Integrative Somatic, Metaphysical, and Psychospiritual Therapy
rooted in clinical depth and intuitive wisdom
I work with women who want a deeper, more expansive approach to psychotherapy—one that honors the whole person and creates room for your mind, body, emotions, spirituality, intuition, and lived experience.
Dawn K. Gibson, MSW, LCSW
27 years of experience in the mental health field.
Individual psychotherapy and group programs for women.
Fort Collins, CO, and Online throughout Colorado and Texas
A Different Way to Experience Growth and Healing
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I combine my clinical skills and training in somatic therapy and other evidence-based modalities with years of training in metaphysical and psychospiritual approaches for an integrative psychotherapeutic experience.
Our Work Includes a Combination of the Following:
Mind:
Understand your thoughts, thought patterns, beliefs, emotions, relationships, and the stories you’ve been told and currently tell yourself.
Body:
Learn to listen to your body, become more present, work with your nervous system, and reconnect with your body in an integrative way.
Spirit:
Explore meaning, purpose, connection, intuition, spirituality, and your own sense of what is sacred or meaningful through the lens of your spiritual beliefs.
Metaphysics:
Explore intuition, energy, symbolism, guided visualizations, oracle or tarot cards, manifestation, or other metaphysical practices that help us obtain support from the unseen.
Our work together is relational, collaborative, and individualized. You have complete autonomy and control in our sessions. I respect your beliefs, boundaries, and choices.
You do not have to believe what I believe.
Your spirituality is yours. My role is not to tell you what is true—it’s to create a space where you can explore what is meaningful, supportive, and true for you as you heal.
Is This Kind of Psychotherapy Right for You?
I work especially well with women who are:
- Spiritually curious or spiritually engaged
- Highly Sensitive or deep feelers
- In search of healing beyond talk therapy
- Interested in deep awareness and self-transformation
- Open to metaphysical and spiritual practices and approaches
- Open to mindfulness and somatic therapy
- Anxious perfectionists ready to move into a more regulated state of functioning
- Interested in the mind-body connection
- Ready to reconnect with your inner knower or intuition
- Open to engaging in guided visualizations
- Ready to heal from trauma, childhood patterns, emotionally immature parents, or
difficult experiences
- Tired of self-abandonment and ready for self-compassion and worthiness
- Ready for deep exploration beyond your current roles and internalized beliefs
If you’re new to therapy, or you’ve done enough traditional therapy to know that self-awareness matters—but you want even deeper change—please reach out for you free phone consultation.
What Brings Women to Therapy with Me?
Disconnection from Self:
You do everything for everyone, and you can even anticipate their needs, but you have lost sight of yourself. You may not know what you need or who you are. You may feel lost, confused, numb, or stuck.
You want to feel connected to yourself again—to know what you need, what you want, and who you are outside of everyone else’s expectations. You want to feel at home in your own skin, rather than constantly changing yourself to fit those around you.
People Pleasing and Perfectionism:
You’re in a continuous state of anxiety and discomfort trying to be your best for everyone around you. You struggle to speak your truth for fear of making someone mad or hurt, and you make yourself smaller to fit into the boxes of others’ needs, desires, and expectations.
You want to stop shrinking yourself to keep the peace. You want to speak your truth, trust that your needs matter, and feel free to be yourself without constantly worrying about disappointing someone, being “perfect,” or “failing.”
Trauma and Childhood Wounds:
You know the story of your trauma and childhood issues, yet you still feel on edge, get triggered, and struggle to feel fully relaxed in your body.
You want to move beyond simply understanding your childhood or other trauma, and actually feel different in your body and your life. You want to feel safer, calmer, more grounded, and less controlled by old patterns, triggers, and reactions.
Family or Intergenerational Patterns:
You may or may not be aware of your family or intergenerational patterns. Please know they impact you whether or not you are conscious of them—including your current relationships and self-worth.
You want to understand the patterns you’ve inherited—what you learned from your family (consciously or unconsciously)—so you can decide what wisdom you want to keep and what toxic traits you want to change. You want to let go of relationships and behaviors that cause stress in your life—to create a new, healthier way of being.
Relationships:
You struggle to set boundaries, use your voice, and prioritize yourself. You may be a woman who loses herself in relationships, staying longer than you know you “should,” and repeatedly ignoring your intuition over and over again. You may have emotionally immature or controlling parents, and you are ready to heal from the toxic messages given to you as you’ve grown.
You want to feel connected to others in positive, healthy, safe, and communicative ways. You want to set clear boundaries, protect your peace, use your voice, and prioritize yourself—while maintaining connection (when possible) with family, friends, partners, or children.
Self-Trust and Intuition:
You question yourself all the time. You can’t tell the difference between your anxiety and intuition. You find yourself in the same crappy situations over and over again, but looking back, you realize there were red flags. You feel overwhelmed with your or your family’s expectations of you
You want to trust yourself more deeply. You want to hear your own inner voice beneath everyone else’s opinions, expectations, and advice—and have the confidence to act on what feels true for you. You want to connect with and trust your intuition and stop seeking validation, opinions, and information from others, rather than tuning into your truth.
Motherhood:
You feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or just plain done with the heavy emotional and mental load you’ve been carrying. You’ve put everyone else’s needs above your own and you’ve slowly lost yourself in the process.
You want to feel like yourself again—connected to your needs, your identity, your body, and the parts of you that got lost while caring for everyone else. You want to release guilt, set better boundaries, calm overwhelm, feel less triggered with your kids or partner, and let go of pressure to be everything to everyone—while finding your way back to yourself.
Emerging into Adulthood:
You are struggling with identity, family, relationships, or the pressure of “adulting” or going to college. You feel overwhelmed and anxious. You want to know who you are and trust yourself as you step into adulthood. You want to feel confident in your choices, and create relationships that feel healthy and authentic, as you build a life that reflects who you are—not who you think you’re supposed to be.
Life Transitions:
You’re moving through a major transition, and the life you once knew may no longer exist—which can feel unsettling. Whether you are navigating the challenging shifts of perimenopause, the isolation of moving out, or an identity crisis—or positive shifts of starting a new job, getting married, or letting go of toxic relationships, starting a new job, getting married, or letting go of toxic relationships—which may trigger anxiety, stress, or grief. You may even feel uncertain about who you are, what you want, or what comes next.
Life transitions are powerful catalysts for growth. They bring an exciting opportunity to redefine your life and step more fully into your authentic self. You want to move into your next chapter with greater clarity and intention. You want to let go of what no longer fits, reconnect with what matters to you, and create a life that feels more authentic to who you are now—no matter what the change.
Meet Dawn
I’m Dawn K. Gibson, MSW, LCSW. I’ve spent 27 years in the mental health field, and over that time, my understanding of healing has expanded well beyond talk therapy on its own, both professionally and personally.
Therapy can be clinically grounded, while also making space for intuition, spirituality, embodiment, and the deeper dimensions of human experience.
My work has evolved through decades of clinical training, somatic psychotherapy training, trauma work and trauma training, professional spiritual and metaphysical training, and years of my own healing, personal growth, and exploration in these areas.
I welcome all parts of you in our therapy together—mind, body, spirit, and emotions.
Clinical Depth. Intuitive Wisdom.
27 Years in mental health.
23 years as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Extensive training and experience in somatic and trauma psychotherapy.
My work is grounded in clinical psychotherapy training, while remaining open to approaches that honor the whole person in mind, body, and spirit.
My practice is LGBTQIA+ affirming, neurodivergent-affirming, feminist, body-liberating, anti-racist, and grounded in an ongoing commitment to anti-oppressive and social-justice practice.
