“Spiritual Energy Dancing On Rocky Shores”

Five Strengths: Input, Connectedness, Achiever, Ideation, Empathy

Sarai Trujillo is deeply rooted in her communities in the Americas including Salida, Colorado, US and Teacapan, Sinaloa, Mexico. She is a mother of seven and grandmother (“Yaya”) to a growing tribe of littles. Her therapeutic approaches are rooted in trauma informed person-centered, feminist, and attachment-based therapies. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) specializing in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and working with parents and caregivers of all ages, particularly during the sensitive periods of development in perinatal, infant, and early childhood. She is considered an expert in the field of EMDR, perinatal, infant, and early childhood mental health and shares this expertise by offering consultation for other helping professionals.

In addition to her mental health background, Sarai has vast wellness experience. She was a certified Zumba Instructor for over a decade beginning in 2008 and taught multiple exercise classes including: yoga, strength, and dance. She is a runner and has completed several marathons and half marathon races.

Sarai believes that health is achieved within healthy relationships, which is why she holds a holistic, integrative, and collaborative space in her personal and professional life. For this purpose she co-founded Coalescence Health where she also serves as the Chief Executive Officer!

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“Learning and Teaching in A Cycle”

Five Strengths: Achiever, Deliberative, Restorative, Significance, Learner

TALMAGE IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS AT THIS TIME. HE IS FOCUSING ON PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO RURAL CO SCHOOLS FULL TIME UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Talmage holds masters degrees in: - Clinical Mental Health from Adams State University -Leadership and Educational Research from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs -School Counseling (masters certificate) from Adams State University

In addition to his university training, Talmage has committed his life to receiving training in many other topics including trauma informed care, crisis intervention, non-violent communication, dialectical behavior therapy for schools, and much more.

He has served in a variety of public school settings as an instructor, coach, mentor, student advisor, lead teacher and administrator for 25 years.

Talmage speaks, reads and writes the Spanish and English languages fluently.

Talmage has been married to his wife since 1994 with whom he has helped raise their seven children. His love of the outdoors has created a culture of sustainable wilderness recreation among his children and their families including nine grandchildren as of this writing.

His creative support and problem solving methods have helped countless individuals set and achieve meaningful goals to enrich their personal, social, professional, and spiritual lives.

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