Resources

LGBTQ+ Resources

The Center on Colfax (Denver), (303) 733-7743

Queer Asterisk (Boulder and Denver), (720) 507-6161

Crisis Resources

Colorado Crisis Services, (844) 493-8255, or text “TALK” to 38255

Intimate Partner/Domestic Violence Resources

Safehouse Denver, (303) 318-9989

Low-Cost Therapy Services

The Ardent Grove Foundation (Denver; accepts Medicaid), (303) 704-4062

Naropa Community Counseling Center (Boulder; accepts Medicaid), (303) 546-3589

Mindfulness & Self-Care Resources

Mindfulness & Meditation Resources, Stanford Health Library

Self-Care Starter Kit, University of Buffalo School of Social Work

Trusted Colleagues in Colorado

Nic Aquino-Roithmayr, LPC (Contemplative Psychotherapy, Men’s Counseling, & Social Justice Counseling)

Evan Honerkamp, LPC, ATR (Queer Art Therapy, EMDR, & Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy)

Kate Josephson, LPC (Contemplative Psychotherapy & Social Justice Counseling)

Ugur Kocastaskin, LPC (Contemplative Psychotherapy)

Reina Fujita Maus, LPC (Contemplative Psychotherapy & Multicultural Counseling)

Benjamin Ramey, LPC (Lacanian Psychoanalysis)

Tsunemi Rooney, LPC (Multicultural, Social Justice, & Transpersonal Counseling)

Book Recommendations

Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Practical Advice for Difficult Times

Alan Downs, The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing up Gay in a Straight Man’s World

Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

Joan Halifax, Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

C. G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul

Soren Kierkegaard, The Concept of Anxiety

Sameet Kumar, Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss

Rollo May, The Discovery of Being

Chögyam Trungpa, The Sanity We are Born With: A Buddhist Approach to Psychology

Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

Irvin Yalom, Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death