103: Emily Isaacs, Founder of Emily Isaacs Counseling

<p>Emily Isaacs is the founder of Emily Isaacs Counseling in Colorado. Emily's journey into the wilderness therapy field began in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco where she grew up. Emily shares stories including going from being a city kid to a field guide at Open Sky to contributing to diversity in the outdoors as the Executive Director of Women's Wilderness. Emily shares her work with women veterans and the Climbing Grief Project.  Emily has a thriving outpatient wilderness therapy practice.</p> <p>Bio from the <a href= "https://www.emilyisaacscounseling.com/professional-background.html"> Emily Isaacs Counseling Website</a>: I have over fifteen years of clinical experience<span style="font-size: medium;">, in settings ranging from intensive wilderness therapy treatment programs, a walk-in crisis clinic, Boulder Community Hospital, retreats with <a href= "https://www.centerpointretreats.org/about-us/who-we-are/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">female veterans</a>, and private practice</span>. <br /> <br /> My education includes a Masters degree from Naropa University in Transpersonal Psychology, an approach that honors the importance of body / mind / heart / and spirit in the therapeutic process.  I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Colorado and Wyoming.<br /> <br /> I have training in and draw from the following modalities: </p> <ul> <li>Mindfulness and Meditation</li> <li>Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)</li> <li>Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT)</li> <li>Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)</li> <li>Gestalt Therapy</li> <li>Motivational Interviewing</li> <li>Diversity, Equity and Inclusion via the Avarna Group and OUT Boulder</li> <li>Non-Violent Communication</li> </ul> <p><br /> As an educator and outdoor professional, I have fifteen years of experience guiding and instructing backpacking, climbing, and boating expeditions from one to twelve weeks in length.  For ten of these years, I was working year-round in the deserts and mountains of Utah, W