MEET DAWN

Somatic & Metaphysical Psychotherapist

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

27 years of clinical experience and a lifelong commitment to personal and professional growth.

Why I Became an Unconventional Psychotherapist

After years of providing traditional “talk” and behavioral therapy, I began noticing something: some of my clients understood their patterns incredibly well, yet they were still struggling to change. Many clients met with me week after week, repeating their struggles and stories, without experiencing much change.

I knew there had to be another way.

In 2006, I completed my first somatic psychotherapy training in Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy. I began to see profound shifts when clients could experience their healing through the body—not just talking about it.

In addition, my own journey through trauma and personal issues eventually led me to a different way of understanding healing. I worked through some of my trauma with my own psychotherapist, and I found powerful support through unconventional practitioners who incorporated spiritual exploration, energy work, intuitive practices, and other metaphysical tools.

As I experienced major shifts with this unconventional work, I realized something important:

I didn’t want to choose between psychotherapy and spirituality in my own clinical practice in helping women therapeutically.

I decided to bring all of my training together in my work with women, both ethically and legally.

All of this has shaped the way I practice today: clinically grounded somatic psychotherapy and other evidence-based modalities that also incorporate intuition, spirituality, metaphysics, and energy psychology.

How I Work

I work relationally and collaboratively. I integrate psychodynamic theory with somatic psychotherapy and psychospiritual and metaphysical practices to help women heal their minds, bodies, relationships, and deepen their connection to themselves.

Somatic or body-centered psychotherapy helps us slow down, be mindful, and notice what is happening within the body on an unconscious level, as we process trauma, grief, big emotions, and longstanding patterns.

I also have training in other realms, so I incorporate tools such as energy work, guided visualization, oracle or tarot cards, gemstones, ritual, and other intuitive or spiritual practices.

You don’t have to believe in any particular spiritual framework to work with me.
I work best with women who are curious and open to exploring what feels meaningful and resonates with YOU.

My Clinical Background 

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Colorado and Texas, with a Master’s degree in Social Work–Direct Practice and 27 years of mental health experience.

Over the years, I’ve worked with hundreds of clients in private practice and in community, hospital, and school settings, supporting clients through trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, family patterns, self-worth issues, shame, and major life transitions.

My clinical training includes trauma and relational therapy, somatic and trauma therapy—Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy, NARM, interpersonal neurobiology—CBT, disordered eating/eating disorders, trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness, and other body-based and experiential approaches.

I’ve also created and run psychospiritual group programs for women focused on embodiment, self-connection, and shifting patterns that no longer serve you.
[The Embodied Woman]

Our work together centers on our therapeutic relationship.

Meaningful change happens when you feel seen, heard, validated, and believed—and when you feel safe enough to explore your innermost thoughts, feelings, and shame honestly and without judgment. I also recognize the systemic issues that contribute to your trauma and pain.

My role is to create a grounded, supportive, and nonjudgmental space where you can dive into the shame and trauma you can no longer ignore, and not only reconnect with parts of yourself that you’ve lost along the way, but also experience integration and embodiment.