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Sara Loca, MA, LPCc

Compassionate, body-based psychotherapy and coaching in Golden and Boulder, Colorado.

“Forza tesoro” is a heartfelt Italian phrase that blends strength and love. “Forza” uplifts, reminding us of our courage, while “tesoro” wraps us in warmth and connection. Together, it’s a tender encouragement to face challenges with resilience and compassion, embracing ourselves and those we hold dear.

How We Can Work Together

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    Emotional & Psychological Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment

    You faced toxic dynamics like gaslighting, emotional manipulation, and verbal abuse in your childhood, workplace, or intimate relationships. The scars you carry may be C-PTSD, trauma, people pleasing, perfectionism, low self-worth, and ignoring your needs. Give yourself room to breath and choose the road back to you.

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    Life and Identity Transitions

    A new career path, family planning, postpartum, quarter-life crisis, and immigration come with fundamental shifts in body, mind, heart, and life. Wrap yourself in courage and compassion as you choose and settle into your path through the transition.

  • Trauma

    Your body, mind, and soul are getting pulled back to that harmful family dynamic, miscarriage, death, family separation, immigration, NICU stay, parentification, unwanted sexual contact, or something else. It lingers. You disassociate, avoid, appease, or keep performing to survive, but it’s not working for you anymore. Come back to the present, make conscious choices, and (re)discover yourself.

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    Perfectionism

    It’s never right. You’re never right. And when it is fleetingly so, it doesn’t even feel good. You are craving to stop chasing someone else’s achievement and allow your inner voice to take the lead. Wield emotional focus for what actually matters and become unfettered in aiming for 80%. Create room for “good enough” and productive failure.

My Approach

  • *Body-based* Work

    We can explore bodily sensations, reactions, and movement in the moment to reveal underlying psychological processes. This somatic approach is rooted in Gestalt, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, IFS, Synergetic Play Therapy, and Polyvagal theory.

  • Nervous System Regulation

    We can build tools to help you stay connected to your psychological processes while under stress, as well as identify where you are in your “window of tolerance.”

  • Social Justice Lens

    We can view your psychological processes in the frame of community, generational inheritance, culture, broader systems, and oppression/privilege dynamics. We look at all the layers at play.

  • Authentic Connection

    I truly delight in the uniqueness of each person who comes through my practice, and connect authentically in sessions. We will laugh, cry, and feel together.

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A Little About Me:

Buon Giorno! I’m Sara Loca, MA, LPCc (she, her). I believe in your unique wisdom and the aliveness that comes from its expression. I won’t add to the pile of societal, self-imposed, or community “shoulds” or tell you what’s next. My work is to provide you with a space of warmth, wonderment, and nourishment to help you (re)connect to your inner wisdom. I will get curious and brainstorm with you, while holding all the influences: trauma, socioeconomic, collective, intergenerational, and more. I bring mindfulness and body-based therapy techniques for accessing in-the-moment empowerment and wellbeing. I adore this work and seeing each client’s brilliant uniqueness.

How It Works

1 Schedule a free 30-50 minute consultation.

Schedule a free phone consultation by emailing me or scheduling directly online here.

2 Connect over the phone to see if we fit.

The consult is where we understand if what you are looking for matches what I offer in my practice. I am also happy to answer any questions about finding a practitioner that feels like a fit.

3 Complete introductory paperwork online.

Once both parties feel as if it’s a good match of goals and offerings, we schedule a 90-minute first appointment. I then send over a heap of paperwork to sign and complete, including some information on your goals and life.

4 Meet for our first 90-minute appointment.

We meet for 90-minutes to discuss paperwork, history, goals, and address anything that’s coming up for you that week.

5 Work together to help you meet your goals.

I typically meet with folx weekly for a 50-minute appointment and then adjust for your needs as the relationship evolves.