Therapy Services & Classes
Individual Trauma Therapy
At our office in Fort Collins, Colorado (and via telehealth throughout Colorado) we work to create access to the latest trauma treatment modalities. We believe in empowering clients with neuroscience-informed psychoeducation so that they can be experts in their own mental health and view their symptoms as adaptations to stress and trauma over their lifespan, rather than a disease.
Our therapy team members have training in evidence-based treatments for anxiety, depression, Post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma & dissociative disorders, anger issues, abuse recovery, and grief.
Call 1-970-200-8575 for more information and scheduling
Therapy Groups
Group work provides therapy options that are often more effective and more affordable than individual therapy. Therapy groups at Hope Roots will typically have 6-8 participants and meet in person in our main office space or in the yoga therapy room (unless specified as telehealth or hybrid). Most groups require a commitment of 6-8 weeks, are covered by Medicaid, and are offered on a sliding scale to private-pay clients. To inquire about a group, please call 970-200-8575 or email intake@hoperoots.org
Upcoming Group options:
Yoga for Trauma Therapy Preparation Intensive - a 2-day intensive to learn & practice the skills needed to begin more intensive trauma therapy (such as EMDR therapy or Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy)
November 22nd-23rd; 9 am - 3 pm each day; in-person; Fort Collins, CO
Mind Skills Group - This therapy group is designed to make mindfulness skills and meditation more neuro-affirming and trauma-sensitive. The group will cultivate a community for individuals who may be dealing with ADHD symptoms, trauma, anxiety, stress, and chronic health issues. The group leaders will use psychoeducation about the brain and nervous system to reduce negative self-talk related to becoming more mindful and attuned.
Trauma Therapy Resourcing Group - EMDR Therapy Preparation and Resourcing Skills group; Practice skills to help with trauma triggers, learn to better navigate relationships, and complete psychoeducation about how the nervous system responds to trauma & stress. Group members will complete EMDR Therapy Phase 2 Resourcing as a group and proceed with EMDR Therapy reprocessing as a group or individually (as appropriate).
Release & Replenish: Group EMDR therapy for therapists, first responders, and law enforcement (2 Hours; time/date TBD)
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga & Wellness Classes
Our small-group classes focus on moving, breathing, stretching, strengthening, and resting with awareness, and using these practices as a way to reconnect with ourselves in the present moment. Using a Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TSY) approach, this class provides an opportunity for us to safely explore the connection to the body, making choices with shape and movement in the body, and cultivating curiosity about physical sensations of being in the here and now. These classes will move at a gentle pace and no yoga experience is necessary. This class is ideal for anyone needing to recover from day-to-day stress as well as for those who may be dealing with anxiety or trauma symptoms.
Upcoming Classes:
Trauma-Informed Yoga & Meditation - TBD
Trauma-Informed Yoga Nidra (Guided Medication for Relaxation) - Day/Time TBD
Henna for Hope
The Henna for Hope Campaign inspires hope that the imprint of trauma will fade away, leaving survivors ready for new ways of responding to stress. Funds raised through Henna for Hope are used to further the Hope Roots mission to increase access to trauma-informed mental health services. Ultimately, we want to see the end of cycles of violence and injustice through trauma healing.
The Henna for Hope campaign is part of how we inspire others to join in that vision - by raising awareness about trauma & trauma healing modalities and raising funds that will increase access to trauma therapy for those who need it most.
Help us end cycles of violence and injustice through trauma healing.
In 2025, we plan to add more therapy team staff, offer more group therapy, and expand Neurofeedback Therapy services, & Psychedelic-assisted Psychotherapy in NoCo.
We are looking for Corporate & Individual Donors, board Members, and more therapy team members to help us meet these goals.
Resource Library
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Tools for Clinicians
- Dec 1, 2023 Understanding Dissociation & Trauma Reading List
- Dec 1, 2023 Assessing Dissociation with Dorinna Ruh
- Nov 13, 2023 Signs of a Dissociative Disorder
- Nov 13, 2023 The Back of the Head Scale
- Jun 28, 2022 EMDR Treatment Planning Worksheet
- May 5, 2022 Tracking Triggers Worksheet
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Understanding Trauma
- Dec 1, 2023 Understanding Dissociation & Trauma Reading List
- Jul 8, 2020 PTSD and Pandemics
- May 30, 2020 What is Trauma?
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Tools for Clients
- Jun 11, 2022 Mindfulness & Grounding Tools
- May 5, 2022 Tracking Triggers Worksheet
Upcoming Training Offerings
A Free One-Hour Discussion with Dorinna Ruh, LCSW on November 9th, 2023 at 9am MST
Discovering a client’s dissociative disorder is the first step toward their receiving proper treatment. Yet many of us do not get adequate training regarding dissociation, specifically how to assess it. As a result, it takes between 5 - 12 years for someone in therapy to get diagnosed with a dissociative disorder (Brand BL, Loewenstein RJ, Spiegel D. Dispelling myths about dissociative identity disorder treatment: an empirically based approach. Psychiatry. 2014 Summer;77(2):169-89).
Dorinna Ruh has taught advanced EMDR Therapy skills since 2010 as an EMDRIA-approved consultant and specializes in dissociative disorders. Learn more about Dorinna’s work at https://advanced-emdr-education.com/
In this free training call, Dorinna will review dissociation assessment for therapists who want to ensure they have the basic skills needed to identify clients who may have a dissociative disorder. No CEUs will be given.
If you are a trauma therapist looking for more community and more learning, please join us for a monthly book club. We gather via Zoom on the 2nd Friday of each month at noon MST. We use email polls to collect and vote on ideas for the next book. Sometimes we take 2-3 months to cover one book so we can get the best out of it! We also occasionally plan in-person gatherings in Northern Colorado.