Nava Narayani(She/Her/Hers)

Nava Narayani is a licensed psychotherapist offering individual and relationship therapy in-person in Wheat Ridge, CO and online. Nava specializes in couple's counseling, ethical non-monogamy, trauma recovery, identity development, and spirituality. She often utilizes therapeutic techniques from contemplative psychotherapy, mindfulness, somatic therapy, Emotionally Focused Couple's Therapy (EFT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Her approach is inclusive and affirming of diverse lifestyles and backgrounds including LGBTQIA2S+, BIPOC, mystics, sex workers, psychedelic use, kink, and all spiritual beliefs. Additionally, she takes into consideration systemic, historical, generational, and cultural influences in client's overall wellbeing. She offers a collaborative approach, working together to set goals and the pacing of the therapeutic work. She helps clients stay focused in achieving their therapeutic goals.

Nava received her degree in Clinical Mental Health with a focus in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology from Naropa University. She became fascinated by relationship theory during her studies and intensely pursued education in that area. She graduated with a certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy from the Denver Family Institute and has completed professional education in Emotionally Focused Couple's Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, and Psychobiological Approach to Couple's Therapy (PACT). She integrates these modalities into polyamory theory as well. Before graduate school, Nava comes from a background in dance, circus arts, bodywork, and worldly explorations in alternative healing modalities outside of the USA culture.