Have you ever felt like traditional therapy only scratched the surface of your healing journey? If you're seeking something deeper, something that weaves together the physical, emotional, and spiritual, psilocybin therapy may offer a path worth exploring. At Sacred Crow Counseling & Consulting, we support people like you through integration therapy that honors your full human experience.

Talk therapy can be a lifeline. It offers space. Insight. Connection. But what happens when it just… stops working? What if you’ve done “the work,” and still feel like something deep inside hasn’t shifted?

If you’ve ever left a therapy session thinking, “I know what I’m supposed to feel… but I don’t feel it,” you’re not alone.

The decision to begin therapy is already a courageous step and if you’ve scheduled your first brainspotting session, you might be feeling hopeful, curious, or even a little nervous.

Brainspotting is a powerful therapeutic approach designed to access and release trauma, stress, and emotional blocks held deep in the brain and body

Welcome back to my Brainspotting (BSP) for Pain Video Series with Erick Sandstad, LPCC. In this video, Erick guides me through a demo of the BSP Therapy for pain. Tune in to learn more about this technique and how it can help ease the different types of pain & discomfort we may experience.

I'm excited to share a video series I recorded back in the fall 2020 with Erick Sandstad, LPCC. Erick is Brainspotting therapist who specializes in helping folks reduce symptoms of both chronic & acute pain. In today's video, Erick gives some introductory information on Brainspotting therapy and shares how it has been a powerful tool for healing with his clients.

Psilocybin-assisted therapy is gaining momentum as an innovative treatment for depression, anxiety, trauma, and even end-of-life distress. With promising research from institutions like Johns Hopkins and Imperial College London, more people are wondering what the actual therapy session is like.

If you're curious or considering it yourself, this guide explains what to expect, from preparation to the post-journey integration process.

The winter and holiday season is an... interesting time of the year to say the least. It can be filled with fun traditions, awesome food, and good times with family & friends. It can also be stressful, dark, and overwhelming. Our bodies are adjusting to less sunlight, the winter air is becoming biting, and the holiday get-togethers begin. This time of year impacts people differently, and if you’re feeling like you need a little something to take the anxiety, stress, and emotional flooding edge off, rest assured that some good ol’ fashion breath work can help you relax.

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) or "tapping", as it's more informally known, is a therapeutic intervention that many folks have found to relieve emotional stress, reset the nervous system, & even decrease physical tension & pain. 𝙍𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬?? ⠀

Breath work is a truly life changing strategy to navigating through difficult emotions, thoughts, or conversations, as well as mitigating stress, anxiety, depression, and PTSD-related symptoms. What is so astonishing about different kinds of breathing techniques is that they are simple, yet incredibly effective.

In the last video of my Brainspotting for Pain Video Series, follow along as I lead you through a self-care Brainspotting (BSP) practice for pain. I hope this is a resource you can easily turn too when you're needing some release and relief!

Many people come into therapy wanting to learn how to move through difficult emotions, cope with triggers, and calm the body. Often times therapists suggest and teach a multitude of different breathing techniques while encouraging movement, exercise, meditation, and mindfulness. All of these things are absolutely helpful, healing, and conducive, yet, they are not the only way to regulate our system.

Mindfulness meditation and gratitude are proven to have a profound impact on mental health and are WILDLY popular "self help hacks" right now. But what do these concepts even mean and how do they translate into a practice?

Hey there Crow Community! I am so excited to share with you all how Brainspotting therapy can be used at home as a regulation tool. A regulation tool is a coping skill or activity that enables us to attune to and balance our thoughts and emotions. Regulation tools and techniques allow one to stay within their window of tolerance without becoming flooded or overwhelmed by intense feelings.

I don’t know about you, but typically during the season I notice myself bracing quite a bit. The darker days, colder weather, and anticipation of the family get-together craze can overwhelm my nervous system propelling my body into defense mode for navigating through dysregulating + emotionally dangerous events. Bracing for danger and preparing for action is exhausting and certainly takes away from remaining present in the moment, but this time of year reignites trauma for so many…what are we to do?

As a nature lover, I relate a lot of how I think and feel to nature and the great outdoors - specifically water. “Water is the essence of life” (yes, I just quoted Zoolander) as it makes up the majority of our planet, and over half of our body composition. Water is peaceful, tranquil, and soothing, but at times, it can get dark, murky, and rough. It goes without saying that the ocean in my mind and the river of my emotions have both been impacted by the storm of COVID-19.

The quaran-time has been a tremendous opportunity for growth and reflection. Though we have been inundated with distressing news and gut wrenching stories around hate and violence, the painful realities of our world reveal important lessons. Our world's truths hold powerful fuel and when our thoughts and emotions stemming from this exposure are channeled with delicate intention and care, energy and motivation for growth are abundant.

Every February the United States honors the contributions and sacrifices Black and African American folkx have made that have ultimately shaped, influenced, and inspired the nation. Black History Month celebrates black culture, heritage, triumphs, and traumas that are a critical and integral part of our country’s history.

In honor of Women’s History month, I’d like to bring attention to Karen Horney, who was a pioneer in the field of psychology. Horney was a neo-Freudian therapist who focused her areas of study on neurotic needs, debunking Freud’s penis envy postulate, and feminine psychology. Karen Horney distinguished herself as an advocate for female psychiatry during an era when seeking psychological help (as a man or a woman) was taboo. She also made important contributions to self-psychology and emphasized the importance of self-analysis and self-help in mental health.

Hi there, thanks for checking out this post! I am continuing to celebrate incredible, influential women during the wonderful month of March. This week, I am honored to write about Marsha P. Johnson, who was a pioneer in the LGBT+ liberation movement in the 1960’s. Johnson was a gay liberation activist, self-identified drag queen, advocate, and a pivotal figure in the Stonewall Uprising of 1969.

Are you wondering if you were parentified as a child? The American Psychological Association defines the parentified child experience as the role reversal that occurs between parent/caregiver & child where the child assumes an adult role. Parentification occurs across a spectrum, and the duties that children are asked to do along with the impact that parentification has on an individual varies. Many children are forced into an adult role when parents or caregivers are unable to take care of themselves.