Kelsey Loupy, PhD, LPCC
About me:
I am a physiologist and psychotherapist with my feet planted somewhere between the measurable and immeasurable. For many years, I studied the role of nature in mental health, in particular how the gut microbiome affects stress resilience. I have also supported curriculum development for psychedelic-assisted therapy training programs in CO and beyond. I have found the practice of bowing to my own humanity to be both a humbling and empowering experience.
As a therapist, I am devoted to the full and complex experience of being alive. I believe that slowing down and connecting with our emotional body is an expression of liberation. When we give ourselves the space to be in touch with what is, what really is, we can find greater awareness, clarity, and choice. I combine a mixture of somatic, attachment, existential, mindfulness, parts work, and soul work with nature.
My own spiritual practices include time with the nonhuman world: rafting, backpacking, bikepacking, and solos into the desert. I incorporate wilderness immersions as part of my therapeutic work, and I offer integration support for folks returning from big outdoor experiences.
Education:
-MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Transpersonal Wilderness Therapy, Naropa University
-PhD, MS, Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder
-BS, Biological Sciences, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Additional training:
-EMDR Basic Training, 2026
-Somatic Soul-Based Trauma Training, 2026
-Nature-Based Parts Work Training, 2025
-Ceremony & Rites of Passage Training, 2025
-Nature-Based Trauma & Attachment Training, 2025
-Collaborations with the Natural World, 2025
-Introduction to Therapeutic Nature-Based Interventions, 2025
-Wilderness First Responder, NOLS, recertified 2025
Offerings
Psychotherapy
Individual therapy sessions. I approach this work collaboratively, offering sessions that are co-created with you. Indoor, outdoor, nature-based.
Coaching and Reintegration
Therapeutic coaching to help you with preparation, integration, and making meaning out of your outdoor experiences. Clarify your intentions, build emotional and spiritual readiness, and integrate your personal learnings. Endurance races, wilderness adventures: running, cycling, backpacking, bikepacking, mountaineering, rafting
Nature-Based Intensives
Multiple hours-long, full-day, or weekend-long experience. Here, the natural world is combined with EMDR, parts work, ceremony, and/or wilderness soul journeys.
River-Assisted Health
Periodically, I offer group-based, therapeutic river trips. River time offers a life-sustaining reset for body, mind, and soul. Included are mindful and embodied practices, nature experientials, reflective questions, solo wandering, play, and group integration.
My approach
Embodied Mindfulness
Connect with your raw, natural sense of self. Together, we can be with all that arises, attending with open hearts. Awareness invites empowered choice.
Somatic Connection
Shift your attention to the present moment and tune into your senses. Follow the wisdom of your body to release energy and return flow back to all of your physiological systems.
Eco-Relational Healing
Develop a reciprocal relationship with Earth as a healing support. Explore your own ecological gifts and inherent belonging. Feel your authentic way of being in the world.