Valerie Lorig, Counselor in Boulder, 80304

Valerie Lorig, M.Ed., NCC

Profession(s):
Counseling Psychology, Psychotherapy, Mental Health Counseling
License Status:
I'm a registered professional.
Primary License:
Registered Psychotherapist

My Approach to Helping

Working experientially with mindfulness, I help individual's access issues directly. A client's insight is worth a thousand words! I facilitate emotional well-being regarding personal and relational difficulties, grief, codependence, partners coping with sexual addiction, betrayal, divorce, sex, trauma, developmental wounds, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and self-image issues.

More Info About My Practice

My fee is $90. I offer a sliding scale.
I offer a free consultation.
Take PPO out of network insurance

How Psychotherapy Can Help

I believe people are basically good, even though obscurations create confusion and pain. Healing occurs when human beings are able to experience their difficulties and also reconnect to their inherent goodness. One of my teachers said: "pain is not a punishment and pleasure is not a reward." When we are suffering this is often hard to believe, yet our wild and crazy lives are the path. Awakening to our authentic selves is a personal journey. Therapy offers guidance during times of transitions, transformation, fears of the unknown, dissolution of what once was or just ordinary human dilemmas. The client takes the journey. The therapist provides tools for safe passage.

My Therapy Focus

I assist individuals in rediscovering their well-being by uncovering core material and beliefs that often reside beneath consciousness. I use Empathic Attendance, Mindfulness/Awareness, Somatic Accessing, Felt-Sense, Visualization, and Dialogue with Different "Parts," of the Client to facilitate this process.

Theoretical Influences that Guide My Work

Contemplative Psychological methods are the the core of my work including: Mindfulness / Awareness, Hakomi Experiential Psychotherapy, Body-Centered Psychology, Brainspotting Trauma Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, and Gestalt Therapy. When appropriate I also use: Transactional Analysis, Reality Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, and Brief Therapy.

Services I Provide

Individual Therapy & Counseling
Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
Group Therapy
Consultation
Online Counseling / Phone Therapy
Home-Based Therapy

Ages I Work With

Teens
Adults
Elders

Languages I Speak

English

Groups I Work With

I provide Workshops on Sex, Love and Relationships for men and women of all ages, as well as, classes designed specifically for the 20's and 30's crowd. I lead Mindfulness Awareness Workshops, Sitting Meditation Groups, Women's Personal Growth Groups, and Support Groups for Partners Coping with Sexual Addiction. I teach and work with students at Naropa University in the Contemplative Psychology Department and Core College.