Recommended Books:
The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems by Ronald D. Siegel
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Power of Focusing: A Practical Guide for Emotional Self-Healing by Ann Weiser Cornell
Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body by Reginald Ray
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
What to Remember When Waking: The Disciplines of an Everyday Life by David Whyte
Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects by Joanna Macy & Molly Young Brown
You Are the One You've Been Waiting For by Richard Schwartz
Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix
Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self-Discovery by Mark Coleman
Nature's Ways: Experiencing the Sacred in the Natural World by Philip Sutton Chard
Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche by Bill Plotkin
Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature by Jon Young, Evan McGown, Ellen Haas
Individual Therapy
Hakomi
Wilderness Therapy
Trauma Resolution Therapy
EMDR
Natural Processing
Support Phone Numbers:
24 hour Colorado Crisis and Support Line
(844) 493-8255 (TALK)
Denver Metro Crisis Line 1-888-885-1222
Boulder County Emergency Psychiatric Services Crisis Line (303) 447-1665
Boulder County Rape Crisis Hotline (303) 443-7300
Boulder Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence for domestic violence support (303) 444-2424
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
Trevor Project for LGBTQ youth 1-866-488-7386
Veterans Crisis Line 1-800-273-8255
Neither I nor the poets I love found the keys to the kingdom of prayer and we cannot force God to stumble over us where we sit.
But I know that it’s a good idea to sit anyway.
So every morning I sit, I kneel, waiting, making friends with the habit of listening, hoping that I’m being listened to.
There, I greet God in my own disorder.
I say hello to my chaos, my unmade decisions, my unmade bed, my desire and my trouble.
I say hello to distraction and privilege, I greet the day and I greet my beloved.
I recognise and greet my burdens, my luck, my controlled and uncontrollable story.
I greet my untold stories, my unfolding story, my unloved body, my own love, my own body.
I greet the things I think will happen and I say hello to everything I do not know about the day.
I greet my own small world and I hope that I can meet the bigger world that day.
I greet my story and hope that I can forget my story during the day, and greet some surprising stories during the long day ahead.
I greet God, and I greet the God who is more God than the God I greet.
Hello to you all, I say, as the sun rises....
~Adapted from In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World by Pádraig Ó Tuama
Therapeutic Programs:
Open Sky Wilderness Therapy
Assisting teens, young adults and families struggling with difficult challenges and life circumstances. We provide a life-changing opportunity to discover and create a healthy life that is an intelligent and authentic expression of one’s true nature as capable, worthy, honorable people. Phone: (970) 759-8324
Affordable psychotherapy for individuals, families, couples, and teens, provided by interns, externs, and licensed therapists in Boulder. Groups, supervision, play therapy, and supervised parenting also offered. Phone: (303) 225-2708
Naropa Community Counseling Center
Serving Front Range individuals, couples and groups with sliding scale services provided by counseling interns. (303) 546-3589
Mental Health Partners
Mental Health Partners is a community mental health center serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Phone: (303) 443-8500
Open Path Psychotherapy Collective
A network of mental health professionals dedicated to helping individuals, families, children, and couples find affordable psychotherapy.
Videos:
Mindfulness Skills
Sample Sessions
Nature-based Therapy
Other:
Boulder Community Acupuncture- Affordable treatment for the whole person for many common health concerns. We address the underlying causes of digestive disorders and hypoglycemia, fatigue and low energy, headaches, migraines, insomnia, irritability, mood swings, depression, anxiety, sports injuries and pain. Phone: (303) 443-3034
Laura Lyon, Soul College® Studio- Use your creativity to explore and get to know yourself through a unique college process. Structured workshops, open studio time and private sessions are available.
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