Dan Halpern

Healing is the process of giving yourself permission to be who you are. I help adults release the burdens of trauma, anxiety, negative self-talk, and self-sabotaging behaviors in order to connect with their true nature of inner strength, resilience, and wisdom.

I’ve spent most of my life supporting others’ well-being while simultaneously exploring the nature of reality through direct inquiry and experience. I began meditating in 2005 after reading Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff.

After experiencing a spiritual emergency and existential crisis in 2008 while studying philosophy at Ithaca College, I immersed myself in different world religions and mystical traditions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, mystical Judaism, contemplative Christianity, animism, and more, seeking to understand my place in life. This led me to earn a BA in Religious Studies from Naropa University in 2014.

While spirituality has been a central guiding force in my life, I’ve also found immense personal meaning and purpose in assisting others. Friends naturally came to me when they were going through challenges growing up, and I’ve translated that quality into working on a crisis phone line, volunteering with hospice, and working for several years supporting adults with developmental disabilities. I earned an MA in Counseling from Regis University in 2019 and have been providing counseling to adults ready to let go of limiting beliefs and behaviors and step more fully into embodying their authenticity, potential, and life purpose ever since.

Outside of counseling, a great day for me is sitting by a river with an insightful book, a journal, and a meditation cushion, and dancing to live music. I live by the foothills of the Rocky Mountains on traditional lands of the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho people with my wife and 2.5 year old daughter.