Scott David Clift, MA, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor/Wholeness Coach
I am tenacious and devoted to the exploration of inter-connections between mind, body, heart, and energy. In both my personal life and in my service, I practice an approach of constant questioning and inquiry, believing primarily that many of the concepts and beliefs we have lived by may no longer serve us. With my extensive background in global and multicultural experiences, multiple wisdom traditions, healing modalities, I offer a multi-faceted wealth of insight and wisdom into the principles of human behavior, motivations, values, interactions, and experiencing. Having spent over 30 years working in and with organizations and communities to empower their optimal functioning, I bring a unique passion and devotion to every individual, couple, and group I am privileged to work with. My core mission is to facilitate the breaking down of the barriers that block our growth and evolution, heal the wounds we have each sustained along our journey, and build a strong and secure foundation within us from which we can live into our greatest potential for ourselves and our world.
My operating belief is that every system (individual, family, organization, community, etc.) operates to the best of its current ability, and that chronic problems are always rooted in well-intentioned, though misguided, efforts to produce a new and better outcome. Limitations of the mind, body, or resources often create circumstances that elicit reactions and habits that, though they may work well for a time, often become entrenched as patterns and habits that are then difficult to change. With compassion, courage, and insight, I collaborate with you to create new resources in mind, heart, body, and consciousness that allow you to end old patterns and to build new habits that serve you in growing into your greatest self.
My special focus is in the field of body-mind-heart connection: how the physical body, the psychological mind, and the conscious energy within each one of us can come into right relationship with each other. Combining an in-depth knowledge of the nervous system and its development of thoughts, behaviors, and feelings with an expansive array of spiritual cosmology, your WHOLE self will be met and embody integrative solutions that form the foundation for lasting change. My process with clients begins with a firm commitment to meeting and understanding you where you are, establishing a collaborative working relationship from the initial consultation.
My passion for facilitating conscious growth and healing in others began early in life with my experience of growing up overseas as part of a Christian cult that sought to impose their beliefs on others. While the spirit and desire to serves others was deeply alive in me and in my family and community, I questioned the methods and judgments I was taught to use against others and against myself. My journey of unraveling the truths and wounds of my childhood led me into philosophy (both Western, Eastern, & indigenous), art, music, social justice, physical sciences as areas of formal study and personal exploration. In 2008, I obtained my masters degree in Counseling Psychology (individuals, couples, & family emphasis) and opened Connexus Services. I currently hold an active license (Licensed Professional Counselor) in the state of Colorado.
Since opening my counseling and coaching practice, I have continued to pursue deeper understanding and methods of working with people from all walks of life. I received advanced training and certifications in Group Facilitation methods, Family Systems Theory, Sex Therapy, Attachment Theory, Dance/Movement Therapy, somatic Trauma Resolution Protocol, coaching methods, applied neurobiology for clinical mental health, Internal Family Systems, and Polyvagal Theory. Additionally, I have received and participated in a vast array of alternative and complimentary approaches in my own personal journey, including massage therapy, acupuncture/Chinese medicine, yoga, diet and nutrition coaching, Reiki, and am currently an initiate in the practice of shamanic energy healing.
It is from this vast wealth of training, experience, and study that I draw when working with each of my clients, and I am always excited as I work with people to discover what information or approach meets them with hope and inspiration at any given point of their process. I look forward to meeting you and discerning together how I can be of the deepest service in your journey!
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