Lauren Pass Erickson, MA, LPCC, R-DMT
She/Her/Hers

As a somatic counselor and dance/movement therapist, I help clients develop their authenticity and resilience by bringing body awareness and expressive movement into the counseling process.

I believe that working with the mind-body connection allows us to tap into our natural capacity for healing and growth. 

I became a therapist because I love people, I feel honored to hear their stories and support their unique journey's, and I feel passionate about a progressive approach to mental health that incorporates our embodied experience, our creativity and resilience, and awareness of the larger societal context we each exist within. Dance, movement, meditation and embodiment have been central to my own life and healing, and it brings me hope and joy to share this with others.

​Who I work with:
I primarily work with women-identified adults who are struggling in the wake of a unhealthy relationship either within their family or their intimate partnerships. Gas lighting, criticism, lying, and scary or unpredictable behavior can make you feel like you're walking on egg shells even long after the relationship has ended.

How I can help:
I have helped many women like you untangle their complex and painful experiences, find meaning within it all, and regain a sense of self-trust, confidence, and purpose.

This is an area where somatic counseling really shines! This isn't the type of thing you can just think your way through.

Our bodies are how we feel and our bodies are how we heal.

​By inviting our bodies into this process, we can work directly with our emotions and nervous systems. Body-awareness is essential to self-awareness as our sensations, postures, gestures, and movements are quick to reveal our true feelings, values, and desires.​

​​You're probably feeling:

• lost, uncertain, or ungrounded
• hyper focused on others' expectations and judgments
• overwhelmed by intense emotions like grief, anger, and anxiety
• doubting your ability to trust yourself and your intuition
• afraid of new relationships and how they might go, even though you greatly desire connection
• disconnected from pleasure in your body
• unsure of who you are and what you really want​​

​Together we can:

• feel, understand, and move with your emotions
• balance the nervous system to manage anxiety and fear
• move beyond confusing or traumatic experiences
• clarify your core values, passions, and desires
• rebuild your ability to trust in yourself and others
• practice communicating your needs in relationships
• deepen your connection to your body, sensuality, and sexual self-expression
• uncover your own unique and beautiful identity so that you can move through the world  in ways that feel good!

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OK, but who are you really, like, as a person?

I am a California transplant living in Boulder, Colorado on the land of the Arapahoe. I identify as white, cis-gender, female, temporarily able-bodied and Buddhist. I live with my husband, an abundance of house plants, and a feisty cat that gets walked twice a day like a dog.

You can often find me dancing, writing, making playlists of my favorite music, splashing my feet in Boulder creek, and planning for Burning Man. Pre-covid times, I loved to be out with friends at music venues and festivals.

Dance has always been my home base. Over the years, I've grown away from dance as performance and into free-form expressive styles like ecstatic dance and movement meditation. My experience with music and movement have been integral to my own process of healing and self-discovery. 

I love sunflowers and a good hammock just as much as I love obscure animated sci-fi movies with heavy metal soundtracks. 
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Credentials

•  Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC) since 2020

Education

• MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling, specialization in Somatic Counseling: Dance/Movement Therapy, Naropa University 2020
• BA Religious Studies with emphasis in Tibet and South Asia, UC Santa Barbara 2010

Certifications

• Treating Complex Trauma: Certified Trauma Professional, 2020
• Mindfulness Instructor, 2020
• Motivational Interviewing, 2019
• Applied Suicide Interventions and Skills Training (ASIST), 2018
• DANCEmandala Movement Meditation Facilitator, 2017

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To truly understand our authentic selves, we often must look deeper than just surface level thoughts or stories. We need to know how we feel. Body-awareness is an important aspect of self-awareness and by learning to listen to body sensations, we strengthen our intuitive sense of self and our internal compass.

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