The beauty of “collective”
In a world that often rewards sameness, where efficiency can be confused with depth, and uniformity passes as wisdom, we at The Art of Becoming have taken a different path. A slower path. A more human path. One that recognizes the constant, often covert pull toward the siloed safety of sameness, a cultural invitation to gather only with those who mirror us, think like us, practice like us.
With intention and patience, we have chosen instead to stay open—to the beauty, discomfort, and aliveness that diversity brings. To the vitality of perspectives that can both challenge and expand us, not as hierarchies, but in dialogue, conversation, in movement. To the subtle alchemy that occurs when individuals meet across differences and, in doing so, discover something larger than themselves.
For us, growth is not about scaling quickly or offering a polished, predictable promise. It is not a franchise or a neatly packaged, one-size-fits-all-3-step-formula (whew, that was a mouthful). Instead, it is an unfolding, or perhaps a becoming: a dance of anchoring in the self while being shaped by the collective, bringing our healthiest selves forward, and allowing relationships to refine us toward a more communal vision of healing. This path asks us to listen before leaping, to value relationship over strategy, and to release individual notions of success in order to discover what becomes possible when we grow together, in community.
We are living in a time when reactivity comes easily, when urgency hums through our nervous systems, and constant input leaves many of us overwhelmed, fearful, and fatigued. Through clicks and scrolls and constant input, we are saturated with information, and yet increasingly fragmented, riding the waves between overdrive and disassociation. In moments like these, it can be tempting to turn toward the loudest voices: polished experts, trending modalities, promises of certainty in an uncertain world. While these offers speak to our longing for coherence, they often bypass the deeper work of integration—the slow work of feeling, relating, and making meaning together.
At The Art of Becoming, we have chosen a different rhythm. Rather than reacting, we practice responding. Through this countercultural tending, we turned toward the people closest to the work… our community, our clients… and we listened. Behind closed doors, they (you!) became our greatest teachers. We listened to the longing beneath the noise: for bridges instead of binaries, for spaces where nuance and repair can breathe, for the courage to acknowledge our individualities while staying open enough to relate across differences… even when fear whispers, don’t risk getting it wrong.
What emerged was a shared ache to move from fragmentation toward integration—from isolation toward relationship, from certainty toward curiosity, from fear toward a steadier, more human way of being together.
And through these reminders, we remembered: healing does not belong to therapists alone. Healing belongs to the collective. It is older than any modality, wiser than any single theory, and too expansive to be held by one person, one lens, or one way of knowing. The field of counseling, too, thrives not when it becomes monolithic, but when it reflects the fullness of human experience—many doors into healing, held with humility and care.
To be multi-modal is not to be scattered. It is to be rooted in one’s offering while remaining open to another’s wisdom. It is to hold your work with devotion—not as the only answer, but as your contribution to a larger network. The presence of those who practice differently does not threaten what we offer; it expands what becomes possible for those we serve.
We believe healing thrives when there is more than one way, when there are many doors into care. What brings relief and growth to one person may not move another—not because anyone is wrong or unready, but because nervous systems, histories, and seasons of life differ. The diversity of modalities is not a flaw in our field; it is a mirror of the multitudes within our communities. No single practitioner, no matter how devoted, can be all things to all people—and this truth does not diminish our work. It frees it. The presence of those who practice differently does not threaten what we offer; it expands what becomes possible for those we serve.
The human psyche is far too complex, too mysterious, and too soulful to be held by a single theory or lineage—it asks for a collective imagination and shared care.
At The Art of Becoming, we practice what we like to think of as ecosystem-building—slow, intentional, and rooted in shared values rather than identical training. We are a community committed to supporting one another not only professionally, but as humans, knowing that the care we offer our clients can only be as deep and steady as the care we practice within ourselves. In this way, we grow alongside those we serve, committed—together—to the ongoing art of becoming.
Curious, not competitive.
Collective, not commodified.
Over the past year, we have been quietly tending the soil—building relationships, opening our doors, nurturing connection. Asking what it might look like to build a network of healers not bound by sameness, but enlivened and expanded by our differences.
With deep gratitude, we are honored to share that our ecosystem is expanding. This month, we welcome four new clinicians into our collective— four unique voices with distinct backgrounds, four bodies of knowledge, four beings who bring their own stories, their own medicine, their own light:
Join us in welcoming and thanking Caroline, Carrie, Constance, & Sherae for believing in a way of working that resists speed and spectacle. For believing in depth over noise. For joining us in a model that invites curiosity over certainty, expansion over defensiveness, and community over competition. We believe that each of your practices will enrich the tapestry of who we are and what we offer in our little practice, but also beyond our walls and into the broader community of Northern Colorado, and beyond…
Here’s to growing in difference. To hold our own small piece of the work with reverence— and trusting that others are holding theirs, too.
Here’s to the art of becoming— again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, —together.