Dawn Marie Gillespie, Lcsw Email & Phone Number

At Transformative Synergy, we utilize counseling, consultation, and education to catalyze powerful changes in your life. We understand that everyone faces moments of being stuck, making mistakes, and struggling in various situations and relationships. Crisis and trauma can be inevitable, but they can also serve as opportunities for personal growth and evolution.Navigating these challenges can be daunting, but you don't have to do it alone. Transformative Synergy is here to support you as you overcome obstacles, manage emotions, and improve your approach to life. We strive to create a safe environment akin to a cocoon, where healing, truth-telling, strength identification, clear communication, goal-setting, solution-seeking, skill development, and active change facilitation take place.Through our collaborative efforts, we transform behaviors, beliefs, and emotions to help you become your best self. My specialized advanced training includes Clinical Family Structure and Strategies, EMDR, Experiential, Body-Based (Somatic and Yoga), Couples counseling, Chronic Illness support, and Psychedelic Psychotherapy. I work with individuals, couples, and groups. I enjoy working with different people and situations. My current caseload is focused on people in the music industry, college students and therapists. Additionally, I provide Clinical Supervision and mentorship to mental health professionals.I offer a range of payment options, including insurance billing, private pay, and sliding scale fees. Weekly and bi-weekly sessions are available. Extended time slots for EMDR Intensives. Packages for preparation, medicine and integration available. Retreats by request.

Administer QEEG guided Neurofeedback to adults and children to address behavioral and mental health disorders. Use EEG technology to map the activity of the brain; waves and connectivity in cortical regions of the brain. Use technology in a non-invasive way to retrain neurological activity to peak performance. Provide traditional psychotherapy, stress reduction skills and EMDR.

Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Us

Teach all levels of community and specialized groups trauma-sensitive yoga, gentle yoga and "get up, get moving" wellness. Teach psycho-education classes specific to managing anxiety, depression, and stress; creating healthy boundaries, happiness and healing trauma; nutrition, neuro-biology, tobacco cessation, and self-coaching. Speaker for public agencies. Provide health coaching using Motivational Interviewing in a 12-week model to help people manage stress, improve nutrition, physical exercise, body image and self-esteem in person and by telephone. Provide team specific training's to enhance area expertise for co-workers. Services provided in a mental health clinic and integrated family medical clinic. Provide trauma-informed assessment and referral services; individual and group therapy for clients ongoing and crisis needs. Provide agency-specific training as assigned; inter-agency collaboration and program evaluation activities; maintain data for tracking and reporting purposes.Services provided in a jail setting with the county, state and federal inmates (male/female) awaiting sentencing. Join with Primary Care Physicians during medical office visits as an integrated care pilot study to promote lifestyle wellness through education and health coaching. This effort is supported by the Colorado State Innovation Model grant for home health targeting children and families in medically indigent populations.Provide coverage for Crisis Center. Provided psychological assessments for individuals presenting in acute crisis. Triage patient to the appropriate level of care based on suicidal/homicidal ideations, acute psychiatric needs, and acute detox needs. Trained and prepared for community disaster response such as shootings and natural disasters. Provide direct disaster based services in communities to promote connection to resources and services.

Denver, Colorado, Us

I developed supportive relationships, inspired strengths based hope and managed emotional distress for people living with, and affected by, Multiple Sclerosis; using Brief Solution Focused Counseling. I was a Certified Multiple Sclerosis Information and Referrals Specialist with wisdom regarding:~~All Aspects of MS; (symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology), ~~Financial (challenges/planning/assistance referrals), ~~Employment (ADA, SSI/SSDI, options/resources), ~~Health Insurance (Medicare, Medicaid, ACA, Appeals), ~~Family/Caregiver Needs;Independence~~Life Changes and Crisis (suicide, abuse, homelessness).I enjoyed my role on the Clinical Consultation team; we provided psycho-education, clinical case consultation and emotional support with small groups of Navigators.

Master Of Social Work, Clinical Family Therapy

Intentional Clinical Supervision I, Ii, Iii

200 Hour, Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy

Bachelor Of Social Work, Generalist Social Work

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Psychology, Sociology