Melissa J. Lockman

In our work together, I am dedicated to continually orienting to joy. Here is some information about my training: First and foremost, I work somatically. After years of working in the SE framework and assisting at SE trainings, I believe that working in this modality is truly the “fast-track to joy”. I have extensive training and experience in maternal mental health and I am committed to helping parents navigate parenthood with more ease and more joy. I am an endorsed Infant Mental Health Specialist with COAIMH (Colorado Association for Infant Mental Health). In working with parents, my focus will always hold the emotional health of the infant/child in the balance, giving attention to all aspects of the very early attachment process. I am DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) trained. DBT skills offer a concrete pathway to living the life you want to live. The core set of skills is (1) Emotional Regulation, (2) Interpersonal Effectiveness, (3) Distress Tolerance and (4) Mindfulness. I love sharing these skills—I use them! As a fellow human and fellow parent, I am on this journey with you and I find these skills essential on a daily basis. For over a decade I have been teaching self-defense, safety and empowerment with an exemplary organization called Impact—they’ve been doing evidence-based self-protection work for 40 years. This work is much more than a set of physical skills—years of this work has helped me to integrate into therapy the importance of a core belief in oneself as valuable and worth protecting.