Defining Path Counseling

04/27/2026

When you know better, do better.” What matters more is what you do next. For help along your way, check out
https://www.definingpathcounseling.com

04/16/2026

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) has been a GAME CHANGER for my therapy clients in getting out of the flight, fight, freeze or fawn responses and moving forward more grounded and more like themselves - without the trauma. Learn more about ART and my services in Northglenn/north Denver or virtually for Colorado. https://www.definingpathcounseling.com/

02/06/2026

Thanks to People House for the shoutout. Check out more at
www.definingpathcounseling.com

Say hello to this week's highlighted Core Practitioner, Johanna Karasik MA, LPC, Certified ART Practitioner!

Offering Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and therapeutic counseling for individual adults (typically 20s-50s) with anxiety, trauma, grief/loss, stress, and transition challenges. In person sessions in North Denver/Northglenn and teletherapy for state of Colorado.

You want to feel like your old self again – or a new, calmer self – on a path of continued growth and success. You want more for yourself and are ready for change. I can help by co-creating a brave & safe space and validating you – especially when it feels like no one understands. With ART (an integrated, somatic eye movement psychotherapy) we will help you find quick relief and rapid recovery from prior traumas and distresses, eliminate triggers, and move forward feeling lighter and calmer. Combined with therapeutic counseling (“talk therapy”), we’ll rebuild coping skills for relief now & prevention later. I’ll challenge you (with care), offer accountability, and use your strengths to help you meet your goals. Ideally, we’ll also laugh together and connect as humans.

My services are integrated, trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ affirmative, person-centered, rooted in social justice and cultural humility. Read more about ART and specific session rates on my website (definingpathcounseling.com) where you can also schedule a free phone consult or send me a message.

phone:720-295-2599

website:https://definingpathcounseling.com/

02/06/2026

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Focus on the path, not the pace. Every step toward healing counts. 🧡

01/29/2026

Accepting new clients for this transformative therapy! www.definingpathcounseling.com

11/04/2025

Some helpful coping skills for emotional regulation. Learn to further use these and more effective tools in individual therapy with me. www.definingpathcounseling.com

DBTSkills. Mindfulness Module. Walking the Middle Path.

Worksheet via https://mhck.net/

06/27/2025

Happy Pride Weekend, Denver!
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06/27/2025

Accelerated Resolution Therapy has been transformational and quickly relieving for so many of my clients. I have openings using ART in person in Northglenn or virtually. Visit www.definingpathcounseling.com for more info on ART, my services and consult scheduling. 

Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Tries to Forget

Have you ever felt emotions physically in your body, like knots in your stomach when you're anxious or a racing heart when you're scared? This is because emotions don’t just live in your mind; they live in your body. Healing trauma requires addressing the whole person, yet most therapies focus only on the rational brain, not the parts affected by trauma.

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) goes beyond talk therapy to heal where trauma truly lives—the limbic system, the brain’s emotional core:

Emotions: The limbic system controls intense emotions like fear and sadness, which can get stuck during trauma. ART helps release these emotions through eye movements and visualization.

Memory: Traumatic memories get trapped in the brain's emotional centers, making them feel fresh and raw. ART reprocesses these memories, reducing their emotional grip.

Behavior: Trauma triggers the fight, flight, or freeze response, making you react strongly to reminders of past events. ART helps calm these reactions so you can respond more calmly.

Autonomic Nervous System: ART helps regulate your body's stress responses—like heart rate and blood pressure—helping you feel more in control.

Why ART Works Faster

ART speaks directly to the limbic system where trauma lives, not just the logical brain. This approach means ART often resolves trauma in just 1 to 5 sessions, compared to the months or years that talk therapy might take.

You are a feeling, sensing person. Healing trauma is a whole-person event, and ART offers a pathway to that transformation by addressing both the mind and body.

Listen to your whole body.
Find an ART trained therapist near you.
www.ARTworksnow.com

06/01/2024

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05/12/2024

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04/22/2024

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04/08/2024

Our difficult emotions aren't just painful experiences that we need to tolerate. If we breathe into them for a moment, we’ll begin to see them as data that signposts our needs and values.

Guilt can signal to us that a recent action wasn't aligned with the person we most want to be or that we want to make amends for a mistake.

When we show up to a difficult emotion like this, it no longer owns us. Rather, we are able to use the data our emotion provides and move courageously in the direction of our values with greater wisdom.