Counseling for Grief & Trauma
Individual therapy for adults and adolescents in Longmont, CO
Hi! I’m Sophia (they/them)
After working with people who’ve experienced trauma and loss, especially those dealing with culture or identity stress, I’ve learned that through turning towards the hurt, with gentleness, the painful experience shifts. Softening, flexibility, and openness enters and creates new possibilities.
Trauma and grief live in the body, making you feel like you’re not you any more. It can feel overwhelming, scary, impossible, stuck. My own trauma and grief led me to this work. As a Latine, queer, AFAB person, I know how marginalization can intensify trauma and loss and how it can be the source of those wounds. I’ve learned that relief is possible through being in relationship with what trauma and grief bring up.
I’m collaborative and curious. I support you to tune into challenges, develop coping skills, and explore the underlying layers to beliefs and patterns that are getting in the way.
Outside of the therapy space, I enjoy hiking, knitting, quilting, trying apothecary recipes, and spending time with family and friends.
If this sounds like the kind of support you're looking for, let’s connect.
Training & Professional Development
Licensed Professional Counselor, Colorado, LPC.0020900
MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology, Naropa University
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1 & 2: Trauma Themes & Developmental Injury
The Dos and Don’ts of Counseling with Neurodivergent Clients: A Trauma-Informed Somatic Approach to Autism and ADH, Nyck Walsh
Neurodivergent Somatics, Part 1 & 2, Nyck Walsh
Mindfulness Instructor, Naropa University
Embodied Social Justice Certificate, Embody Lab
Level 1, Racial Equity Institute
Crisis Counselor Training, Hopeline
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I offer individual therapy for adults and adolescents. Sessions are typically 55 minutes. I provide virtual, in office, and walk-and-talk options.
I typically provide long-term therapy, meaning we work together as long as we need to. If you are interested in meeting for only 6-12 sessions, let me know and we can come up with a plan together.
I use body-based, parts, mindfulness, and contemplative modalities. My work is collaborative, client-centered, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-informed.
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You don’t have to. I’ll follow your lead. You get to say “no”, “not yet”, “not that”. The parts that cue you to slow down or move away from certain experiences have wisdom. We will hear them with no agenda and without pushing past them.
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Try it. Typically within six sessions you’ll have a sense if the approach is a good fit and if I’m a good fit. You’re not committed to staying. And we get to talk about how its going, what is working and what isn’t. If I’m not the right fit, I am happy to provide you with recommendations and referrals.
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$150/ 55-minute session. I offer sliding scale based on accessibility needs. I accept HSA/FSA as well.
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Yes! I accept Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna, Kaiser, Select Health, UnitedHealth, and Medicaid (CCHA) insurance.
If you use Medicaid, I can help you determine which region your in and walk you through the process.
For all other insurances, I am happy to provide you with a benefits check (its free) so you know if you have an copays, coinsurances, or out-of-pocket costs.
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I reserve space for people who are uninsured or underinsured requiring and a low-cost pathway for therapy through Open Path Psychotherapy Collective. (These client slots are currently full.)
I also accept Medicaid. If you think you may qualify for Medicaid, please visit Health First Colorado for more information.
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Unfortunately, the design of the current health care system does not offer an ideal set up for clients nor clinicians. The cost of a session includes more than just the 55 minutes that we meet together. It includes training, consultation, research, administrative tasks, billing, marketing, bookkeeping, accounting, care coordination, vacation time, and sick time. It is a rate that allows me to meet my daily living needs and sustain my wellbeing in order to continue to provide counseling services.
I strive to fill in the gap the system creates by providing low-cost options, sliding scale options, accepting insurance options, including Medicaid. If cost is a concern, please email or call me to discuss options.
Ready to get started?
Step 1: Click here, or click the link below, to go to my scheduling page to request a consultation. You will hear back from me with a confirmation about the appointment.
Step 2: We’ll meet for a 20-minute phone call (it’s free) to talk about what you’re wanting to get out of therapy, answer your questions, and give you a sense of my approach.
Step 3: If we decide to work together, we’ll schedule your first session. I’ll email you a client portal link where you’ll sign the onboarding paperwork, fill out the intake, and complete a few brief questionnaires.
Step 4: Our first appointment, sometimes the first two, will focus on your goals and history to set the foundation for our work together.
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I acknowledge that I live in the territory of hinono’eino’ biito’owu’ (Arapaho), Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute), Tséstho’e (Cheyenne), and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Nations, according to Native Land, and that Colorado’s Front Range is home to many Native peoples. I further recognize I occupy this land due to the broken Treaties of Fort Laramie of 1851 and 1868.