Nakoma Garcia MS, LPC
Nakoma graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work in 1997. She went back to finish Grad School for Professional Counseling from Grand Canyon University a few years later. Nakoma is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado. She has worked as a Social Service Director with The Salvation Army and a Counselor at a Therapeutic Boarding School. She has spent time working in adoption and foster care agencies while working with children, youth and families.
Nakoma has worked with individuals and families who have dealt with life changes and helped them find peace and strength. She is passionate about working with people who feel change is hard and helping them understand that it doesn’t have to be. Nakoma feels that we all can benefit from some help in healing the brain from our small and large traumas that we have gone through in our lives. She is trained in EMDR and uses Equine Therapy along with an array of modalities to meet each client where they are at. Nakoma delves in with a Holistic Approach and understands the need for wellness in the mental, spiritual and physical side to create our mental wellness. She focuses many of her sessions outside in nature where a deep balance of our natural world can heal the soul. She and also offers teletherapy in our everchanging world.
She is a mother to 3 active boys and one daughter in law. In her spare time, Nakoma enjoys reading, crafts, and exploring this beautiful state that she has been blessed to call home.
Ava Matheson
Ava graduated in May 2024 from Colorado Christian University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Psychology, with an emphasis in Clinical Counseling. She is currently a graduate student in the School of Counseling at CCU, preparing to begin her practicum in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
Drawn to the counseling field by a desire to help others overcome life’s struggles and heal from hurts, Ava believes in the capacity of every individual to grow through adversity and to access their inner strengths and resilience. She values the therapeutic relationship as a collaborative process in which healing, growth, and meaningful change can occur for both client and counselor.
Ava’s primary theoretical orientation is Adlerian, a holistic approach that emphasizes the influence of family of origin, individual perspective, and social context in shaping one’s personality and behavior. She believes in addressing the whole person, mind, body, and spirit, and values an integrative approach that supports clients in all areas of life. Ava also believes strongly in the individual’s power to pursue meaningful goals and create change through intentional effort, healthy relationships, and support. While Adlerian theory informs her foundational perspective, she also draws from a range of therapeutic techniques to meet clients’ unique needs and presenting concerns. As a developing counselor, she is committed to lifelong learning as an essential part of her personal and professional growth.
Outside of her clinical training, Ava enjoys spending time with her family, which includes five children and four grandchildren, as well as enjoying the outdoors, reading, and investing in meaningful friendships.
Alexis Dunbar
Adams State University Graduate Student
I personally believe that individual, couples, and group counseling can have a lasting effect for
people regardless of being for reason, season, or lifetime. I strive to have as much of an impact
on clients as I feel they have on me while holding a warm welcoming environment.
I am currently a grad student at Adams State University and working towards my master’s
degree in clinical mental health. I have extensive experience with a broad spectrum of clients
and challenges from ADHD and ASD to depression and PTSD. I primarily work from methods
such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and integrative approaches combining
existentialism and humanism. My primary goal is exploring connections between diagnoses to
build a more complete understanding of someone’s experience to provide the best care and
support possible.
Outside of my professional life I enjoy reading, crochet, and spending time outdoors. I also love
to spend time with my fur babies and my wonderful partner. I would consider myself artistic and
very social. I play in a pool league and keep myself engaged in as many areas as I can to
maintain my own wellbeing and be able to pour from a fulfilled life into my career and passion.
I look forward to building relationships and helping individuals like yourself take the steps that
can build the life you want to see yourself in.
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