About Alliance Experiential
At Alliance Experiential Counseling we believe in the power of the therapeutic alliance. This equates to a meaningful therapeutic partnership based on trust and respect. This alliance is cultivated through movement-based experiences that complement traditional talk therapy sessions and allow for a deeper engagement through action. The experiential counseling model can inspire fresh insights and therapeutic breakthroughs, which surface through the action of movement and lead to substantive healing and growth.
BLAKE RUBLE, LPC, ACS
Owner & Director, Experiential Therapist
Blake Ruble is the owner and director of Alliance Experiential Counseling. Blake is a graduate of Clemson University and a licensed professional counselor (LPC) specializing in individual and family therapy in the state of Colorado. As a mental health professional with an avid passion for outdoor adventure, Blake has crafted a unique style of movement-based experiential therapy that yields real results.
His personal interest and background in experiential learning, which includes spending several years in Southern Africa where he lived, worked, and learned alongside the local people, led to the blending of experiential counseling with psychotherapy to create a dynamic form of somatic therapy.
Recently, Blake added an additional layer to his experiential therapist credentials by becoming a Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider (CMHIMP). This certification allows Blake to include the important holistic and integrative treatment elements to the client’s individualized treatment plan. Adding the nutritional and holistic piece to the experiential therapy and counseling creates a whole person, life experience-based approach to achieving optimum wellness. Additionally, Blake has several years experience as a Climbing Wall Instructor with the American Mountain Guide Association.
In his spare time, Blake gravitates toward outdoor activities such as rock climbing, snowboarding, hiking, camping, and traveling.
JEANNIE MORRISON, LPC
Experiential Therapist
Jeannie is a graduate of the counseling psychology program at Centenary University. She helps individuals work towards leading a happier and healthier life through strengthening the mind body connection and developing a deeper sense of self and purpose. Her approach incorporates a combination of movement-based activities such as rock climbing, hiking, and yoga with mindfulness exercises to allow individuals to experience how their minds and bodies work together. This allows us to learn how to nurture these two systems simultaneously. Learning how to listen to the communication occurring between mind and body means better understanding our mental, emotional, and physical needs.
Jeannie is also a Climbing Wall Instructor with the American Mountain Guide Association and has spent several years furthering her skills as an experiential therapist. This type of approach can be helpful for those struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD, impulse control, stress management, as well as those with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Jeannie believes everyone deserves the opportunity to learn how to better care for themselves and makes this a priority in her work with her clients.
SUMMER YOAST, LPC
Experiential Therapist
Summer Yoast is a graduate of California State University’s Fullerton counseling program and a licensed professional counselor candidate in the state of Colorado. She is also currently enrolled in the Counselor Education and Supervision PhD program at the University of Northern Colorado undergoing training in supervision and play therapy.
Summer is person-centered and strives to know you as a whole complex and unique human. She believes in seeking connections with the natural world as a means of better understanding ourselves and our experiences. Summer attends to strengthening your relationship with nature as an ally in the growth process and returning to our evolutionary roots as we strive for health. Throughout her professional career Summer has worked with children and adults navigating identity, life transitions, trauma, grief, and growth and has experience working with play therapy, disordered eating, and survivors of high demand organizations and groups. Summer’s approach integrates nature-based exercise, play, immersion, and reflection to facilitate deeper levels of cognitive engagement, therapeutic processing, and self-discovery.
Outside the counseling session Summer is found exploring trails of the Poudre River, tending to her overflowing gardens, and relaxing outside with her chocolate lab, snake, and partner.
Zachary Guillaume, LPCC
Experiential Therapist
Zach obtained his Master's Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado in May 2022 and is a licensed professional counselor candidate in the state of Colorado. Prior to becoming a counselor, Zach's academic background was rooted in history, leading him to obtain a Master's Degree in history from California State University Fullerton in 2018. As a historian Zach researched, presented, and published on the topic of human trauma and post traumatic growth.
Zach approaches counseling relationships from a person-centered perspective, believing that everyone must find their own individualized understanding and insight in life. While counseling can be an intentional space to think, process, and learn about ourselves and our emotions, ultimately growth comes from the ways we apply what we learn to life. Zach feels that experiential therapy offers an opportunity to meld the safe space that counseling creates with real life circumstances to apply our desired change.
For the last four years Zach has worked with underserved and trauma exposed youth in Northern Colorado in an alternative school setting. Zach has worked with clients navigating through trauma, gender transition, shifting family dynamics, relational struggles, and domestic violence, and values working with clients across all age ranges, genders, and racial identities.
FRED BAUTERS
Clinical Intern
Who we are in this moment was shaped by experiences we both chose and were outside our control. We can’t change how we got here, but we can come to better understand ourselves and what’s within our control to write a fulfilling future. When we learn to look at ourselves with compassion, we build a foundation for growth that opens realms once thought out of reach.
By diving into new experiences, especially those at the edge of our comfort zone, we have a remarkable opportunity to reshape ourselves. If you’re here, you’re likely eager to explore who you are from a new perspective and uncover or rediscover parts of yourself. For too many years, I thought that journey was one traveled alone. It’s why I’m on this adventure—currently a counseling graduate student at Adams State University—and why I’m excited to be here for you now: When we take advantage of the support we all deserve, we can do amazing things.
Our work together starts with building a relationship that enables collaboration at every step so that we’re always headed toward your destination—knowing when to accelerate and when to slow down. What we do together can take on many forms, but my approach centers on my belief in the power movement, adventure and nature have in reshaping our sense of self and place within the world. These experiences offer space for new insights into ourselves, bolster our confidence and establish self care as a foundation for growth.
For me, that usually means climbing, trail running, hiking, yoga, biking, birding or practicing mindfulness within nature. But what gets you excited? What do you want to explore within yourself and out in the world? I want to learn what you love, what might make you a little nervous and what brings you joy.
Together we’ll face discomfort and build resilience for an ever-changing world so that you have the confidence to be authentically you. Let’s dig in!
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