Meet Lauren Golten
Nature-based Group
Facilitator, Therapist,
Naturalist, & River-lover
Lauren Golten MS, MA is a nature-based therapist and a group facilitator who draws on her training and experience with Matrix Leadership Institute, the Work That Reconnects, and the Wild Mind model of Animas Valley Institute. She holds masters degrees in Wilderness Therapy and Field Biology. Her background in ecology and field biology originally led her to develop an ecological view of the world, and studying the natural world has been a place of deep meaning and path of connection with the Earth. Lauren endeavors to bring together her love and connection with nature with her desire to bring a sense of belonging and connection into the lives of her human clients and group participants. Lauren’s life and work are also informed by her 25-year practice and study of meditation and mindfulness. Of all habitats, Lauren loves desert river corridors, and she has a years-long relationship of enchantment with the Green River in Utah. She sees clients and leads nature-based programs at her home-place near Lyons, Colorado, where she is blessed to have deep connection with the land she stewards and shares with others.