Professional Background

Alison practices as a licensed professional counselor, board certified art therapist, and approved clinical supervisor.

Alison has a Master’s Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology (Art Therapy emphasis) from Naropa University (2012) and over three years of training in somatic trauma work with the Somatic Training Institute. Bringing together over a decade of experience in the mental health field, clinical research experience, and four years of international experience in therapeutic art education in the Czech Republic, Alison works skillfully and empathically with individuals and groups in cultivating lives of meaning and authenticity. 

Alison believes that no one does this work alone, and is inspired by a transparent and collaborative feminist approach to psychotherapy. Your stories, your wisdom, and your vulnerabilities are safe with her.

A Statement from Alison-

My calling is to do my part to resolve trauma on the personal and global level, and I am deeply passionate about alternative and holistic therapies. Over the past 15 years,  I had the honor of working in mental health settings as well as in educational and art-based community settings with a number of unique populations both in the United States and Eastern Europe. Some of the people who have inspired my path are (in chronological order) : children in New Mexico who have parents living in the prison system, first-generation New Mexicans who were experiencing hunger, ethnic minorities living in the Czech Republic (especially Romani, Asian and African immigrants and refugees), Czech preschoolers and their families, American preschoolers and their families, adults in Colorado with mental health diagnoses who were also transitioning out of prison systems, as well as  elders with late-stage dementia and elders with institutional trauma, depression and end-of-life anxiety. Most recently, I have also had the pleasure of working closely with women on the initiatory path of Deep Feminism through co-facilitating Goddess Mythology groups with Karina Maria Tibble. I have cherished each and every person I have worked with over the years, and am grateful for what they have taught me about the value of authentic human connection. 

I deeply trust in the basic goodness within each of us, and I have immense faith in the resilience of the human spirit.  I am passionate about creating safe and healthy containers for growth and transformation. I identify as a BIPOC and LGBTQI+ ally and am committed to the path of conscious leadership.