Everybody needs help once in a while and you are no exception. A crisis does not have to be a bad thing. For the past 20 years I have helped people use their crises to propel themselves into a better life. Become the person you always wanted to be. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor as well as a Licensed Spiritual Health Coach.

A somatic psychotherapist and trainer of actor-singers in New York City since 1982, I still work exclusively with singer's, actors, and those who use their voice professionally in their work. Learning to express yourself authentically, in your God given voice in front of other humans is not always easy- but well worth the time spent. In fact, most people feel that dying would be easier that having to expose oneself in front of an audience.

Unresolved trauma is the source of our panic states that prevent us from being in the state of calm where true emotion is experienced. Our survival muscles, also called the muscles of initiation or emotional muscles, are also the muscles that produce speech and singing. When we are in a state of fight/flight/freeze, we lose access to relaxed elasticity and go into either a hyper or hypo mode.

As a master’s level psychotherapist, I practice out of the humanistic-existential tradition of human potential: nurturing, encouraging, and uplifting the human spirit who seeks help because it suffers, is wounded, or is lost. I work with individual adults in the rejuvenating space of a wellness center. I have developed a keen ability to deeply come to access and understand clients’ true, beautiful, glorious selves. I help clients navigate life transitions, grief and loss, mood instability, anxiety, stress, low self-confidence, chronic worry, relationship challenges, addictive behaviors, and time / space mismanagement.

If you may be interested in working with me, take me up on my offer of a free consultation session, where we'll begin to explore together. Please see further details at www.hmboftherockies.com/file/Sarah_McKelvey.html.

Amanda offers psychotherapeutic services in English and Spanish for dealing with internal conflict, intense emotion and relationship conflict. Her training is in Contemplative Psychology and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She is currently studying for her doctorate in Criminal Psychology and is conducting research in restorative justice and shame. For more information visit her website: www.restorativeintegration.com