Jessica Waters
Registered Psychotherapist, Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor, Expressive Arts Specialist -
You are not one dimensional and your therapy or coaching shouldn’t be either.
Your power to heal your body can be activated through practice, education and understanding. This is a space where you discover your own healing power and create a new journey for the next chapter of your life. I’m here to help guide you. I am here to support your growth and journey. I blend modern psychology with ancient wisdom, combining energy work, wellness and behavior nutrition, expressive arts, body based practices, neuroscience, mindfulness and shamanic healing techniques to support your soul’s journey. Learn the skills and tools needed to elevate your life. I specialize in working with clients who need assistance navigating trauma, grief, addiction, anxiety, overwhelm, burn out and chronic illness.
Often we have normal reactions to abnormal situations in this crazy world. I provide a validating, affirming, compassionate and loving environment to support you and coach you through creating Regulation, Recovery and Resilience in life.
Do you…
Have overwhelming emotions?
Identify as being an empath or highly sensitive person
Long for intimacy and guard your heart because you have been hurt before
Have feelings of sadness and don’t know why
Desire to live your fullest life, fulfilling your life’s purpose
Struggle with anxiety, decision making and feelings of overwhelm
Love but can’t let go or struggle with loss
Feel disconnected from yourself, burnt out, misunderstood or different from everyone
Suffer from chronic illness or unexplainable body pains, allergies, headaches and body reactions
Seek a safe space with loving guidance and support that honors you
Find yourself sabotaging your efforts for a life you want to live
Desire to gain the knowledge of how to regulate your reactions to intense emotions or triggers and understand your nervous system and brain processes
Struggle with sleeping through the night or getting to sleep
Engage in perfectionism, super critical thinking and devaluation of yourself
Have dreams that predict future experiences or vivid dreams that leave you wondering or emotionally upset
Feel unheard, unseen and that you don’t matter
Struggle with core feelings that you are not enough.
Find any number of these things impacting your relationships, self confidence, path in life, career, and life choices.
Wonder if there is a connection between your mind and body?
Desire to understand and harness the magic of your own energy system
My methods help you learn the skills and discover the elements that help you self heal, get unstuck and embody who you truly are within yourself and your relationships. We work together as a team to create Regulation, Recovery (from trauma, grief, mood issues, addiction) and Resilience.
You can: Heal, release and integrate your traumatic experiences into your life and develop awareness and understanding of your body messages, what it’s speaking to you and how to successfully navigate intense emotions. You can gain the ability to create healthy boundaries that support you. You can learn to befriend your emotions, using them as guides to understanding and honoring your nervous system and mind/body needs. Together we can create meaningful rituals around change, honoring sorrow and grief, work with the skills you already have, expanding them in deeper ways to create a more satisfying life. We support, culinary, food/mood, dietary and natural supportive methods to increase your mood and mental wellness and explore guided healing visualizations and journey’s revealing your mind/bodies inner needs and creating affirming, compassionate and safe loving spaces within you.
Learning coping and lifestyle skills that help you live your best life and discovering root causes understanding the neurobiological/physiological processes that contribute to your dis-ease helps your find your worth, your voice and your own power.
I serve the entire state of Colorado via telehealth and have limited evening and weekend appointments available. I also service the entire state of Missouri for substance use disorders/addiction counseling and recovery support for those who are new or need additional support in their relapse prevention and recovery process development.
I am honored when you choose me to share your story with. Your path is sacred. A journey through highs and lows, learning experiences, triumphs and tragedies. Here is a place you are heard.
I am a Registered Psychotherapist and Credentialed Substance Use Counselor as well as a Trauma Informed Expressive Arts Specialist and a Regulation, Recovery and Resiliency Coach, Transformative Parenting Coach and Large, Body Positive Wellness Coach that uses Accessible, Chair, Bed and Modified Mat yoga.
ALL SERVICES ARE TELEHEALTH ONLY.
I require a 15-30 minute free consult prior to booking and accepting you as a client so we can see if we are a good fit together. My Open Path rate is between 40-60 per hour.
Services in our toolbox include:
Healing Meditation
Mindfulness Development
MindfulArt, Expressive and Therapeutic Arts
HeartMath (HRV) Coherence, Breathwork
Reiki, Journeying and Energy Work
Channeled Intuitive Healing
Sound and Vibrational Healing
Traditional Healing from Indigenous Mexico and Latin America
Lifestyle Coaching with Behavior Nutrition and Supplement Support
Archetype Exploration , Shadow Work
Palliative Care Treatment and Grief Processing with the Arts and Mindfulness
Accessible Yoga
Somatic Embodiment and Somatic Healing Practices
Psychoeducation
Cognitive Reframing, Trigger Identification, Automatic Thoughts, Core Beliefs, Defense Mechanisms and Developing Your Inner Advisor
Guided Imagery, Imaginal Revisiting and Visualizations
Traditional Talk Therapy with: DBT, RO-DBT, CBT, SFT, MI, Interactive Feedback and Structured Problem Solving
ACT with Compassion focusing on the inner critic and development of self compassion
RAIN
NeuroResilience
My training, degrees, certifications and study are from the Andrew Weil Institute of Integrated Medicine, Regis University, Sofia University, Columbia University, Hazelden Betty Ford, University of Colorado-Boulder, UC-San Marcos, University of Central Florida, University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Capella University and University of Pennsylvania, Sophia University, Regis University, Capella University as well as numerous additional credentials and professional development work in expressive arts therapy, trauma treatment, grief and loss, substance use, alternative and complimentary treatment practices for mental health and cognition and mental health nutrition. I have studied with trauma specialists Dr. Bruce Perry, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Stephen Porges and trauma centered expressive art therapist Dr. Cathy Malchiodi as well as Linda Thai in Somatics (body based healing).
I am trained in using Endocannabinoids for mental wellness and to help manage symptoms of mental distress in cooperation with healing meditation, breathwork, movement, vibrational and energy healing and lifestyle changes. We examine thought patterns and self talk and help you change the thinking and behavior patterns that may limit you.
I have recovered from chronic trauma, addiction, complicated grief, COVID, understanding personally the issues that you can’t read about in a text or a workshop. I live with chronic illness and have seen first hand the power of the mind body connection along with lifestyle, energy and thought changes the relief that can be had with these elements.
Testimonials:
“I would not have made it through this time of my life during the pandemic if I hadn’t been working with you. You really were a Godsend.”
“You helped me so much discover so many things about myself and make sense of my experiences. I love working with you. I’ve learned so much and my life just feels so much better now.”
“I’ve never experienced a clinician with your multiple skill sets. I really see the progress I’m making and feel so much better working with you in this way. I feel seen and heard and understood.”
“I can’t believe how much better I’m doing after only a couple months!”
“You’re so easy to talk to, even about the hard stuff. You support and acceptance has been a real door opener for me.”
Training/Licenses/Education
Registered Psychotherapist (CO)
QMHP/QAP – Qualified Mental Health Professional – Qualified Addiction Professional
A.D.D.C. – Addictions Counselor Candidate (CO)
CRADC- Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and Drug Counselor
ICADC – International Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor
M.A.R.S. – Medication Assisted Recovery Specialist (MO)
M.P.S.- MO Prevention Specialist
CMHIMP – Certified Mental Health Integrated Medicine Provider
CTP – Certified Trauma Professional
CATP – Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional
CCTS – Certified Clinical Trauma and Addictions Specialist
CCTP – Certified Clinical Trauma Provider
CYMHS – Certified Youth Mental Health Specialist
CCFP – Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional
CCATP-CA – Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional
ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider
ADHD – Certified Educator
CGCS – Certified Grief Counseling Specialist (including work from Hospice of America)
Certified Complicated Grief Treatment Provider – Columbia University, NY
CAIMHP-Certified Addictions Informed Mental Health Provider
Trained fully in Dartmouth/Hazelden FIT Co-Occurring Disorders Program
NAADAC Specialty Achievements : Wellness in Recovery, Advances in Technology in the Addiction Field, Recovery to Practice Certification
Somatic Embodiment and Self Regulation Level 3 Practitioner
HeartMath Clinical Services Provider – Stress, Anxiety and Depression
The DaLian Method
Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) with certifications in Restorative, Chair, Children’s, Y12SR (Yoga for 12 Steps), Yoga For All, Body Positive Yoga
Accessible Yoga Teacher (AYT) and Ambassador
Certified Health and Wellness Life Coach – Certified Vegan Nutrition Coach
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Training
CMC- Certified Mindfulness Clinician
CMT-200 – Certified Meditation Teacher
Certified Primordial Breath Practitioner – Chopra Center
Certified Sound Healing Practitioner – Sound Healing Academy, London
Certificate in Arts in Health – Arts in Health Institute
Certification-Trauma Informed Expressive Arts Therapy
Certificates in Trauma Informed Care for Organization, Clinical Foundations of Trauma Informed Care, MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) and Mindfulness-University at Buffalo-SUNY
Certificate in Integrate Health and Wellness – University of Minnesota
Certificate in Positive Psychology-University of Pennsylvania
Certificate of Social Emotional Learning University of Colorado- Boulder
Cal State University Institute of Palliative Care-Healing Through Art for Palliative Care- Train the Trainer
Certification in Therapeutic Art Life Coaching and Shamanic Life Coaching
Certificate in Fine Art-Kansas City Art Institute
PhD – Psychology/Transpersonal Psychology
Graduate Certificate – Educational Leadership
Graduate Certificate of Transpersonal Psychology Creative Expression
M.A. Psychology
B.Msc. – Metaphysics
B.S.Ed. – Education
A.A. – Music
Skills and Expertise
Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
Addiction
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Adjustment to College
Adult
Alcohol Use
Anxiety
Art
Attention Deficit (ADHD)
Behavioral Issues
Career Counseling
Caregiver Issues or Stress
Child or Adolescent
Chronic Illness or Disability
Chronic Relapse
Creative Blocks
Depression
Drug Use
Dual Diagnosis
Emotional Abuse
Emotional Disturbance
Emptiness
Family Conflict
Fear
grief
Health Illness and Medical Issues
Life Coaching
Life Purpose
Loss
Loss or Grief
Meditation
Mindful Eating
Mindfulness based therapy
Mood Disorders
Panic
Parenting
Reiki Energy Healing
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Sleep or Insomnia
Spirituality
Stress
Substance Use
Thinking Disorders
Trauma
Trauma and PTSD
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Acceptance Commitment Therapy
Art Therapy
Coaching
Child Parent Psychotherapy
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Contemplative
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
DBT Informed Therapy
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
Existential
experiential
Expressive Arts Therapy
Experiential Therapy
Harm Reduction
Health/Wellness-based
holistic health
Humanistic
Interpersonal
Meditation
Mindfulness
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Motivational Interviewing
Music Therapy
Photography
Person Centered Therapy
Qigong
Self-Compassion
Somatic
Telehealth-based
Therapeutic Yoga
Therapeutic/Mindful Movement
Therapy unique to each client
Transpersonal
Trauma Focused Therapy
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Writing
Modality