Our Approach And Who We Serve

Just as a desert plant can grow in some of the harshest climates, humans have the resiliency to bloom after some of the most tragic and challenging situations. Let us help you navigate this tricky terrain on your own unique path, where you won't feel so alone, yet instead, witnessed and empowered. At In Bloom Psychotherapy, we aim to facilitate a trusting, warm, directive, and collaborated space with clients.

Outdoor professionals and adventure enthusiasts

Being identified in this community comes with it's own unique set of challenges, that many providers don't quite seem to understand. Are you finding it hard to reconnect with the activity you love after an accident or death in the climbing community? Are you feeling burnt out after working a particularly challenging guiding shift? Are you feeling overwhelmed and frustrated with the rate of recovery after an injury, and moving your body is one of your only coping skills?

Accidents, anxieties, trauma, death, and injury are just some of the realities we may face choosing the risk of immersing ourselves in this lifestyle. It's time to find a provider who really gets it.

As well as our work with the outdoor community, we also work with a wide variety of clients including preteens, teens, and couples experiencing trauma, PTSD, grief, anxiety, depression, and relational issues. We work with clients from a wide range of racial and ethnic backgrounds and identities. We lead with a trauma informed and somatic approach, leaning heavily on a social justice lens incorporating modalities such as EMDR therapy, parts work, mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and attachment theory.

Talk Therapy alone is not enough to effectively work through trauma, childhood adversities, and pain. Our past experiences are stored in our bodies, and they sometimes need a little help getting unstuck. Somatic practices strengthen the mind-body connection, allowing our bodies to feel at ease and regulated once again.

Meet the team

Hi, I'm Brooke

I grew up on the east coast, and I felt a strong pull towards the outdoors, mostly through playing sports. However, it was during college when I learned how to create a connection with the natural world, which allowed me to start understanding resiliency and a deep and profound connection with myself that helped me foster true connections with others.

Nature then became my reset, and my most effective tool to decompress and process my feelings.

Throughout my early career I worked many seasonal jobs― serving as an environmental educator, taking on teacher naturalist roles, and eventually started guiding for backpacking companies. As I started guiding for a wilderness therapy organization, I learned that, although there are moments in nature that are incredibly positive and healing, there are also moments that we can't control―moments that are incredibly challenging and some that even seem intolerable.

I came to understand that healing is a deeply personal and non-linear journey.

At the same time, I started to develop a fear of heights, which felt really hard to process, considering rock climbing was one of my greatest coping skills and favorite enjoyments of life. I felt confused, embarrassed, and angry. As an outdoor professional, I perceived this shift as being "weak." It felt ostracizing, and I would typically just ignore what was happening in my body, pretending that I was okay. That suppression began to emerge in other ways like irritability, isolation, and depression.

Deciding to pursue wilderness therapy as a career, I enrolled in a clinical mental health counseling program through Naropa university's wilderness therapy track. That experience was profoundly transformative, illuminating how I could find self-compassion and inner resilience. Working through my own journey has helped me show up more compassionately, resilient, and authentic with my own clients.

I believe that genuine growth and resilience comes from continuous self-awareness and inner work, which is why I am committed to my own on going journey―so I can be a more authentic and supportive therapist for my clients