I’m Rachael Collins, a somatic psychotherapist & soul worker based in the Colorado mountains.

My Story

I stand in the many lineages that I carry –

Ashkenazi Jewish, Scottish, Irish, Polish, Russian, and German. I stand on the traditional lands of the Ute, Arapaho and Cheyanne in the present day, and was born in this lifetime on the traditional lands of Lenapehoking peoples. I have been initiated into by an ancestor and carry the spiritual lineage of Celtic Shapeshifting.

I do this work not only because it is my joy and birthright, but because my ancestors knock on my door incessantly, urging me to share the spiritual practices that they were persecuted for. Hiding them would be keeping to myself what isn’t mine to keep.

I believe deeply in the work of embodiment because I have been in the opposite place.

I’ve been in deep places of grief, of trauma, of not being accepted or allowed to be myself, of feeling chronically different and not understanding why. I’ve been in places where I accepted abusive relationships, and turned towards coping mechanisms that kept me out of my body, that kept me from even knowing that sober ecstasy is possible. 

Coming home to my body, my intuition, my paradoxes, my ‘too muchness’, my oneness with the natural / spiritual world… has been the most incredible journey. My work in the world is to support others’ homecoming too, because it by remembering our wholeness that we begin to heal as a human race.

My Commitment

I acknowledge that the medicine I carry comes through me, not from me.

I learn from my bloodline, my spirit guides, the trees, rocks, water, wind, sun, moon, and creatures of this mountain. I seek permission and grace to practice here among those who have been here longer than I.

I honor to the best of my knowledge where the tools I use comes from, where harm has been done by folks taking what is not theirs. I have asked permission, sought counsel, regularly honor those I have learned from, and I am human and will make mistakes.

My intention that I carry every day is to practice for the well being of all, to do no harm, and to honor the sovereignty of all. I am not perfect. I am evolving everyday and night. And I welcome continued conversation about this. Because dialogue around how we, as people who hold many lineages in our blood, can remember, reconnect, and disrupt ongoing harm still happening all around us – is imperative to healing for all.

Rachael Collins Shamanic Medium Colorado

As a person living in a white body,
I am called to do my part in dismantling White supremacy.

by supporting white folks in reclaiming what has been lost, forgotten, and suppressed in order to maintain the system of power. When we can remember connection that has been lost, we can begin to heal, move into deeper relationship across differences, and loosen our grip on deeply engrained need for power-over that we have been taught.

  • “Rachael guided me home to my own wisdom and seat as a therapist. She holds compassionate space while gently steering others into what is living unspoken in the body or in the systems around us. I felt held and seen by Rachael in a way that stretched my growth and increased my groundedness.”

Biography

Rachael Collins, LPC, ACS, BC-DMT is a cisgender, neurodiverse, queer white woman who carries Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish, Scottish, Russian, German and Polish ancestries. She is a mother, a weaver, a teacher, a dance / movement therapist, and a shamanic practitioner. She is also a Clinical Instructor for Naropa University’s Somatic Counseling program.

Rachael specializes in utilizing body-based, relational, spiritual and creative approaches with folks experiencing complex trauma and neurodiversity.

In her work with clients, Rachael bridges the seen and unseen within our bodies and oppressive systems surrounding us in order to support folks in finding more integration, wholeness and integrity.

Education

MA Somatic Counseling Psychology: May 2015
Bachelor of Arts in Dance: May 2009
Bachelor of Business Administration: May 2009

Licenses / Certifications

Board Certified Dance/ Movement Therapist 
Licensed Professional Counselor in State of Colorado
Approved Clinical Supervisor 

Trainings

Professional Training for Shamanic Healing Practitioners; 2021-2024
EMDR Training; Oct 2020 - Jan 2021
Approved Clinical Supervisor Training I, II & III; Aug 2019 - Nov 2019
Spiral Dynamics® I; Feb 2017
TCI; Cornel University’s Therapeutic Crisis Intervention; 2015-2017
NMT; Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics; 2015-2017
Reiki I & II Training; Mar 21, 2015
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Training; Mar 2-3, 2013
Anusara® Yoga Teacher Training; Jan 2012- Jun 2012