Somatic Nature Therapy Institute

We Offer Counseling, Coaching, Supervision, Consultation, Mentorship, Rites Of Passage, Professional Trainings, And Wilderness Quests

Headquartered in Boulder, CO, we see counseling [link] clients both in-person and on-line throughout Colorado. We are also able to offer somatic and nature-based coaching and rites of passage guiding on-line for those throughout the world.

For therapists, coaches, and community leaders, we host in-person and online trainings. People come from far and wide to work with us!

Our Philosophy

At The Somatic Nature Therapy Institute, we strive to make the world a better place by supporting you, your students and clients to connect with your innate wisdom and learn new skills aimed at self-compassion, communication, self-regulation and relationship. 

Through a holistic approach that addresses body, mind and soul wellness, we work with you to more deeply trust your own inner voice, normalize the challenges of humanness, honor life transitions, and feel a greater sense of belonging and interconnection with the Natural World and that which is beyond us. 

The Somatic Nature Therapy Institute’s unique and progressive approach to healing and wellness is based on:

  • Invoking the inherent wisdom of the body, mind, and spirit

  • Collaborating with the natural world as a healer and guide

  • Tapping into our capacities for knowing beyond our five senses and rational minds

  • Accessing and appreciating the abundance of the universe

In every way we serve you, we strive to acknowledge and live the complexity of these principles.

Our client-centered approach holds you as the ultimate expert of your own life and experience. We support, guide, reflect, and walk alongside you in our work together.

Embedded in all of the work we do, whether therapy, coaching, therapeutic training and mentorship, or rites of passage support, our work is infused with the following guiding principles:

  • Body-mind-spirit connection

  • Connection with the natural world

  • Experiential therapies and learning modalities

  • The power of relationship  and compassionate communication

  • Trauma awareness and nervous system regulation

  • Conscious transitions through rites of passage, ceremony, and rituals

Your unique gifts in the world are important and needed!

 

What We Can Help You With

Are you struggling with one or more of the following? We can help!

  • Anxiety 

  • Life transition

  • Trauma and PTSD

  • Depression

  • Attachment issues

  • Relationship issues

  • Self-esteem and personal power

  • Sexual assault or childhood sexual abuse

  • Grief and loss

  • Life purpose 

  • Women’s issues

  • Gender issues

  • Family and couples issues

  • Marriage/commitment preparation and Ceremony creation

  • Divorce

  • Pregnancy preparation and post-natal support

  • Rites of passage

 

How We Work

Our first step is finding out more about you, your needs and goals. Next, we’ll work with you to  identify what practices and tools will most support you.. In order to help you connect with your own deeper wisdom and health, we draw from the brilliance of the following modalities and bodies of work:

  • Somatic Psychology: Influenced by Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi, Body-Mind Psychotherapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, AEDP 

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy

  • Wilderness Therapy: Ecotherapy & Adventure Therapy 

  • Expressive Therapies: Influenced by Dance Movement Therapy, Psychodrama, Gestalt Therapy; Art, Music, and Writing interventions

  • Internal Parts Work: Influenced by Self, Soul, Spirit: Mandala Parts Work, Internal Family Systems, Voice Dialogue

  • Ceremony, Ritual and Rites of Passage: Personally meaningful and culturally relevant Ceremony & Rites of Passage based on your personal background and beliefs

  • Soul-centric Methods: Dream Work, Shadow Work, Deep Imagery

  • Relational Methods: Attachment Therapies and Theories, PACT (Psychological Affective Couples Therapy), Matrixworks Group Leadership, Non-Violent Communication

 

Who We Are

Founded by Katie Asmus, MA, LPC, BMP, The Somatic Nature Therapy Institute is devoted to supporting the processes of learning, growing, and healing in the world, while deeply honoring the complexity and beauty of the human experience. 

We have a staff that specializes in trauma, nature-based therapy, and ceremony and rites of passage. They can work with you on your counseling, coaching, or rites of passage journey. 

Take the Next Step

For general inquiries or more information about trainings, supervision, and mentorship, email us or call 720-507-6247.

Although we do not accept any insurance for our therapeutic services, some insurance providers may reimburse you for a portion of out-of-network expenses. Please contact your provider and confirm your options. We offer a range of pricing and a number of sliding scale spots in an effort to make our services accessible to a wider range of people. Please note, if you are a Medicaid client, we unfortunately can’t see you for psychotherapy services.

We acknowledge that the Somatic Nature Therapy Institute is located on the lands inhabited and tended past, present and future by the Cheyenne, Ute and Arapahoe. With humility and gratitude we live and offer our gifts respectfully and gratefully among the pines, the sage, aspen, mountains and rivers in the area currently known as Boulder, CO.  We are committed to ever tending and growing our knowledge, respect and relationships with these many beings that we are deeply reciprocally interwoven with.