Trauma Focused Therapists in Lyons, CO
Today, a record number of people are feeling alone, stressed, and disconnected. Many find themselves struggling with relationships, emotional expression, low mood, diminished energy, and a lack of confidence. Sound familiar? I am honored to work with individuals seeking support to reduce stress/anxiety, navigate grief, loss, and life transitions, improve interpersonal skills and relationships, build confidence, and feel more connected to their joy and vitality. I also enjoy supporting parents and children in fostering healthy social-emotional skills and navigating the challenges of parenthood.
Today, a record number of people are feeling alone, stressed, and disconnected. Many find themselves struggling with relationships, emotional expression, low mood, diminished energy, and a lack of confidence. Sound familiar? I am honored to work with individuals seeking support to reduce stress/anxiety, navigate grief, loss, and life transitions, improve interpersonal skills and relationships, build confidence, and feel more connected to their joy and vitality. I also enjoy supporting parents and children in fostering healthy social-emotional skills and navigating the challenges of parenthood.
As a Psychologist I look forward to working with client who are curious about their potential, engaged in the therapeutic process, will to try new things and willing to give feedback when things are working and when things are not working. Therapy is work, and it works best when you are able to engage in a healthy relationship with me that facilitates growth and healing.
As a Psychologist I look forward to working with client who are curious about their potential, engaged in the therapeutic process, will to try new things and willing to give feedback when things are working and when things are not working. Therapy is work, and it works best when you are able to engage in a healthy relationship with me that facilitates growth and healing.
Updated April 1, 2026
In a safe, non-judgmental environment, with caring and compassion, I am passionate about helping you live to your fullest potential. Together let's find your strengths and courage so you can move forward with wisdom and confidence.
Updated April 1, 2026
In a safe, non-judgmental environment, with caring and compassion, I am passionate about helping you live to your fullest potential. Together let's find your strengths and courage so you can move forward with wisdom and confidence.
I am a nationally certified master's level counselor with over 20 years of experience including, since 2014, volunteering with Tru Hospice facilitating grief groups. I offer counseling for issues related to loss and grief, depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationships, self-esteem, self-empowerment, divorce, parenting, emotional, sexual and physical abuse, co-dependency, adult children of alcoholics, and adult children from dysfunctional families. I have successfully helped many people navigate a variety of intensely emotional times so that they emerge with dignity, self-respect, increased coping skills and a clearer understanding of themselves and the lessons their experience has provided.
I am a nationally certified master's level counselor with over 20 years of experience including, since 2014, volunteering with Tru Hospice facilitating grief groups. I offer counseling for issues related to loss and grief, depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationships, self-esteem, self-empowerment, divorce, parenting, emotional, sexual and physical abuse, co-dependency, adult children of alcoholics, and adult children from dysfunctional families. I have successfully helped many people navigate a variety of intensely emotional times so that they emerge with dignity, self-respect, increased coping skills and a clearer understanding of themselves and the lessons their experience has provided.
Our sessions will help you reclaim what has been lost or forgotten by living within systems and environments that generate distress. With careful and collaborative tending, we can transform painful experiences into opportunities to awaken something deeper within. Trauma, depression, and anxiety take many forms with origins ranging from a single event to multigenerational transmission. All can lead to feeling as if you are constantly in survival mode, tense, and on guard.
Our sessions will help you reclaim what has been lost or forgotten by living within systems and environments that generate distress. With careful and collaborative tending, we can transform painful experiences into opportunities to awaken something deeper within. Trauma, depression, and anxiety take many forms with origins ranging from a single event to multigenerational transmission. All can lead to feeling as if you are constantly in survival mode, tense, and on guard.
Hi. I'm Ray, an explorer, healer, and lover of the natural world. I have an MA from Naropa University, where I partook in their Transpersonal Wilderness Therapy program. Many clients come to me when they are feeling stuck and lost in life, because of blocks and past beliefs that cloud their inner skies. I am passionate about helping women step into their true power. My job, as a therapist and guide, is to help clients clear up past traumas and blocks so they can live their best life and reconnect with the Higher Self. I offer Telehealth sessions for anyone in Colorado and I have limited availability in-person in Salida, CO.
Hi. I'm Ray, an explorer, healer, and lover of the natural world. I have an MA from Naropa University, where I partook in their Transpersonal Wilderness Therapy program. Many clients come to me when they are feeling stuck and lost in life, because of blocks and past beliefs that cloud their inner skies. I am passionate about helping women step into their true power. My job, as a therapist and guide, is to help clients clear up past traumas and blocks so they can live their best life and reconnect with the Higher Self. I offer Telehealth sessions for anyone in Colorado and I have limited availability in-person in Salida, CO.
Reaching out can be insanely difficult and vulnerable at times, I get it. Come in, have some tea, see if the connection feels right for you. I'm here to offer my heart, love, guidance, resources and a safe cozy space for sharing and moving through what may be stuck or needing extra attention. I am here to wade through the gunk with you and also to help you see through and beyond it. At times that means I might direct and re-direct you away from the story, away from the chatter and the thoughts and into your body, connecting with your nervous system, with your sensations, with your authentic self.
Reaching out can be insanely difficult and vulnerable at times, I get it. Come in, have some tea, see if the connection feels right for you. I'm here to offer my heart, love, guidance, resources and a safe cozy space for sharing and moving through what may be stuck or needing extra attention. I am here to wade through the gunk with you and also to help you see through and beyond it. At times that means I might direct and re-direct you away from the story, away from the chatter and the thoughts and into your body, connecting with your nervous system, with your sensations, with your authentic self.
Life's challenges provide great opportunity for growth. Whether you are struggling with past trauma, relationship issues, life transitions or anxiety/depression, my goal is to help you find a strong trust and confidence in yourself and your inner wisdom. Blending traditional and non-traditional approaches to growth and change, we will work to identify and shed beliefs, thoughts and actions that are no longer working, while developing new and effective ways to approach old problems.
Life's challenges provide great opportunity for growth. Whether you are struggling with past trauma, relationship issues, life transitions or anxiety/depression, my goal is to help you find a strong trust and confidence in yourself and your inner wisdom. Blending traditional and non-traditional approaches to growth and change, we will work to identify and shed beliefs, thoughts and actions that are no longer working, while developing new and effective ways to approach old problems.
Currently accepting new clients! This is therapy done differently! I work with thoughtful, curious people who sense there is more to their struggles than a diagnosis or quick fix. Discover a deeper field of reality. Experience a unique blend of modern psychotherapy and ancestral knowledge. See how psychotechnologies like dreamwork and ritual skills can create breakthroughs in your life. You can outgrow your current problems, strengthen your intuitive awareness, experience relief and gain maturity in the process. Therapy can be a spiritual practice that connects you with a source of natural wisdom that is older than the mind.
Currently accepting new clients! This is therapy done differently! I work with thoughtful, curious people who sense there is more to their struggles than a diagnosis or quick fix. Discover a deeper field of reality. Experience a unique blend of modern psychotherapy and ancestral knowledge. See how psychotechnologies like dreamwork and ritual skills can create breakthroughs in your life. You can outgrow your current problems, strengthen your intuitive awareness, experience relief and gain maturity in the process. Therapy can be a spiritual practice that connects you with a source of natural wisdom that is older than the mind.
I draw from a range of frameworks and techniques to support healing from stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, PTSD/cPTSD, and OCD. I specialize in working with neurodiverse clients and cultivating queer-affirming, inclusive spaces. I also offer psychedelic integration and ketamine-assisted therapy to deepen healing and insight. I’m a Licensed Social Worker (LSW), a certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider (Integrative Psychiatry Institute, 2025), and hold an NMIT (Natural Medicine in Training) license under Colorado’s regulated natural medicine framework.
I draw from a range of frameworks and techniques to support healing from stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, PTSD/cPTSD, and OCD. I specialize in working with neurodiverse clients and cultivating queer-affirming, inclusive spaces. I also offer psychedelic integration and ketamine-assisted therapy to deepen healing and insight. I’m a Licensed Social Worker (LSW), a certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider (Integrative Psychiatry Institute, 2025), and hold an NMIT (Natural Medicine in Training) license under Colorado’s regulated natural medicine framework.
During our first session there are a few things that I want to emphasize to my clients. It is important you know our relationship is one of collaboration as well as self determination. We are walking alongside one another. In the first session, I will learn about you and your background including any challenges that impact your daily life including medical, psychological, grief and loss, big transitions and any other stressors you feel impact your mental and emotional health. I will also engage in a series of assessments to help better understand how these stressors are impacting you and your relationships.
During our first session there are a few things that I want to emphasize to my clients. It is important you know our relationship is one of collaboration as well as self determination. We are walking alongside one another. In the first session, I will learn about you and your background including any challenges that impact your daily life including medical, psychological, grief and loss, big transitions and any other stressors you feel impact your mental and emotional health. I will also engage in a series of assessments to help better understand how these stressors are impacting you and your relationships.
About me: I specialize in women's issues, trauma, grief, relationships, anxiety, and life transitions. About you: You are intelligent, sensitive, and high-functioning. You appear to others as though you have it all together, but inside, something's not working. Perhaps this manifests physically, as insomnia or chronic tension. Sometimes it's more internal: hypervigilance or depression, indecision, heaviness, or an inability to move past a traumatic event. You seek answers to life's biggest questions, but sometimes have trouble hearing your own inner wisdom. You wish to feel more ease, more clarity, more connection, more meaning.
About me: I specialize in women's issues, trauma, grief, relationships, anxiety, and life transitions. About you: You are intelligent, sensitive, and high-functioning. You appear to others as though you have it all together, but inside, something's not working. Perhaps this manifests physically, as insomnia or chronic tension. Sometimes it's more internal: hypervigilance or depression, indecision, heaviness, or an inability to move past a traumatic event. You seek answers to life's biggest questions, but sometimes have trouble hearing your own inner wisdom. You wish to feel more ease, more clarity, more connection, more meaning.
The most important part of therapy is the therapeutic relationship. Non-judgment. Trust. Compassion. Acceptance. I encourage clients to work from within this space, creating a curiosity towards the innate workings of the self. "The curious paradox of life is that once I accept myself as I am, it is then I can change." Carl Rogers
The most important part of therapy is the therapeutic relationship. Non-judgment. Trust. Compassion. Acceptance. I encourage clients to work from within this space, creating a curiosity towards the innate workings of the self. "The curious paradox of life is that once I accept myself as I am, it is then I can change." Carl Rogers
Would you like to set clear boundaries? Change persistent patterns that arise in relationships? Ease your heart’s longing to belong? Engage transitions thoughtfully and with empowerment? Embrace a greater sense of connection & well-being? Be more kindhearted with yourself & loved ones? Support your child living a more joyful life? These aspirations are natural, indicating a courageous readiness to reach a fuller potential and greater well-being. Adults express themselves through stories; children through play. Words & play activate the nervous & neural systems allowing access to emotions, thoughts, & sensations.
Would you like to set clear boundaries? Change persistent patterns that arise in relationships? Ease your heart’s longing to belong? Engage transitions thoughtfully and with empowerment? Embrace a greater sense of connection & well-being? Be more kindhearted with yourself & loved ones? Support your child living a more joyful life? These aspirations are natural, indicating a courageous readiness to reach a fuller potential and greater well-being. Adults express themselves through stories; children through play. Words & play activate the nervous & neural systems allowing access to emotions, thoughts, & sensations.
Have you considered a wellness-oriented approach to mental health? Are you thriving in some areas and struggling in others? You may be in a life situation that leaves you feeling burned out, exhausted, stressed, isolated, disconnected, confused, angry, or just needing to find yourself. You can benefit from exploring your strengths. This begins with a plan. Do you have a plan for your wellbeing? You are the expert on your life and I can help you identify your strengths and develop a strengths-based plan to immediately improve your wellbeing and to achieve fulfillment and balance in your life.
Have you considered a wellness-oriented approach to mental health? Are you thriving in some areas and struggling in others? You may be in a life situation that leaves you feeling burned out, exhausted, stressed, isolated, disconnected, confused, angry, or just needing to find yourself. You can benefit from exploring your strengths. This begins with a plan. Do you have a plan for your wellbeing? You are the expert on your life and I can help you identify your strengths and develop a strengths-based plan to immediately improve your wellbeing and to achieve fulfillment and balance in your life.
My therapeutic approach is integrative, holistic, and incorporates EMDR, parts work, trauma focused care, body-based interventions, relational attention, transpersonal concepts, neurobiological understanding, attachment based, and yoga therapy.
Hello and welcome. Thank you for being here. It may have been hard to get here and seek the help that is needed at this time. Recent and past life experiences might feel challenging, uncomfortable, painful, and scary. You are not alone. I'm dedicated to holding space for you to explore the challenging experiences and scary obstacles that have occurred recently and throughout your life. I'm passionate in supporting individuals navigate the perinatal experience and perinatal mental health, preconception through postpartum, anxiety, and developmental trauma.
My therapeutic approach is integrative, holistic, and incorporates EMDR, parts work, trauma focused care, body-based interventions, relational attention, transpersonal concepts, neurobiological understanding, attachment based, and yoga therapy.
Hello and welcome. Thank you for being here. It may have been hard to get here and seek the help that is needed at this time. Recent and past life experiences might feel challenging, uncomfortable, painful, and scary. You are not alone. I'm dedicated to holding space for you to explore the challenging experiences and scary obstacles that have occurred recently and throughout your life. I'm passionate in supporting individuals navigate the perinatal experience and perinatal mental health, preconception through postpartum, anxiety, and developmental trauma.
I work with clients who are struggling with various kinds of suffering-- including depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and the more ordinary experiences of navigating life's challenges, losses, and transitions. I offer support and tools for staying with difficult emotions, and generating kindness and curiosity towards all kinds of experience. Together, we find more space to breathe and grow through these challenges. I work with adults, adolescents, and diverse populations of all kinds. I bring my lived experiences of working with my own challenges to my practice of supporting others.
I work with clients who are struggling with various kinds of suffering-- including depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and the more ordinary experiences of navigating life's challenges, losses, and transitions. I offer support and tools for staying with difficult emotions, and generating kindness and curiosity towards all kinds of experience. Together, we find more space to breathe and grow through these challenges. I work with adults, adolescents, and diverse populations of all kinds. I bring my lived experiences of working with my own challenges to my practice of supporting others.
Are you struggling with the weight of childhood trauma, feeling stuck in unhealthy relationship patterns, or battling the shadows of depression? As a compassionate and experienced therapist, I am here to support you on your journey to healing and self-discovery. Together, we will explore the roots of your pain, develop healthier coping strategies, and create meaningful connections in your life. You don't have to face these challenges alone; let's work together to cultivate the resilience and the joy you deserve.
Are you struggling with the weight of childhood trauma, feeling stuck in unhealthy relationship patterns, or battling the shadows of depression? As a compassionate and experienced therapist, I am here to support you on your journey to healing and self-discovery. Together, we will explore the roots of your pain, develop healthier coping strategies, and create meaningful connections in your life. You don't have to face these challenges alone; let's work together to cultivate the resilience and the joy you deserve.
Usually when we feel depressed, in pain, stuck, anxious or blocked and we don’t know why, it's because somewhere in the past, deep-seated needs, talents and desires may have been repressed, shamed, thwarted, or devalued. With the help of a talented and experienced hypnotherapist, these lost parts of us can be carefully revealed. As a coach and therapist, I offer 25+ years of expertise to help you discover and cultivate your fullest life, transform your burdens into treasure, improve your relationships by learning to understand yourself anew and share new tools with you to assist you in building a life of meaning and fulfillment.
Usually when we feel depressed, in pain, stuck, anxious or blocked and we don’t know why, it's because somewhere in the past, deep-seated needs, talents and desires may have been repressed, shamed, thwarted, or devalued. With the help of a talented and experienced hypnotherapist, these lost parts of us can be carefully revealed. As a coach and therapist, I offer 25+ years of expertise to help you discover and cultivate your fullest life, transform your burdens into treasure, improve your relationships by learning to understand yourself anew and share new tools with you to assist you in building a life of meaning and fulfillment.
Shawna Shirazi
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
4 Endorsed
Serves Area
Not accepting new clients
I support those who are seeking relief regarding stress from life transitions/anxiety, exploring healing from traumatic experiences, and those navigating the complexity of grief. I'm a relational, trauma-informed, and EMDR-trained therapist that strives to create a non-judgmental space for exploring, supporting, and healing. I offer support with understanding a trauma response, finding safety/self compassion, and increasing a connection with one's self. If you are in a life transition, starting a new adventure, wanting to explore old patterns that are no longer useful, or are curious about new coping skills, I may be a good fit!
I support those who are seeking relief regarding stress from life transitions/anxiety, exploring healing from traumatic experiences, and those navigating the complexity of grief. I'm a relational, trauma-informed, and EMDR-trained therapist that strives to create a non-judgmental space for exploring, supporting, and healing. I offer support with understanding a trauma response, finding safety/self compassion, and increasing a connection with one's self. If you are in a life transition, starting a new adventure, wanting to explore old patterns that are no longer useful, or are curious about new coping skills, I may be a good fit!
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