The Heart Path Counseling & Psychotherapy - About Joanie Trussel, MA

The Heart Path Counseling & Psychotherapy - Joanie P Trussel, MA

I have been working as a counselor/psychotherapist for the last 15 years. My background includes working at two inpatient treatment programs, one for alcohol and drug addiction as well as one specifically working with women with eating disorders both in Tucson, Arizona.

I have been in private practice in Durango and Dolores/Cortez for the past nine years.

I relocated my Dolores office to Cortez, Colorado in 2008. That office, the Heart Path House,includes several practitioners offering Counseling & Psychotherapy, Hakomi body-centered psychotherapy, massage therapy, aromatherapy, acupuncture, Body Talk, and midwifery.

Prior to working as a therapist I worked for many years in the field of education, most recently as Coordinator of Continuing Education at Colorado State University in Fort Collins and before that as Admissions Director and Dean of Students at a massage therapy school, The Desert Institute of Healing Arts in Tucson, Arizona.

My educational background includes a Masters degree in Womens' Studies from San Francisco State University and a Masters degree in Counseling & Psychotherapy from Prescott College. I am a graduate of the Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy Program in Boulder, Colorado and I have completed EMDR training to address issues of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). My eclectic psychotherapy background includes work with Jungian Mandalas, Expressive Art Therapy, 12-step recovery and body image issues.

Through my work with women with eating disorders both inpatient and outpatient, I created a slide show on body image entitled: "The Body Conspiracy: Advertising's Influence on Womens Self Esteem" which has been shown at various venues in the four corners area.

In addition to my private practice, I recently completed working with Buffalo Woman Ranch in Dove Creek, Colorado an equine facilitated integrated learning program. I brought my experience as a Hakomi therapist to that arena where we worked with the horses to help in an individual's healing process.

My history includes being part of a group who started a Lesbian & Gay Community Center in Tucson, Arizona - http://www.wingspan.org/media/2002_03.pdf I am available to work with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community members on issues related to their sexual orientation as well as general life issues.