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Therapy

Living Journeys offers Private Therapy as one of its core client support initiatives. This program covers the cost therapy sessions with a licensed therapist or counselor of the client’s choice.

How we help

Living Journeys offers private therapy grants and referrals to therapist partners for all clients and their family members. We want to ensure that no one has to go through cancer alone.

Already a Living Journeys client?
Please contact Avery at admin@livingjourneys.org to let her know you would like to begin receiving therapy support.

Not yet a Living Journeys client?
Please complete the appropriate application on the Getting Started with Living Journeys page. On the application, simply select the programs you’d like to receive support from, including therapy.

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How private therapy works

Living Journeys offers Private Therapy as one of its core client support initiatives. This program covers the cost of therapy sessions with a licensed therapist or counselor of the client’s choice. Private therapy is available to all Living Journeys clients, as well as their families and caregivers.

Approved applicants receive 5-10 initial therapy sessions with the provider of their choosing. Additional sessions may be granted on a case-by-case basis, based on individual need.

Private therapy support is available throughout every stage of the cancer journey—whether you are currently in treatment, in recovery, supporting a loved one, or grieving the loss of someone to cancer.

Living Journeys maintains a list of local private therapists (see below) for you to consider, or you may choose to work with a qualified therapist not currently listed. If you have questions about choosing a therapist, please call 970-349-2777.

Therapists and other resources

Below is a list of licensed professional therapists in the Gunnison Valley who support cancer patients, caregivers, children, and other family members. These professionals provide essential tools to help individuals navigate the fear, anxiety, and stress that can accompany a cancer diagnosis. Please note that this list is not comprehensive, as Gunnison Valley is home to many highly qualified therapists. Clients who prefer to work with a licensed professional not listed here are encouraged to contact our staff for assistance.

Living Journeys collaborates with a number of therapist partners to offer counseling and mental health support for our clients. These providers operate independently, and while we appreciate their willingness to support our community, Living Journeys has not formally vetted all providers. Participants are encouraged to consider their own preferences and needs when determining whether a therapist is the right fit for them.

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Stacey Petersen, MA, LPC

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with more than 20 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and families in private...

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Betty Sue Gurk, LCSW

Betty Sue Gurk is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in mental health treatment for adolescents, young adults and parents...

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Sami Corn, LPCC

Sami has diverse experience as a clinician, with expertise in treating issues connected to self-esteem, career development, trauma and loss,...

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Alok Remza, MA, LPCC

Alok uses a client-centered and trauma-informed approach by creating a safe therapeutic container focused on healing, integration, and self-realization.

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Gunnison Valley Health

Gunnison Valley Health’s Behavioral Health Department offers a diverse range of services designed to address the specific behavioral health needs...

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Carol GoldfainDavis, MA, LPC

Carol GoldfainDavis, MA, LPC, “A New Journey Counseling” specializes in relationship assistance for couples, families (military, missionary, cross-cultural), parenting issues,...

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Katie Hunt, LCSW, LAC

Katie Hunt, LCSW, LAC

With 10 years of experience providing outpatient therapy and support to individuals in the Gunnison Valley, I am committed to...

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Dawn Stewart, LCSW

I’m a clinically trained social worker with nearly 25 years of experience supporting individuals and families through life’s most challenging...

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I wanted to extend my sincere thanks to everyone at Living Journey’s. It is hard to express how grateful my husband and I are.  I am concentrating on my recovery, rather than how we could manage all the incidental medical and travel expenses. 

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Living Journeys Client

Your organization has already done so much to walk alongside us through this difficult journey, and we are sincerely thankful for the compassion and support you’ve provided thus far.

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I went through treatment for Breast cancer from 2009-2010. Living Journeys fed us, cleaned and winterized our home, arranged community members to drive me to radiation and so much more. Because of this we were able to power through this difficult time. In counting my blessings, I always count Living Journeys. I am so glad you are able to provide these services to anyone in our valley who face such daunting health challenges, so that no one has to face their treatment and recovery feeling isolated and alone.

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Janet Welsh Crossley, Living Journeys Client

I’m incredibly grateful for the role Living Journeys has played in my life. When I was diagnosed with cancer I was facing a lot of unknowns with very little local support. Your help brought not only financial relief but also a deep sense of care and community when I needed it most. Thank you, truly, from the bottom of my heart.

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Kara Gehan, Living Journeys Client, Mother of Two

Living Journeys has been with me every step of the way of my cancer journey. Each time I received a food delivery, I felt the strength of a caring community behind me. That sense of support made all the difference in my recovery. I often tell people—Gunnison is a beautiful place to go through cancer.

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Briget Eastep, Living Journeys Client, Cancer Survivor

Having been a part of the Peak Hike and Living Journeys since the beginning, I never imagined I’d one day become a client. But when we needed support the most, Living Journeys was there for US. They helped US through one of the most difficult times in our lives, and we’re so grateful for the love, care, and support they provided.

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Glo Cunningham & Scotto Wimmer, Living Journeys Clients

…Then one day, out of the clear blue, we received an anonymous donation for thousands of dollars. It was generosity beyond anything I had ever known; generosity that my family and I desperately needed. For years, I wondered who it was who had shown me such kindness. I silently thanked him or her every day of my treatment, which eventually became my recovery.

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Mikaela Berglund, Living Journeys Supporter

I have witnessed a good support group provide a much-needed lifeline, a place to share feelings confidentially, make new friends, and learn from others who have walked a similar path.  When people with a common purpose and shared life experience come together they are less likely to feel alone, negative, depressed, anxious and symptoms of loneliness and fatigue melt away, if only for an hour.

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Laura Scales, Marriage and Family Therapist

The Living Journeys Youth Group was so helpful for me when my mom was diagnosed and eventually passed away from breast cancer. There isn’t anything quite like knowing you have a group of people that you can turn to who will immediately understand what you’re going through, simply because they’ve been in a similar situation.

Both cancer and death are really stigmatized subjects that most people have a hard time talking about, so one thing I’ve really appreciated has been having a place where talking about death is met with both support and a good dose of morbid humor. Losing a parent young can feel really isolating at times and I’m really grateful for the community Living Journeys has fostered so that no one who has been affected by cancer has to process it alone.

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Lily Fessenden, Daughter of Living Journeys Client

When I was informed that I had a very bad cancer, I was shocked.  Most folks with adrenal cortical carcinoma stage 3 search for outcomes and learn 20 percent of patients survive 5 years. After surgery and during my chemo treatments, Living Journeys helped arrange food, counseling, and support for my children.  It was a dark time for me. Through it all, I attended cancer support meetings with other CB Cancer folks.  Some are still here.  Many have passed.  I will forever be grateful to the good folks that built Living Journeys’ support infrastructure and funded it.  Living Journeys gave me hope when I was in need.

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Al Smith, Camp4Coffee Owner, No Evidence of Disease for Eight Years

My sigh of relief is audible all the way from across the street on Thursday afternoon as I pull a healthy, homemade meal out of the cooler on our front porch. This meal is there every week. It is constant. It is nourishing. It makes my night doable. It reminds me every single week, that there are community members still supporting our family. It reminds me that five years into this cancer thing, we are still getting support from Living Journeys.

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Living Journeys Client, Caregiver, Fulltime Mother of Two

I had no idea the extent of Living Journeys programs and the many ways they support families with cancer in the valley. They started bringing us meals, delivering produce boxes, offering travel reimbursements, quarterly financial grants, covering emotional therapy, the list goes on.

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Living Journeys Client, Cancer Survivor

Your organization has a heart and a soul. It has embodied a life force. I feel very fortunate to have experienced this.

 

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Living Journeys Client

When Living Journeys grants us money the support goes much deeper than financial. It shows me that you care about me being here and that I’m a worthy cause.

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