Melissa Grogan, MFA
Graduate Student Therapist

Melissa is currently in the process of graduating and getting provisionally licensed and as such, is no longer able to offer potential clients reduced-fee therapy services. If you’re interested in working with her, please fill out this form and Melissa will contact you as soon as she has availability.

Personal
I started on a deep healing journey in my late twenties. Voice and movement classes in my graduate acting program were the biggest influence on my personal journey. They led me to a path that has helped heal decades of anxiety, depression, and eventually regain the ability to be in healthy relationships. 

I follow my bliss. I have learned how to trust life and, most of all, recognize and listen to my intuition. I do the hard work. I feel deeply. I love life and find joy wherever I can. I light up at the beauty of nature. I am a bit of a philosopher and an intellectual – I always like to know “why” something works the way it does. This sense of open curiosity makes me a great listener. 

I find free movement is the most effective way for me to integrate new patterns of thinking and ways of showing up in relationships. I meditate regularly, have healed myself from multiple traumas, and recognize that my most difficult moments in life are the ones that have encouraged the most growth. I have a deep commitment to fun and I try not to take myself too seriously.

Professional
For more than 20 years I've worked as a Vocal Empowerment Coach. I help people find their voice and be able to express themselves in a way that can be heard and received. I also help them be open to hearing others. At our core, we have a desire to be seen and heard; and sometimes that can also be our greatest fear. Using exercises in movement, breath, somatic experiencing, and mindfulness I help people work through obstacles getting in the way of expression, whatever those obstacles may be.

I light up when I see clients find the voice within that’s guiding them to transformation, when they break free from issues developed as a result of trauma, neglect, and abandonment, and when they transcend outdated beliefs that lead to a lack of self-trust or self-love. I can see the Light in people and I delight in helping clients find their way to connecting to, and relating to, that Light.

I was a tenured associate professor (of voice and movement) at a local university for 15 years. I left that job so that I could explore the work as it relates to therapy and work with a larger population. It was a risky move and I am very grateful that I took it. I began my current master’s program at Naropa University in May of 2021. I chose Naropa because it was a perfect fit for the work I do.

During my time as a professor, I was able to work with some of the world’s top teachers and innovators. Voice means more than just the sound that you hear when people speak. It also means identity and I was always interested in how those two were interlinked. I’m trained in the 8 limbs of yoga, meditation facilitation, somatic experiencing, presence, and relationship dynamics. I’m a trained energy worker, as well, and help clients do the same for themselves. We are complex beings and we need a therapy approach that touches all the parts of us; mind, body, emotion, and spirit. 

Clients of mine would describe me as a good listener, present, empathetic, intuitive, and able to challenge them towards growth while providing a safe space to explore and rest.

I believe that if we can find comfort in being fully in the present moment that healing will naturally occur.

Hanu