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Integrated Mental Wellness for the Body, Mind and Soul

Jessica Waters, Phd, CRADC, ADDC, CCTP, CGCS, RYT-200/500

Our Clinician-Practitioner

Jessica Provides telehealth services for mental health therapy to residents of Colorado Only.  She provides addiction counseling to  those in Colorado, Oregon and Missouri.  All Coaching services, including Trauma , Grief and Addiction Recovery Coaching are available throughout the United States and  Internationally.  A former teacher, trauma and resiliency specialist and now therapist, she has over 25 years combined experience.     She is certified in integrative medicine for mental health and has studied at the Andrew Weil Institute, the Chopra Center, the Center for Traditional Medicine, the University of Minnesota and the Mind Body Institute with Harvard trained Mind Body Medicine specialist Dr. Leslie Korn.  She is a HeartMath HVT certified provider and a certified mindfulness instructor, sound healing practitioner, aromatherapist with training in  the utilization of ear seeds.   She has and continues to study with Grandmother Flor DeMayo, one of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, the art of traditional healing with Curanderos in the Curandera Espiritu path as well as with the University of New Mexico, and through her own Anishinaabe/European heritage.  She is a Metaphysical Practitioner, Reiki Master and Intuitive Counselor, Metaphysical New Thought Practitioner and has studied the Mystics with Fr. Richard Rohr and his team in New Mexico.  She is presently pursuing training in Functional Medicine for Mental Health and has completed her 300 Hour YTT (qualifying for  her RYT-500).   She is currently completing her Certified Functional Medicine And Trauma Specialist (CFMTS) and Certified Multichannel Eye Movement Integration practitioner I (CMEMI-1).


  She has spoken and presented workshops and trainings to both large and small organizations and school districts.  As a former teacher of two decades, addictions counselor and school based resiliency specialist, she understands the practical needs of teachers, parents and children.  She is a trained NAMI presenter and has served on the board for a variety of non profit organizations that focus on helping the homeless.  She currently partners with Family Promise of the Northland in providing hygiene kits for it's laundry and shower service for homeless women with children in Kansas City as well as provides these kits to the homeless on the street.  


Jessica's Story

"My personal journey in life was resistant to therapy because of different unsatisfying experience with the traditional therapy model.  I have survived and now thrive, overcoming childhood sexual abuse, multiple rapes and sexual assaults, a school shooting, school based assaults and my own substance abuse issues that were my survival means.  After the death of my brother in 2006  from his addiction, I knew my path would lead to the same place if I didn't change my life at that point.  As someone once told me, everybody's bottom looks different.  Not everyone has to be homeless on the streets to be there.    That was true in my case.  I stopped drinking, quit smoking and in treatment became addicted to prescribed benzodiazepines after a brutal sexual assault and episode of school violence where I worked.  While I thrived prior, my bottom was at that moment when I could not find safety anywhere, let alone in myself.   It was then I entered the traditional model of therapy where my life story was unbelieved by clinician's who had no idea how to treat such complex trauma.  Luckily, I found the right set of supports after numerous tries.  For the next 8 years I'd throw myself into expanding on my master's education in psychology and studies in trauma and expressive arts therapy to learn more about how to heal myself... and others.  I have always held the belief that healing from trauma, grief and addiction is a trinity process.  Mind. Body and Spirit.  You cannot eliminate one.  It must be a holistic approach for success.  Dedication to practice, taking small, supported steps, meeting people where they are at, having a good therapeutic alliance and learning to build trust is all essential to that healing process.  In my own experience, I was determined to learn everything about these healing modalities that I could and share the power of the arts  in healing with supplement support, endocannabinoid support (CBD/CBG/CBN), behavior nutrition, lifestyle changes, mindfulness, sound healing, energy work, spiritual work, visualization, affirming practices, all of it.  The combination of all of these practices allows for avenues of healing that workbooks and shame filled processes can't provide.  While they may be helpful, the holistic practices of substance abuse, trauma, grief and mood healing help release not only trauma, but karmic and energetic attachments that keep us trapped and regulate the system without pharmaceuticals.   I support pharmaceutical support, however, as everyone is different and different people need different supports, even if they are temporary, to begin the healing work, to get you on the path to a different life.   Through the process, you can discover your own power to heal... yourself.  But first, you have to reach out.  The practices supports all sexes, orientations, nationalities, gender identities, sexual orientations, sizes, abilities, and more.  We are an interfaith organization based in indigenous, metaphysical (New Thought, Energy Medicine), progressive Christian and Quaker perspectives.


I believe in accessibility of mental wellness care and  offer low cost counseling and coaching on a sliding scale.  We are supported by low cost fees, donations and sale of online therapeutic art courses at The Center for Shamanic, Therapeutic Expressive Arts.  We receive no government funding, and do not take insurance."

Credentials and Certifications

 

Specialization Licenses, Registrations and Certificates

Registered Psychotherapist (CO)

A.D.D.C. – Addictions Counselor Candidate (CO)

CRADC/ICADC - Credentialed Reciprocal Alcohol and Drug Counselor (International)

 Missouri (CRADC, QAP) and Oregon (CADC, QMHP-R)

​CMHIMP – Certified Mental Health Integrated Medicine Provider 

M.A.R.S. – Medication Assisted Recovery Specialist (MO)

​M.P.S.- MO Prevention Specialist


*The latest State of Colorado Mental Health Sunset Review process resulted in the official title of registered psychotherapist changing to unlicensed psychotherapist, signed into law on 7/14/2020. All licensed and unlicensed psychotherapists are required to maintain registration and good standing with the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) and both of these groups legally practice under the Mental Health Practice Act. 


NAADAC Specialty Training Achievement's:

 Wellness in Recovery

Advancements in Technology in the Addiction Profession

 Recovery to Practice 

Women in Recovery


More Addictions Work

CAIMHP-Certified Addictions Informed Mental Health Provider

​Trained fully in Dartmouth/Hazelden Betty Ford's FIT Co-Occurring Disorders Program

 Y12SR (Yoga for 12 Steps) and Yoga for Recovery

Disordered Gambling Counselor Certification Training (currently completing) - University of Indiana

Co-Occurring Disorders Specialist (currently completing) - Breining Institute


Trauma Credentials

​CCTP  – Certified Clinical Trauma Provider  

CFTP - Certified Family Trauma Provider

CATP – Child and Adolescent Trauma Provider

​CCTAS – Certified Clinical Trauma and Addictions Specialist 

CYMHS -Certified Youth Mental Health Specialist ​

Certificates in Trauma Informed Care for Organization, Clinical Foundations of Trauma Informed Care, MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) and Mindfulness-University at Buffalo-SUNY

CCFP – Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional

Special study in Chronic Pain and Trauma


Mood/Grief Certifications

 ​CCATP-CA – Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional ​

CDMDTP- Certified Depression Mood Disorders Treatment Professional

ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider ​ and Certified Educator 

CGCS – Certified Grief Counseling Specialist (including work from Hospice of America) Certified Complicated Grief Treatment Provider – Columbia University

Cal State University Institute of Palliative Care-Healing Through Art for Palliative Care- Train the Trainer


Integrated, Functional, Alternative Medicine for Mental Health Certifications

Certified Integrated  Mental Health Provider - Dr. Leslie Korn

Functional Medicine for Mental Health - Arizona Trauma Institute (currently completing)

Specific training in Integrated Medicine for Mental Health from The Andrew Weil Institute at the Un of Arizona

Somatic Embodiment and Self Regulation Level 3 Practitioner

Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200, CYT-500) with certifications in Restorative, Chair, Children’s, Yoga For All, Body Positive Yoga Accessible Yoga Teacher (AYT) and Ambassador

HeartMath Clinical Services Provider – Stress, Anxiety and Depression

HeartMath Resilient Heart - Trauma Informed HeartMath Certified Provider

Trained in The DaLian Method 

​Certified Primordial Breath Practitioner – Chopra Center 

Certified Health and Wellness Life Coach – Vegan Nutrition Coach

Trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and MMFT Training

Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher

Certified Mindfulness Informed Professional


Certified Energy Medicine Practitioner, Reiki Master and Karuna Ki Master

Certified Angelic Healing Practitioner

Contemplative/Mystic Studies at CAC with Fr. Richard Rohr and Faculty  


Expressive Arts Therapy Certifications and Training

​Certification in Therapeutic Art Life Coaching and Shamanic Life Coaching 'Certificate in Arts in Health – Arts in Health Institute  

​Certification-Trauma Informed Expressive Arts Therapy ​ 

Certified Sound Healing Practitioner (Multiple Instruments and Voice) 

Trained in the FOAT Method

Certified Advanced Mindful and Meditative Art Facilitator

Mindful Art Therapy, Art Therapy and Anxiety, Grief and Art Therapy, Expressive Arts for Trauma Healing and Emotional Regulation

Expressive Arts for 12 Steps and Addictions - Dr. Jamie Marich and Pamala Hayes

Healing with the Arts Specialization -University of Florida


Academics

Specialization Certificate in Curanderismo - University of New Mexico (currently completing)

Specialization Certificate in Integrated Health and Wellness - University of Minnesota ​

Specialization Certificate in Positive Psychology-University of Pennsylvania 

Specialization Certificate of Social Emotional Learning University of Colorado- Boulder 

PhD (ABD)  Transpersonal Counseling ( 2023) - University of Metaphysical Sciences

Doctorate of Holistic Ministry (New Thought/Metaphysics)- University of Sedona

Certificate in Fine Art-Kansas City Art Institute

Doctoral Studies Psychology - Cappella

Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership - Capella

Certificate of Transpersonal Counseling - Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

​Certificate of Transpersonal Studies-Creative Expression- Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (Sofia)

​M.A. Psychology  - Regis University

​B.S.Ed. – Elementary Education and Music - University of St. Mary

​A.A. – Music, Metropolitan Community Colleges

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