• EXPANSIVE

    all-embracing, unrepressed, open, spacious, communicative, friendly, inclusive, relational, uninhibited, deep, creative, aware, responsive, alive, approachable, present, attuned, courageous

  • LIFE

    the ability to live in a body, to breathe, sense, feel, move, learn, grow, change, love, create, grieve, share, release, connect, heal, transform, to be alive

  • THERAPY

    a collaborative, healing process in one’s healing journey based on trust, the human need for support, curiosity, awareness, kindness, goal-setting, skillful guidance, and the creation of new, more effective patterns that increase connection and love

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Laurien Golder-Manning, MSW, LCSW

Welcome!

We all need support in our lives. Therapy is an integral part of your healing journey, an opportunity to face and move through painful, stuck places with a trustworthy guide. Finding the right therapist to do this vulnerable work is so important. Feel free to Contact me for a free 20-minute consultation.

About Me

Hi, I'm Laurien (she/her), a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and somatic trauma therapist. My approach to therapy is rooted in empathy, empowerment, and transformation. I believe our bodies are designed to heal on every level, including the healing of trauma in the nervous system. My support is focused on relational and attachment healing. I’m also a mom, wife, and friend of dogs and people. I love being in nature, being by water, connecting with others, and I value times of solitude. The mountains of Colorado have been my home for twenty-two years.

I have been a body-centered therapist since 2004. Early in my career I supported individuals and groups as a licensed massage therapist, Zen Shiatsu practitioner, and Yoga instructor. I have worked as a clinician in community mental health and recovery settings since 2018. After becoming an LCSW, I started my private practice in 2021. My focus is on individuals and couples struggling with anxiety, grief, disconnection, conflict, shame, attachment and childhood trauma, codependency, and life transitions. I offer a safe space where it’s okay to not feel okay. My therapy dog, Bee, loves people and offers her support too.

My Education & Training

I am grateful for the guides who have supported me in my healing journey. My teachers include Sean Frankino, LCSW, SEP, Russell Jones, SEP, Dave Berger, MA, SEP, and Peter Levine, PhD, founder of Somatic Experiencing®, Stan Tatkin, PhD, couples therapist and founder of PACT, Linda Thai, LMSW, somatic trauma therapist and educator, Terry Real, LICSW, couples therapist and founder of RLT, Harriet Lerner, PhD, psychologist and author, Brene Brown, MSW, PhD, author and educator, and the late Melody Beattie and Pia Mellody, both authors and pioneers of codependency and self-esteem recovery.

I graduated with my Master’s in Social Work from Colorado State University, and my Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Wheaton College. I hold certifications in Somatic Experiencing (SEP), Yoga, DBT, Massage Therapy (no longer practicing). I am continually learning, practicing, or assisting in somatic individual and couples therapy trainings throughout the U.S. I engage in regular consultations to stay present and sharp.

 My Approach: relational, down to earth, creative, nonjudgmental, body-centered, calming, warm, supportive.