practices, IFS, nature, and the arts. Ultimately we can decide what works best for you.
I am also bilingual and use ASL (American Sign Language) for those who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing.
Liz Zhou, LPCC, M.A. in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling, 2023
Seasons of Growth Counseling
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), LPCC, Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling, Naropa MA 2023.
Mindful Roots Counseling
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, LPCC, Naropa Mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling, MA 2023
Contemplative Solutions
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, LPCC, Mindfulness Based Transpersonal Counseling, Naropa MA 2023
Mountain Bridge Counseling
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.
Landon Sherbourne, LPCC, MA Naropa 2023
Clear Stream Counseling
Are anxiety, depression, trauma, or some unknown “barrier” getting in the way of something you are passionate about? My clients often have a career, mission, art form, sport, or relationship that they want to grow, deepen, or master. Yet, at some point on their journey, they find themselves stuck. Often they have sought support from family or friends, but it’s not quite hitting the mark. They experience fear of failure and resistance in light of uncertainty. My clients are willing to be vulnerable and challenged. Arriving with a deep desire to live a creative life of purpose and passion, yet needing support along the way.
The roots of our challenges often developed in relationship. Family, Friends, Teachers, Heroes, Foes. I offer the opportunity to build a healthy relationship where wounded roots can heal. Through this process, I want to support you developing the capacity to be present in all the ups and downs of life. So that you can live the life you love.
Seth Tolbert, LPCC, Transpersonal Wilderness Therapy, Naropa MA 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) LPCC, MA in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling, 2023
I am a somatic-based and trauma-informed therapist in Boulder specializing in EMDR, Synergetic Play Therapy, and PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy). I guide children, teens, adults, and couples in overcoming their anxiety, depression, dissociation, trauma, intrusive thoughts, emotional reactivity and relationship challenges.
My clinical approach stems from training under esteemed clinicians in the fields of psychophysiology, attachment theory, trauma research and interpersonal neurobiology. I work with a combination of somatic and cognitive interventions to help clients explore the connection between their mind, emotion, memory, and physiology. Together we’ll work to understand your nervous system, uncover any entrenched attachment patterns, heal the origins of your distress, improve the quality of your relationships and help you become the person, lover, or parent that you know you can be.
Lili Gahagan, LPCC, Contemplative Psychotherapy, MA 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.
River Simone, Naropa MA 2022, Contemplative Counseling
River (she/they) offers a body-centered, parts-work approach to the integration of trauma, transitions, and attachment patterns.River draws on their experiences as a high school English teacher and a certified yoga and mindfulness instructor in their work with adults, adolescents, and teens. They recognize sociocultural, systemic, and ecological contexts as critical pieces of personal healing and transformation.River’s style is relational and integrative, incorporating elements from modalities such as Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.In addition to individual psychotherapy, River offers attachment-based relationship therapy for polyamorous and monogamous partnerships.
Tiare Poleschook (she/her), Naropa MA 2022, Mindfulness Based Transpersonal Counseling
From working through her own trauma and learning to trust the process, Tiare has found deep respect for each individual’s journey and their own process towards healing. Tiare exudes a warm and compassionate presence and although she utilizes an array of modalities, she is a strong believer in the healing power of the therapeutic relationship itself. Tiare has worked in the mental health field since 2017 and is finishing her graduate degree in mental health counseling at Naropa University. In sessions, she honors present-moment experience and encourages her client’s in noticing their somatic sensations as well as their emotional and thinking processes. Tiare strives to assist clients in befriending all parts of themselves and she strongly values transparency and advocacy. She serves teens, adults and couples and specializes in anxiety, depression, life-transitions, personal growth and relationship challenges.
AJ Durben (they/them), Naropa MA 2022,Mindfulness Based Transpersonal Counseling
Inner Space Healing
AJ is a non-binary, neurodivergent counseling student at Naropa University. AJ believes in each individual’s innate capacity for healing and claim to wellness. AJ has worked with and welcomes folks with diverse identities, and they are committed to creating a safe space for their clients to bring their authentic selves to therapy. AJ recognizes how difficult it can be to be a human being in the world and invites clients to explore their experiences with compassion, curiosity, and autonomy in service of moving towards healing. AJ’s approach to therapy is collaborative, relational, non-judgmental, and social justice oriented. They are committed to addressing systems of oppression and internalized narratives that challenge one’s ability to show up in this world. In their practice, AJ draws from a wide range of techniques, including Gestalt, DBT, transpersonal psychology, and mindfulness. Outside of therapy, AJ spends their time healing in nature, making art, and cooking vegan food.
Pete Stein MA Naropa 2022, Transpersonal Wilderness Therapy Counseling
Blue and Green Counseling
Having journeyed far and wide in many walks of life, Pete (he/him/his) humbly offers holistic, trauma-informed, multiculturally- and socially-sensitive counseling for adults, couples, and teens. He brings an empathetic, client-centered, and collaborative approach to psychotherapy, which prioritizes safety while focusing on each client’s unique strengths and evolving needs.
Having trained in nature/adventure-based techniques, mindfulness practices, Gestalt therapy, parts work, attachment theory, and songwriting, Pete integrates a variety of therapeutic methods into counseling with the goal of empowering clients to access their own healing wisdom—power that can sometimes become clouded by traumatic life experiences, relationship difficulties, or mental health challenges.
Prior to pursuing graduate work at Naropa, Pete worked for 20+ years, both in offices and out of them. He is a certified NOLS Wilderness First Responder, and in his personal time Pete can be found rock climbing, mountain biking, and camping all over Colorado and beyond.
To help clients connect with their innate healing potential in our rapidly changing world, Pete offers online video appointments, as well as in-person outdoor sessions amidst the beautiful open spaces and trail systems of Boulder.
Ryan Gardiner, Naropa Contemplative Counseling, MA 2022
Ryan (he/him) is a graduate student in Mindfulness Based Transpersonal Counseling at Naropa University. His style is rooted in mindfulness, and draws from Gestalt, Internal Family Systems, parts work, and attachment theory. He emphasizes cultivating a safe and accepting therapeutic relationship, and his warm and easy presence facilitates this. Ryan seeks to create a space where everything and everyone is welcome. He is adept at working with topics such as anxiety, depression, spiritual development, personal growth, grief and loss and life transitions. Ryan’s passion includes travel, and his time living abroad has given him unique multicultural perspectives.
Jamie Law (She/Her) Naropa MA 2022, Mindfulness Based Transpersonal Counseling Jamie Law Psychotherapy
I work with adult and teen individuals from a humanistic, relational, somatic, mindfulness based perspective. It is my belief that the therapeutic relationship itself is a guiding force in the healing process and an essential component for clients to more deeply access themselves. In our time together, we will increase awareness around your relationship to self, relationship patterns with others, how you work to notice and process feelings, how you relate to past wounds and trauma and how you regulate through stressful times. Together we will increase your capacity to compassionately trust and come back to yourself over and over again.
My past experience as a theater and yoga educator has brought my knowledge and passion for authentic expression, psychodrama, nervous system regulation, attention to the present moment and body awareness into the therapy room. I hold additional training in PACT and Synergetic Play Therapy.
Pamela Newman, MA Naropa 2022, Somatic Counseling, (she/her/hers)
Pamela’s approach to counseling is strength-based, humanistic, relational, and body-centered. She focuses on working with the nervous system as a way to work towards emotional regulation. Before coming to Naropa she spent five years teaching yin, restorative, and trauma informed yoga in the Boston area. Through her own personal practice as well as teaching yoga, her curiosity around the healing powers of the mind body connection grew. Her first hand awareness of the mind-body connection as a therapeutic tool led her to find Somatic Counseling which is a form of psychotherapy that values this connection.
Alex Artio, (she/hers), LPC, JD, MBA, MA
Naropa Clinical Mental Health Counseling, 2021
Four Elements Counseling LLC
Alex brings optimism and passion for working with adults, teens, and children to her multiculturally-informed, strengths-based practice of psychotherapy. She is committed to social justice and deep ecology, and maintains an awareness of the impacts of privilege, including her own, and systems of oppression on diverse identities and social locations. After 20 years of practicing law and five years of study with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Alex gave herself permission to begin again. She graduated from Naropa University with a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and then established Four Elements Counseling LLC. Alex collaborates with clients to meet their desired outcomes or goals, which might range from a wish to simply feel better, to addressing and healing a broad range of complex issues that entail relationships, careers, attachment styles, sexual diversity, self-empowerment, identities, eating behaviors, anxiety, PTSD, and trauma, such as that caused by sexual abuse, systems of oppression, domestic violence, and high-conflict divorce. Alex is fully certified in Synergetic Play Therapy and has trained in EMDR and other therapeutic modalities. As a long-term volunteer, Alex has worked with first through sixth graders at Girls Inc. of Metro Denver and facilitated support groups for the Eating Disorder Foundation. Please see Alex’s webpage for more information.
Holly Trienens, Naropa MA 2021
Holly is a registered psychotherapist. She has been training as a therapist at Naropa University since 2017. Her style is rooted in Gestalt therapy with an emphasis on mindfulness and body centered techniques. Her authenticity and ability to be present with another person’s experience helps her to create a safe and non-judgmental space for clients. She enjoys working with both individuals and couples. Before pursuing the field of therapy, Holly worked as a special education teacher for seven years with children with learning and behavioral needs. In addition, Holly is also a mother of two young children.
Rex Tse, LPC, Naropa MA 2021
Rex has worked from a relational approach with domestic violence survivors and individuals with attachment trauma. Having trained at Naropa University and worked in domestic violence advocacy, he strives to be multiculturally sensitive, strength-based, and client-centered. He approaches depression, anxiety, and emotional crisis with compassion and acceptance. With experience in the social justice scope, he brings the complexities of culture, systems, and identities into personal relationship impacts. Fundamentally, finding ease in relationships takes tenderness and understanding. It is possible for any of us to find the wellness we are seeking. Rex welcomes anyone who wants to deepen relationships with self and others.
Alok Remza, Naropa Transpersonal Counseling, MA 2021
Mountain Within Counseling
Alok (he/him/his) offers a body-centered approach foundational in the modality of Gestalt Therapy with a focus on Mindfulness techniques. Eric creates a therapeutic container of safety, presence, and trust to allow for transformation to happen. Before Eric’s pursuit into therapy, he spent the last 25 years working as a professional international mountaineering guide. Eric contributes his safety and success in the mountains to the deep interpersonal relationships he cultivated with his participants. This high level of awareness continues within Eric’s therapeutic practice, and it offers the participant a unique experience of navigating their journey of self- discovery with confidence. Eric is a registered psychotherapist in Colorado and specializes in his practice with individuals, couples, teens, and child populations. He offers a developmental trauma-informed care approach that can support the participant suffering from depression, anxiety, and any other challenging impasses to one’s life.
Niccole Fortunato, Naropa Contemplative Counseling, MA 2021
Genuine Connections Counseling
Niccole is a graduate student in Naropa University’s Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology program. Her life experiences have brought her to the therapeutic path. She approaches therapy from a place of compassion and understanding for the human experience. Her aim is to be with clients in whatever state(s) they may be in or bring into each session. She understands clients are uniquely their own being. Allowing her to approach each client from their individual experience, which may require approaching each therapeutic relationship differently. Her passion and drive to be with others in their joys and suffering stems from an extensive background in trauma. She hopes to show her clients they do not have to face whatever has brought them to therapy alone. Her time at Naropa has allowed her to uncover one of the most effective therapeutic techniques, learning to be present with what is arising in the moment. Learning just to be has opened her up to being present with others during their therapeutic journey.
Sarah Haggerty, Naropa Transpersonal Counseling, MA 2021
Sarah helps her clients to find their inherent wisdom and agency through integrative and body centered therapies. Sarah’s work is based on building strong relationships with clients – through authenticity, presence and synergistic connection. She is adept at working with issues such as spiritual development, personal growth, grief and loss and life transition, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. Also serving as a life coach since 2018 and a mentor for teens and adults in wilderness settings since 2000, Sarah supports a wide variety of clients through a nature-based approach. Sarah helps her clients to find meaning in challenging circumstances and to seek the hidden values and gifts that help them thrive. Sarah is a registered psychotherapist working with eclectic modalities including depth psychology and mindfulness based transpersonal counseling. She offers holistic, trauma informed care for teens, adults and couples.
Bree Bessette, LPCC, Naropa Transpersonal, MA 2020
Chris Engler, LPCC, Naropa Transpersonal, MA 2020
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.
Ariella Gery, Naropa Transpersonal Psychology, MA 2020
Living Story Psychotherapy
Alec Farbman, LPC, Naropa Transpersonal, MA 2020
Head To Heart Counseling
Alec has been working in the mental health field for 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.
Riese Rose, LPC, Naropa Wilderness Therapy, MA 2020
I am a nature-based mental health counselor working in the Durango, Colorado area. I am passionate about supporting others in finding their voice, their power, and a sense of true belonging within themselves and their communities. My primary desire in this work is to support you in cultivating a sense of agency and empowerment in your life.
I work primarily with people who have historically not had access to inclusive and affirming mental health counseling. I also work with those struggling with difficult life transitions, grief, attachment wounds, spirituality, identity, sexuality, PTSD and C-PTSD, self-worth, depression, and anxiety. Additionally, I am dedicated to and actively engaged in anti-racist and anti-oppression work both personally & professionally. I hold a social justice lens in my work and don’t shy away from acknowledging the profound psycho-spiritual impacts that the dominant culture has had on all of us, especially those who stand at the intersections of marginalization.
Re-membering our connection to Self, community, and the surrounding ecosystem is what I believe creates the most sustainable healing. This is especially true in a culture where so many are burdened with trauma, feelings of loneliness, depression, anxiety, isolation, and disconnection from others, themselves, and their own bodies. I approach this work with a relational, soul-centric, transpersonal, humanistic, and somatically-focused lens. I also balance using evidenced-based modalities with spiritual ways of moving through trauma, shame, internalized oppression, and grief in my work.
Rachel Seely, LPC, Naropa Contemplative, MA 2019
Rachel offers an actively contemplative approach to the growth and healing of body, mind and spirit. She works with the inherent potential and movement of body/mind toward wholeness, guiding others to their own natural intelligence and well-being. Based on deep listening and an authentic presence Rachel creates safety and openness to explore pain and suffering with greater awareness and friendliness. Her experience as a postpartum doula, interfaith hospital and hospice chaplain, as well as her many years of practice and training in mindfulness, help her support those in times of transition, conflict, and uncertainty. Rachel trusts in the power of connection and present moment experience to help co-create meaningful change, embodied wisdom, and personal resourcing to integrate back into daily life.
Devan Pope, LPC, Naropa Contemplative, MA 2019
Vibrant Heart Counseling
Through a heart-centered and client directed approach, Devan creates a space of non-judgment and radical acceptance where clients can explore their most difficult emotions and life experiences. A masters candidate in Contemplative Psychotherapy at Naropa University, Devan uses his understanding of brain chemistry, neurobiology, energy psychology and emotional regulation techniques to empower clients towards self-acceptance, stress management, and greater fulfillment in life. Devan welcomes clients from all socio-cultural backgrounds and walks of life, but has particular interest in working with clients with a history of trauma, identity issues, spiritual or religious concerns and members of the LGBTQ* community.
Frances Lacson, Naropa MA 2019, Somatic Psychology: Dance/Movement Therapy
Embodied Hearts Counseling
Healing starts when we feel safe in the presence of another. Thus, Frances is committed to providing a warm, authentic, and nonjudgmental space to support her clients. Frances works with adult individuals and couples who are experiencing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, stress, and trauma. She combines talk therapy, cognitive techniques, body-centered approaches, ego state therapy, and attachment theory into her practice. Frances’s goal is to empower clients to live the life they know is possible, and to develop positive ways of being in relationship with themselves, others, and their surrounding world.
Frances is EMDR-trained, PACT Level 1 Certified, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1 Certified. In addition, she is a mother of two young children and a sweet ol’ pug.
Claire Phillips, LPC, Naropa Contemplative, MA 2019
Claire is committed to helping people discover their innate strength and wisdom through strength-based, mindfulness approaches that increase self-awareness, promote a sense of well-being, and respect each individual journey. Claire welcomes whatever arises for a client, listening compassionately, remaining present and steady, and integrating her experiences of motherhood, living abroad, and teaching art education into the session. She creates bonds rooted in kindness and patience, creating a safe environment to grow at one’s own pace, while inviting exploration of external and internal experiences. Claire recognizes the therapeutic relationship’s ability to empower clients to move toward recovery and healing.
Manuel Gómez, LPC MA, Naropa Contemplative 2017, Spanish speaker
I see the process of therapy as a connection between experts: You are the expert in your life, and I am the expert in the process of guiding people deepen their connection with themselves, and what is most important to them. Together we will develop a profound understanding of your current circumstances by studying the obstacles you have encountered on your path. We will capitalize on your personal qualities and use this information to clarify and delineate achievable goals that are relevant to you.
The result of this process is that you will feel more in control, comfortable, and fulfilled in your life. Sometimes the next level is on the other side of fear, depression, anxiety, PTSD, addictions, relationship challenges, and anger. I will support you to move through them, both as a cheerleader and challenger, until you reach that sweet spot where you feel more like your authentic self, and life flows with ease.
As core pillars to our work, we implement the best combination of evidence-based modalities such as EMDR, DBT, MI, along with neuroscience, and somatic approaches that accelerate your process and achieve results. I have experience working with adolescents and their families in school settings (14+ years) and doing clinical work with adults and organizations.
Elizabeth Driscoll LPC, MA Naropa 2014, Clinical Supervisor
Define Your Duende
Sometimes daily challenges grow to feel like they are actively holding you back. These once manageable internal blocks and environmental influences can be hard to name and even harder to break through. But there is also something calling you to reconnect and take strong steps towards truly living. The root of my work is to help you Define Your Duende — the inherent fire that sparks your own authentic expression and inspired experience. Through talk therapy and varying modalities, we can collaboratively build a dynamic therapeutic approach that utilizes your strengths and engages your specific struggles.View 7 Photos
As a contemplative based psychotherapist, I offer a range of modalities to support through depression, anxiety, and trauma. We explore traumas or unconscious blocks, I provide strategies & practical goal setting to navigate challenges in both personal & professional spheres. My practice also specializes in approachable and effective therapy for adolescents.
Therapy should be a dynamic and individualized experience, and I develop a personalized approach for each and every one of my clients, adapting with their needs. If you are interested in beginning to work together or have questions, email is the best way to schedule a consultation with me. My practice offers teen hybrid (online and in-person) DBT groups.
Michelle Rogers LPCC, MA Naropa 2011
At The Door Of Change Counseling
Michelle believes that our most difficult life experiences offer a tremendous opportunity for our deepest transformations, providing the catalyst for discovering our own innate power and purpose in life. Michelle is passionate about helping people work through major life transitions while exploring their grief, pain, awakening and transformation. She honors the transformative process, holding space with patience and a compassionate understanding, knowing each journey unfolds in its own way. Michelle welcomes whatever arises for a client, listening compassionately, remaining present and steady, and integrating her experiences from her own journey through parenthood and loss.
Through her integrative approach, she guides her clients to recognize and draw upon their own wisdom as they navigate their journey to knowing and embodying their most authentic selves. Michelle does this by incorporating transpersonal psychology, parts work, mindfulness training, nervous-system regulating and body-centered awareness into her work.
Sarah Rose LPC, MA Naropa 2011, Supervisor and Director of Client Services
Step Into Counseling
EMDR consultation, consultation groups, supervision, and psychotherapy.
Andrew Rose LPC, MA Naropa 2008, Director
Administration, group play therapy supervision, curriculum development, and policy.
