Counselors

Clinical Counseling Director

Tammy Lea Black, MA, LPC, has been working with WEC since September 2011, after graduating from the Contemplative Psychotherapy program at Naropa University. Post-graduation she also worked for six years at Naropa in the undergraduate and graduate departments teaching future therapists. Tammy’s primary focus in therapy is developing awareness of what is happening in the current moment as a means of fostering resilience and balance in the grieving process. She also offers extensive experience regarding how both the nervous system and family dynamics impact an individual’s responses to grief. She is a compassionate and calm presence in sessions, and believes that support for individuals and their loved ones during the later stages of life is an essential offering. Tammy sees Individuals, Families & Couples in their homes and in her private practice office.

Counselors

Kathy Emery, MA, LPC, graduated in 1980 from the Naropa University’s Masters in East- West Psychology program and has been involved with the Windhorse approach to working with others since the beginning of the model in 1981. In addition, she has been an Adjunct Faculty member since 1982 at Naropa in several of the Psychology Departments as well as the Masters In Divinity program in recent years. She is committed to bringing the Contemplative view of care and therapy into her work with individuals and groups as well as through her teaching and writing.

 

 

 

Michelle Pelc, MA, NLC, has been been with Windhorse Elder Care since May 2014.  She earned her Masters degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University in 2010.  She has 8+ years of professional and personal experience working in long term care, adhering to a holistic approach while attending to the emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing of her clients.  Her varied experience working with seniors who have physical and mental disabilities, as well as end-of-life care needs, affords her insight into the complexity of the challenges for this population and how to approach them, as well as a solid knowledge base of community resources. As a Windhorse Team Leader, she is passionate about using her ability to build relationship and provide guidance, education, and therapeutic interventions to support and empower seniors, families, and care staff.

 

 

Faith Halverson-Ramos, MA, LPC, MT-BC, has been working with Windhorse Elder Care since 2017. A graduate from the Transpersonal Counseling Psychology Music Therapy program at Naropa University, Faith is a board-certified music therapist passionate about the role that creativity can play in overall health and well-being. As a counselor and music therapist, Faith works with people throughout the lifespan and finds that music can be especially helpful for those who have speech or neurological disorders. Meeting people where they are through humor, presence, and loving kindness, Faith supports people during difficult times in life.

 

 

 

Kathleen Malone, MA, LPCc, has been working with Windhorse Elder Care since 2017. She  previously worked with clients at Family Hospice who were grieving the loss of a loved one.  Kathleen graduated from Naropa University in 2017 from the Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology program and has a passion for bringing this understanding of the mind,, and well-being into her therapy sessions through compassion, present moment awareness and body-based wisdom.   She is currently in private practice and is available to see Windhorse clients either in the comfort of their own homes or at her private office in north Boulder. Kathleen works with individuals, couples and families.

 

 

Patti Chenis MA, LPC has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Lesley University (1996) and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. In the past, she has worked as a psychotherapist for almost 13 years in community mental health with emotionally challenged children and their families at Mental Health Partners, as a caregiver for Hospice of Boulder County and Windhorse Community Services, a community based organization that provides home services for people who experience extreme states of mind. 

Currently she serves as Adjunct Faculty at Naropa University where she teaches mindfulness and compassion practices for the graduate program in Mindfulness Based Counseling Psychology and is a meditation instructor for the Naropa Graduate Contemplative Psychotherapy Program and the Graduate Resilient (Environmental) Leadership Program. She has worked at WEC for several years and is a supervisor at this time.

Patti has training in EMDR Trauma Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Inner Relationship Focusing-a psychotherapeutic process that integrates the wisdom of body/mind/spirit for emotional healing. Having practiced and studied mindfulness and compassion practices for over thirty-six years she is committed to bringing these modalities into working with others as the growing research in neuroscience is confirming the benefits of these practices on one’s health, wellbeing and emotional resilience.