SPIRITUALLY-INFORMED COUNSELING

Spirituality-in-Counseling & Spiritual Direction

Complex Grief, Suicide loss, Forgiveness, Making hard decisions, finding it hard to let go?
Together we can discover, imagine, be present to the Sacred.

If you are asking “where is God in all this?” you may find out with a Spiritual Companion.

“The whole purpose of spiritual direction is to penetrate beneath the surface of a person's life, to get behind the facade which one presents to the world, and to bring out one's inner spiritual freedom, one's inmost truth… one's soul.”

– Thomas Merton

Some of the areas where we can explore together

Our work together cultivates a holistic spiritual healing presence, restoring your own emotional and relationship integrity and increasing life satisfaction.

Practicing self-compassion instead of shame
Coping with grief, guilt, regret, and forgiveness
Finding solace in loss, especially loss due to suicide
Spiritual discernment: life choices and making hard decisions
Autonomy and authenticity: listening to your deep self—wisdom traditions call it the soul— in co-creating your life
Why “pray”? Improving conscious and unconscious contact with however you imagine God/Spirit/Love
Spiritual maturity: enhancing our ability to deal with life through altruistic love, self-awareness, visioning, and authenticity

Meet Dr. Thor

A God-seeker, a learner, a listener

I’m Laura Thor, a licensed psychotherapist with a Doctor of Ministry degree who completed training in Spiritual Direction and interfaith Pastoral Counseling.

Our spiritual work together engages you in self-reflection, contemplation, recovery, and renewal of your trust in God/Source of Life/Love/Wisdom as you navigate your life, relationships, values, and changes in your beliefs, faith, and self-awareness.

About Dr. Thor

Services

Spiritual Direction

/ Spiritual Companioning /
In Spiritual Direction, also known as Spiritual Companioning, our work is to explore your challenges in making meaning, trusting, loving, struggling with woundedness, loss and pain, all of which lead to the subtle transformation that comes with living a spiritual life.
You need not be religious, only open to being aware of your longing for a spiritually-meaningful life in a modern era, with contemporary challenges, longings and resources.
You might want to talk about things like loss of life dreams, death, dying well, ethical decision-making (we call that ‘discernment’), the work of forgiveness, and especially, how to love.
Spiritual Direction is typically a monthly meeting and is not covered by health insurance.

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Counseling with a spiritual approach

/ Complex Grief, Suicide Loss Trauma /
To lose someone to suicide is a trauma. While grief is not a mental illness, and grief is normal and necessary, sometimes we develop complex grief, a kind of trauma that does not resolve easily. In a spiritual approach to therapy for complex grief, you will find understanding and hope of living fully again, even though you are changed forever.
You needn’t be religious. You only need to hurt enough to have your hear break open to a broad hope. I can help you find peace of mind and spirit as you grieve (especially if you lost someone to suicide).
Beginning in late-November, 2023, I can accept many insurance plans though Headway, which you can access at Headway.co for Colorado residents only.

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