"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." —Henry Ford
Meet Crystal
My path into this work didn't come from one place—it came from a deep curiosity about what truly helps people change.
I hold a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Counseling Psychology, and for more than two decades I have supported individuals navigating depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction recovery, life transitions, women's issues, and the complex challenges of life's middle passages. My work has always been about helping people move beyond survival, reconnect with themselves, and create lives aligned with their deepest values.
I began with talk therapy and witnessed the power of being seen, understood, and held through difficult moments. Yet over time, I noticed that insight alone wasn't always enough. People could understand their patterns and still feel stuck repeating them.
That curiosity led me to explore healing through other doorways. As a Kripalu 200-hour Yoga Teacher, I deepened my understanding of the body, breath, and embodied awareness. As a meditation and mindfulness teacher, I explored presence, attention, and the relationship between mind and body. I brought these practices into my counseling work—and still, something felt incomplete.
Then I stepped into Shamanism, perhaps a little unaware of what I was stepping into, yet clearly guided by something larger than myself. Through this ongoing journey, my understanding of healing has continued to expand.
Shamanic Counseling at The River Runs Through integrates these paths: psychotherapy, mindfulness, meditation, yoga, embodied awareness, ceremony, creativity, and shamanic practices. It is a nature-based, experiential approach that offers another way of listening—to yourself, your body, the natural world, and the wisdom that often lies beneath words.
This work can be woven into psychotherapy from the beginning or become a next step after traditional psychotherapy—a deeper, more experiential way of continuing your healing journey. Depending on your needs, our work may include guided journeys, ceremony, mindfulness, creative expression, ritual, energy work, or simply creating space to listen more deeply to what is asking for your attention.
This approach honors the whole person: mind, body, heart, spirit, and our relationship with the living world.
Interested in working together?
Meet Rob
After a full swing through the boom-and-bust world of resort real estate, Rob found his way back to what always made the most sense—being outside, on the land, doing real work you can see at the end of the day. It’s a return, in many ways, to the farm life he first tasted as a kid in Vermont, now lived with a little more intention (and a lot more perspective).
What once lived in books—his college studies in religion and philosophy—has come back around in a much more grounded way. These days, it shows up through his connection to Shamanic Practices, where the focus isn’t on theory, but on experience—listening, paying attention, and actually living the questions he used to study.
You’ll often find Rob taking pictures and running up mountains (he really does this!) or out in the fields, wandering the woods, tending, fixing, noticing what’s changed since yesterday. He’s just as likely to be sharing that space with others—whether it’s a walk through the trails, a conversation that turns into something deeper than expected, or simply standing still long enough to take it all in. And if you stop by, there’s a good chance he’ll hand you a solid cup of coffee and a story or two—drawn from a long history of misadventures, and told in a way that may or may not stick too closely to the facts.
For Rob, this is where it all comes together—the land, the work, the stories, and the quiet (and sometimes not-so-quiet) practice of paying attention.
The Space We Have Created Together
My husband and business partner, Rob, brings his own unique experience to the work we create at The River Runs Through. With a background in luxury yurt rentals and short-term rentals around the world, he understands how intentional spaces can support rest, renewal, and transformation.
Rob also holds a simple, deeply rooted belief: that sleeping under the stars may be the cure for almost anything. Together, we share a belief in the healing power of stepping away from the ordinary, reconnecting with nature, and creating space to breathe, rest, and remember what matters.