Shannon Boyle
Therapist l Coach l Speaker Broomfield, CO
MA, LPC, AT
I believe you’re the expert in your life (even when it doesn’t feel like it).
And while parts of you may believe you’re broken or need fixing, the truth is you’ve probably been trying to force yourself into systems that weren't built for how your brain actually works.
Together we’ll use trauma-informed and neuro-affirming approaches to help you reach your professional and relationship goals.
Background
I understand what it's like when traditional approaches miss something crucial.
As someone who's navigated recovery from complex PTSD and a late AuDHD diagnosis, I know that finding what’s right for you isn’t easy and what works changes over time.
That lived experience, combined with 15 years of clinical and coaching work, informs how I support neurodivergent professionals, people in major transitions, and helpers, HSPs, and empaths.
I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor with training in Internal Family Systems, somatic practices, art psychotherapy, narrative therapy, trauma-informed approaches, energy medicine, intuition practices, and applied shamanism.
My background also includes 6+ years as a UX Consultant and Researcher in corporate environments serving enterprise-level businesses, which informs how I approach professional systems-thinking, career and leadership development, and designing experiments that reveal what works in professional environments.
Creative Experimentation
Discover and honor who you are.
1
AWARENESS & INSIGHT
Personal wisdom leads
We start by tuning into what your nervous system already knows (even when it feels chaotic or overwhelming) because the sensations, reactions, and patterns you've been living with aren't problems to fix. They're data points carrying information about what you need, what matters to you, and where you're being called to grow or heal.
Together we’ll build containers for awareness that feel safe and managable so your internal wisdom (however messy or unconventional) can surface and start to lead.
You know more than you think you do. We're just making room for that knowing to become visible.
2
PURPOSFUL ACTION
Test what’s true
We translate your internal knowing into purposeful (not perfect) action.
Based on what you discover about yourself, we design experiments that align with what matters to you. These aren't prescribed solutions or cookie-cutter interventions. They're creative, manageable tests you design to see what happens when you try something different.
You might experiment with boundary-setting, rest, creative expression, relationship patterns, or work structures (whatever feels alive and relevant to where you are). Then we gather data. What shifts? What stays the same? What surprises you? This is where experimentation replaces perfection, where doing becomes the teacher, and where aligned movement creates its own momentum.
3
INTEGRATION
Assess & integrate your results
Now we look at what happened through the lens of data rather than one of “success or failure.” What did your body tell you? How did your mood shift? What feedback did you get from the people around you?
This is where a lot of traditional therapy advice falls apart. People try something new, feel overwhelmed by the results, and end up feeling like they failed. But that's not failure. That's information.
We practice building discernment around what works for you, not what's supposed to work or what works for other people. Maybe you discovered that doing something the "right way" left you exhausted and scattered, but when you rearranged it to fit your actual nervous system, you had more energy and better results. Maybe you learned that a boundary you set felt terrible in the moment but created more space later. Maybe the experiment surfaced old patterns or protective parts that have something important to say.
This step is about learning to trust what your own system is telling you even when it feels messy, contradictory, or inconvenient. The data is there. We're just learning how to read it without judgment.
4
EVOLUTION
Iterate & evolve
This is where change stops being a one-time event and becomes a living practice. Based on what you learned in the assessment phase, we keep refining. What worked gets expanded. What didn't gets adjusted or abandoned. What surprised you gets investigated further.
This isn't about getting it perfect. It's about getting it more aligned with who you authentically are and what you're trying to build. Maybe the experiment worked but felt unsustainable, so we iterate on the structure. Maybe it didn't work at all, so we design something completely different based on what you now know. Maybe it worked better than expected, and now we're exploring what else becomes possible when you operate from that place.
The goal is to build your capacity to keep experimenting, adjusting, and evolving as you change and as your circumstances change. This is how personal wisdom becomes lived experience. This is how you become the expert on your own life.
Credentials & Training:
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Colorado
Art Therapist (AT)
Reiki I & II Certified
Master's Degree in Counseling & Art Therapy l Ursuline College
Bachelor’s in Psychology l Illinois State University
Storytelling Certificate l IDEO
Strategy & Innovation Certificate l IDEO
User Experience (UX) Research & Design Certificate l General Assembly
15 years of clinical and coaching experience working with trauma, neurodivergence, burnout, major life transitions, and life/relational systems redesign.
Additional training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic practices, experiential therapies, trauma-informed approaches, energy medicine, intuition practices, and applied shamanism.