A network of integrative healthcare providers in Northern Colorado
The Healing Gardens Health Center works with an extended network of healthcare practitioners, all in private practice but joined in vision and in spirit.
Sharon Austin, PsyD Clinical Psychology
“Love doesn’t just sit there like a stone; it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
Ursula K LeGuin
Dr. Austin specializes in Couples Therapy utilizing knowledge from neuroscience, attachment theory, somatic psychology and equine-assisted therapy. She is passionate about helping couples attain a level of security, commitment and intimacy they couldn’t previously imagine or experience. She strives to live and work with authenticity and integrity influenced greatly by her husband, two teenage children, her horses, various farm animals and nature.
Dr. Austin is a licensed clinical psychologist. She received her doctorate from the University of Denver, completing her internship at the Boston VAMC National Center for PTSD. She is an advanced practitioner in PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy), level II practitioner in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and a Certified EAGALA practitioner (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Assoc). She has also completed EMDR level II training, numerous trainings in complex PTSD, and mindfulness trainings.
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T: 970.493.4093 | Website
Mary Bashkin, Massage Therapist
Mary specializes in neuromuscular rehabilitation and deep tissue massage, Swedish relaxation massage, and prenatal massage. In practice for over 17 years, she has worked in chiropractic offices, spas, and physical therapy clinics, allowing her to develop a diverse set of massage skills. Mary studied at the Boulder College of Massage Therapy and graduated with over 1000 hours of training, continuing to update her skills with additional training in myofascial release and prenatal massage. She offers 60- or 90-minute sessions.
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T: 970.391.7491
Lida Anne Elliott, M.A., L.P.C.
Lida Anne Elliott, is a Contemplative Psychotherapist and has been in private practice for 14 years. She holds a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and Buddhist Psychology from Naropa University. Lida Anne has been practicing mindfulness meditation for over 25 years.
She leads meditation retreats at the Shambhala Mountain Center and is an authorized meditation instructor. Contemplative Psychotherapy is mindfulness based and utilizes both modern psychology and ancient wisdom practices of Tibetan Buddhism.
Specialties include:
Contemplative Techniques for Anxiety and Depression
Mindfulness Awareness Meditation
EMDR Trauma and PTSD Therapy
Life Transitions and Growth
Psychotherapy sessions can include meditation instruction on mindfulness, awareness and compassion. Sessions are 80 minutes.
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T 970.227.9798 | Website
Maria Fenty, CMT and Energy Kinesiologist
Maria Fenty graduated from the Boulder College of Massage Therapy and Healing Arts in 1984. She is a Certified Massage Therapist, and Energy Kinesiologist/Applied Physiologist at BodyWork Therapies.
Maria specializes in several areas, including neuromuscular massage, Shiatsu, pre/post natal massage, somatic therapies, stress management, flower essences, energy kinesiology, food and mood, wilderness adventures, nature as nurturer, and earth-centered spirituality.
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T: 970.472.2606
Anne Hilleman, Founder, San Juan LEADS
Anne is the founder of San Juan LEADs. She is an educator and leader as well as a mother, adventurer and athlete. She combines twenty years of experience with a contagious love for learning and growth. Anne graduated from the first Leadership School in the nation, the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, offering a cross-discipline curriculum focusing on moral leadership and service to society.
She obtained her Master’s Degree in Special Education with an Endorsement Adventure Physical Education from the University of Northern Colorado. She obtained her 2 year Certified Coach Training from Coach University. She has a degree from Colorado Mesa University in Educational Leadership. She supervises future educators for Colorado Mesa University and Western State University. She currently serves as an administrator of Exceptional Student Services in a local school district. Anne started San Juan LEADs in February 2015 from a relentless and determined vision and commitment to integrate her professional work with the boundless opportunities that the San Juan area and lifestyle have to offer for context and learning. San Juan LEADs culminates Anne’s education, experiences and skills, as well as the gifts and talents of an extended network of incredible human beings featured on these team pages. Anne now extends her contribution as an educator, facilitator, coach, and leader in a context and style to increase her impact on her own family, community, and world and in doing so, helps others to do the same.
Shonna Kempter, Certified Holistic Practitioner
Shonna, our resident functional nutritionist, is a certified holistic practitioner and healthy-living educator. She also has a background in aromatherapy, herbalism, flower essences, nutraceuticals, stress management, Reiki and specialty diets. Shonna is passionate about helping others find health and balance, and is excited to help you find the right supplements to meet your needs. Shonna also manages the Healing Gardens Medicinal Store so you can find her there to answer any questions you might have about store products.
Jean-Christophe Prin
Certified Acupuncturist & Oriental Medicine practitioner
Jean-christophe has a Master’s in Oriental Medicine from the Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as well as a a degree in Sports and Exercise Science. He also completed a four months internship at “Tianjin First Teaching Hospital” in North Eastern China, followed by 12 months in Kunming, China studying sinology and Chinese language. Jean-Christophe has lived in Fort Collins since 2007 and is licensed to practice acupuncture and herbal medicine in Colorado.
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T: 970.430.6088 | Email | Website
Cynthia Rice, BS, Ed, Registered Massage Therapist
I am an Illinois native who re-located my Myofascial Release (MFR) practice to Fort Collins when my husband and I moved here to be close to our sons, both CSU grads. I began my practice in Illinois after graduation from the Utah College of Massage Therapy in Salt Lake City, UT. The focus of my practice then as now was John F. Barnes Approach to Myofascial Release. Over the years, that focus has expanded to include Upledger CranioSacral Therapy, Barral Visceral and Neural Manipulation, Chikly Brain Curriculum, and Level III Therapeutic Touch. All of these fall nicely onto the category of releasing restrictions in the body wherever these restrictions may occur..
I enjoy working with a variety of conditions including, but not limited to, back and neck pain, chronic pain, headaches/migraines, fibromyalgia, geriatrics, scoliosis, sports injuries recovery and prevention, TMJ, restricted range of motion, carpal tunnel, sciatica, scars/adhesions, pediatrics, Myofascial pain syndrome, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Each session is tailored to the individual needs of each client. The goal of treatment is to decrease pain, increase range of motion and thereby help the client return to a more active lifestyle. I became a therapist after being a patient myself and receiving Myofascial Release. My own health issues have given me a deeper understanding of the interruption in life’s activities that a client may be experiencing. It is my desire to assist clients in reducing those challenges.
“I feel very blessed to have my Myofascial Release practice located in the offices of The Healing Gardens. All the practitioners here create a healing environment of the highest calibre. It is my privilege to join them in our mission of helping others.”
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T: 970.222.0640 | Email | Website
Jessica Saperstone, MSW
I received an MSW from the University of Denver and am licensed as a psychotherapist in the state of Colorado where I have been practicing for 34 years. Throughout my career, I have been passionately committed to learning new and effective ways to help my clients make and maintain desired changes that allow them to live more balanced and joyful lives. I’ve been an avid student of the mind-body-spirit connection and have been weaving the wisdom of integrative health and healing techniques into my work since the 1980’s. Most recently, as a student of the science of trauma and brain function. I am drawing from practices such as mindfulness and other meditations, self compassion training and energy medicine to help clients to recognize and reprogram habitual patterns of thought and behavior that no longer serve them. My professional toolbox includes certification in EMDR, Brainspotting, TFT, White Time Healing and Bio-Connection.
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T: 970-443-3799 | Email | Website
Paul Slaughter, LMFT
I have 27 years as a psychotherapist and over 30 years of meditation practice. I see clients struggling with depression, anxiety or their relationships. My clients discover unconscious beliefs and habits of perception–and ways to change them. This is important!
I use an experiential mindfulness-based approach, Hakomi, which neuroscience has shown to be effective. I welcome people with anxiety, depression, anger, social anxieties, addictive behaviors who want to live more fully.
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T: 970.988.7042
Kathy Westover, MA, MNT
Meet Kathy Westover, the owner and founder of To Your Health! Nutrition. Kathy is a clinical nutritionist, helping people achieve optimal health through dietary counseling, diet analysis, nutrient supplementation, and lifestyle recommendations.
Kathy has a Master’s Degree in education, has taught special and regular education, and has owned and operated a successful bookstore. Her love of reading, learning, and teaching has led her to her current passion…nutrition therapy! When Kathy is not studying and counseling nutrition she spends her time gardening, practicing yoga, and, of course, eating good food. Kathy’s office is at the Healing Gardens Living Arts Center, across the street from the Healing Gardens Health Center at 412 Olive Street.
“I am dedicated to serving your nutritional and lifestyle needs. My goal is to work with you to promote optimal health and well-being. Please, do not hesitate to contact me with questions or suggestions.” - Kathy Westover, MA, MNT
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T: 970.224.2310 | Email | Website
Kathy Williams-Tolstrup, LPC, EMDR II
I provide a safe and caring environment where you can begin the transformative journey of uncovering core issues and limiting beliefs
that are the obstacles to emotional health and well-being. Offering a blend of the best practices of Western Psychology and the mindfulness-based approaches of the East, my style can best be described as non-judgmental, compassionate, and collaborative. I am also trained in EMDR, an integrative psychotherapy approach proven effective for the treatment of trauma. Last year I completed the requirements to become Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator based on Brené Brown’s groundbreaking work
on vulnerability, courage, worthiness and shame. Using this model, I co-facilitate weekend retreats for women with Michele Faris, PsyD.
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T.970.391.8292 | | website
Amy Willman, Certified Rolfer ™
Amy is a native of Missouri and has been treated and taught by osteopaths her entire life. She earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Master’s degree from Colorado State University in design, and has now refocused her 3-dimensional eye on bodies in movement. Her belief in holistic philosophies guided her to Rolfing SI work. She graduated from The Rolf Institute of Structural Integration® in Boulder, CO in 2013, and started her practice in Fort Collins. “I believe life is meant to be enjoyed pain-free. Everyone has the ability to heal through body awareness and the willingness to love themselves. Rolfing is a great tool for learning about your body, movement, and strength from within.”