Hello, my name is Lori Grace Kochevar. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and an adoptive mother with twenty years of clinical expertise in the child welfare system. Along with a Master’s degree, I have extensive expertise in the physiological components of trauma and attachment issues in children and how this affects the families and systems that are entrusted with their care.

My path is to partner with others to revolutionize how we provide support to foster and adoptive families and the children they serve. I am an accomplished trainer who specializes in designing experimental learning opportunities which are aimed at increasing transparency and receptivity to the wonder that is all around us.

As a Master Therapist I am starting a new conversation in the child welfare system. In questioning long term assumptions we have collectively accepted, I have found clinically and empirically based models with results that increase our effectiveness and efficiency to deliver fast, safe, long-lasting results to the families we serve.

As a Transitional Specialist I support systems, organizations, families and individuals to shift effectively and efficiently. I promote peace in how they interact with themselves and others in the world. As the adoptive mother of two incredible children, I am passionate about providing opportunities for children to optimize their potential so that families and communities are able to thrive.

While I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado, I do not practice under that degree with work pertaining to this site.

Honors & Awards

• Visionary creator of community planning to develop the Boys and Girls Club in San Luis Valley
• One of the original founders of the Boys and Girls Club in San Luis Valley
• Adoptive mother of 2 incredible children
• Community advocate
• Child welfare professional for over 25 years

Education

• University of Southern Mississippi

Masters, Psychology

1992

• University of Northern Colorado

Bachelors, Counseling & Psychology

1990

Personal Information

• Activities: I enjoy yoga, mediating, reading, hiking… exploring connections with friends… I love to dance and when the rhythm of a song or the gaze of another touches my soul the life force is ignited… and from there the joy of life simply unfolds…
• Interests:The relationships that I cherish… with my children, my friends and all my teachers along the way. Enjoy traveling near and far to enjoy the spirit, culture and beauty of our world. Love places that are off the grid and full of natural beauty. Our mountains are spectacular…grateful to spend time in nature.
• Favorite Quotations:
  •  Work is love made visible… Kahlil Gibran
  • Love has no desire but to fulfill itself… Kahlil Gibran

Contact Information:

• Phone: (970) 352-8873
• Fax: 1-888-215-9883
• Email: lorik@aspacetogrow.com
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