Our Team

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker I have over 25 years of experience working with all ages from young children, adolescents, and older adults. I enjoy supporting people through life’s most difficult moments and have extensive experience with grief and loss, serious illness, end-of-life, caregiving, and compassion fatigue for professionals. My approach is centered around a strong client/therapist relationship. I believe in the importance of a compassionate presence to encourage and support you through the healing process. I also trust that each of us has the innate wisdom to develop the resources needed to for healing and a greater sense of peace. My life and work are grounded in gratitude and a genuine appreciation for life and our human ability to find strength and resilience. I believe that when we offer healing to ourselves we also offer that healing to the world and all the lives we touch. At our deepest level, we are all doing our best to integrate and adapt to our life experiences.

Janet Severance, LCSW, focused her 30-plus year career at Pathways Hospice and the Pathways Grief & Loss Counseling Program in Fort Collins, CO. Janet’s primary role was in the specialized area of Grief Counseling and support to individuals, including children & teens, families, and community resources who were impacted by a death loss due to any cause of death. In addition, counseling and support was provided to those living with a long-term or serious illness including family members and those in care-giving roles. Janet developed specialized expertise in children & youth impacted by grief related to the above. Individual, family & group counseling as well as outreach/education in the Northern Colorado region and school systems was an integral portion of Janet’s career. Janet’s practice as a LCSW includes aspects of Medical Social Work including Palliative and Hospice care as it pertains to people of all ages. Numerous educational presentations and support for professionals, focused upon Compassion Fatigue and building resilience, continues to be an area of interest. Janet utilizes Client-Centered and Strengths-based counseling interventions. She has specialized training in SandTray therapy for children and adults. Janet has supervised and mentored professional colleagues and graduate students throughout her career. Janet is also including grief support due to other types of life losses, pet loss, support in times of life transitions, and support surrounding anxiety/depression.

I am a career change Social Worker having completed the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work program. My focus is working with all ages that have found themselves either struggling or just need someone to truly hear them. I have a vast knowledge of PTSD, anxiety, serious illness, medical trauma, grief, and depression. Through my life experience as an Army Veteran and mother to a childhood cancer survivor, I can bring an insight to our session that provides a unique level of empathy. I have taken extra training to be able to provide EMDR to all ages to help release the pressures of the trauma that has become stuck in our nervous system. I work with children in a play therapy setting where they can be free to be themselves and express themselves through play, sand tray, art, or even in an aquatic setting. Children are often mistaken in the medical world as little adults when this is far from the truth. Instead, they are children dealing with adult situations. My hope is to provide a safe, fun, and unique environment for all children whether they are going through medical diagnosis or have anxiety because of our world’s current environment. What you can expect from a session with me is that it will be tailored to your needs or your child’s needs. I bring in mindfulness practices, replacing negative thoughts with more positive or helpful insights (CBT), EMDR, grief counseling, and overall supportive therapy, you will leave feeling grounded. Working with kids I like to bring in out-of-the-box thinking and have been working in partnership with TheraSWIM to provide collaborative treatment with aquatic occupational and physical therapists. I have found that when children are in the water, they can process their trauma in a more relaxed environment. Water becomes the natural containment unit helping children work through their stuck points. I am here to help, support and show appreciation for your willingness to allow me to be part of your life’s journey. It is my privilege and honor that you will entrust me with your most intimate life experiences.

As a social work practitioner for over 20 years, I believe deeply in our capacity to change, heal, and grow. Drawing from eclectic methods that align with your needs, I partner with adults, adolescents, and couples towards the changes you’re seeking in your life. In our work together you’ll be supported to make meaning of your experiences and emotions, nurture your insight about where you want to go from here, and develop strategies and tools to get you there. The therapeutic relationship is a sacred trust, and telling your story in a safe place is a profound transformational tool - I am honored to journey with you. In addition to this practice, I am a faculty member in the School of Social Work at Colorado State University.