ABOUT ME

My approach to therapy is rooted in both deep clinical training and personal transformation.

Are you trapped in a cycle of toxic over-functioning—exhausting your mental, emotional, and spiritual resources to meet everyone else's needs while abandoning your own?

I know exactly what it feels like to face the existential crossroads of emotional bankruptcy. I learned the hard way that you cannot fix, love, or produce your way into authentic security. My approach to therapy is rooted in both deep clinical training and personal transformation.

How We Will Work Together:

Through intentional recovery work, I help you move out of survival loops and build a life grounded in:

  • Somatic Safety: Actively rewiring how your body holds stress.

  • Boundary Integration: Learning to stop doing the heavy lifting for everyone else.

  • Qigong Somatic Interventions: Moving beyond textbooks to regulate your nervous system through intentional body movement.

  • Authentic Connection: Trading the exhaustion of constant performance for the ease of mutual relationship harmony.

My approach to holistic counseling is warmly collaborative, deeply grounded, and directly honest. As part of our somatic work, I offer Qi Gong—but this is an entirely optional tool. I deeply encourage you to listen to your body and honor your comfort level. You are never obligated to include somatic movement to work with me; your therapy will always adapt to what feels safe and aligned for you.

True healing requires a safe, authentic space. I am fully committed to providing an inclusive environment where all identities are welcome, including LGBTQIA2S+ and neurodivergent communities..

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Who I Help
I specialize in supporting those with profound burnout (relational and professional), neurodivergent, codependent, and divorced individuals who are navigating:

  • Feeling overwhelmed, stuck or experiencing major life transitions such as Divorce or behavioral addictions

  • Counselor for spouses affected by Substance Use and Behavioral Addictions

  • Codependency

  • Workplace Stress & Burnout

  • Anxiety & Depression

  • Grief, Loss, & Trauma

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Here is how we work together:

  • Mindfulness & Somatic Experience: I help you gently connect with your breath and body through mindfulness and Qi Gong.

  • Goal Setting: We use collaborative, action-based planning to help you clarify your values.

  • Coping Tools: You will learn how to handle adversity when it hits and gain confidence in your own strength, including advocating for your needs.

Shay Driver, MA, LPC, LAC is a graduate from Naropa University from the Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology program in 2017. She has worked closely with first responders, in hospital settings, addiction treatment, psychiatric assessment, and psychiatric crisis. She has additional training in Pain Reprocessing Therapy, harm reduction, and is currently training to be a qigong healer. A lover of cats, nature walks, travel, reading, baking, and yoga. 

Verified on Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/1745403

Verified on Mental Health Match:

https://mentalhealthmatch.com/therapist-profile/colorado/longmont/shay-driver

The light and darkness in me, honors the light and darkness in you.

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My Therapeutic Values

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    Courage

    Leaning into uncertainty even when afraid

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    Humility

    Recognizing both strengths and limitations with open-heartedness and gratitude

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    Authenticity

    Acceptance of the person you are and learning to believe your own truth