My dogs are always with me when I’m in session! This is Harper…
and this is Poppy.
Jessie Read, LPC (he/him)
The task of finding the right therapist can be draining, vulnerable, and re-traumatizing. The mental health field is not immune from oppression, and in fact usually ends up reinforcing it. I get it. As a queer neurodivergent trans man, I've been there, too.
Throughout my life, I've dedicated myself to understanding what liberation is about and how we can all get there together. I've learned a lot about what this means (and doesn’t mean) working in a variety of settings, including summer camps, non-profits, schools, homes, and therapeutic treatment centers. Most importantly, I’ve been led and supported by people of many different identities, and especially owe gratitude to the many formal and informal teachers who have generously offered their wisdom, love, and pushback.
My favorite thing about therapy is developing relationships that create space for people to bring their whole selves, including and especially the messy stuff that’s hard to talk about. My goal is to challenge the systems that make things harder for everyone by supporting individuals striving to be their whole selves.
As part of my work, I strive to take good care of myself so I can be most present. I'm often watching women’s college basketball, camping, watching birds (especially ducks), resting, and spending time with my partner and our two tiny pups. I am also an ambulatory wheelchair user, which means I can walk, but use a wheelchair to conserve energy due to neurological and autoimmune conditions caused by long COVID. So I do love to zoom down a paved trail every now and then. I wear a mask in public, and encourage you to do the same!
I offer individual therapy for all ages, and have a passion for supporting autistic clients and young people considering or currently on puberty blockers. I also offer clinical supervision and training.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (2010) - Warren Wilson College
Graduate Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (2018) - Prescott College
Co-author of “Supporting Trans and Nonbinary Adults in Their Coming Out Processes” - In Social Work and Health Care Practice with Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals and Communities: Voices for Equity, Inclusion, and Resilience (Routledge, 2021)
Professional Training Contractor - Health District of Northern Larimer County (2021-2022), SummitStone Health Partners (2022-2023)
Member of the Transgender Professional Association of Transgender Health (TPATH) and the Gender-Affirming Letter Access Project (GALAP)
“Liberation is a process, and I think one of the first important things I had to do is stop believing in my inferiority.”
Contract Therapists
Luna Miller, LPCC (she/her)
From an early age, I became interested in understanding what lies below the surface of human behavior. Growing up in Southern California, there was a large emphasis on surface-level appearances. My healing journey involved disowning that social norm and finding my way toward truth, authenticity, and self-acceptance. I am passionate about connection with Nature as a valuable stepping stone towards honest and compassionate knowledge of ourselves.
I have extensive experience working with young people and parents in wilderness therapy, eating disorder recovery, and community-based 2SLGBTQIA+ youth support. I’m compassionately passionate about honoring the complex messiness of human experience, relationships, healing, and personal growth.
I love to support my clients in attuning to themselves, practicing healthy boundaries, improving communication, exploring and affirming gender identity, knowing and tending to their needs, regulating their nervous systems, increasing respectful correspondence with their bodies, building coping skills, and unleashing embodied self-compassion.
A key principle that guides my work with clients is organicity. Organicity is the idea that each person has the innate drive to seek healing and balance within them. Counseling is collaborating with my clients to discover (or recover) their innate wisdom, courage, creativity, clarity, compassion, and wholeness.
What is Serotiny?
Serotiny is an ecological process in which growth is prompted by an environmental trigger. Serotiny most commonly refers to the process in which fire causes seeds to be released, creating the opportunity for the growth of new trees.
Serotiny is about balance. If an ecosystem is out of balance, a serotinous process can prove either utterly ineffective or totally destructive.
Sometimes, we’ve gotten as far as we can on our own, and we recognize we need some support outside ourselves. We are all part of ecosystems and constantly responding to the world around us. What looks like an insurmountable experience might just be exactly what we are needing for growth.
Therapy is about creating the conditions for growth and change. It is one of many possible “environmental triggers” that at first look daunting, even taboo to embrace, but can provide a balanced space to see what else might be possible.
In therapy, you bring your own dreams for what comes next, and your own understanding of what is getting in the way. As a therapist, my role is to see things from your perspective, holding your experience with compassion and a little fire, so that what you’re dreaming for yourself becomes more possible. And as with any ecosystem, the change you experience will impact the world around you.
