Biography

"Thank you for your guidance and wisdom. It is making a big difference in my life Kent.You are living your purpose. I will too.." - MM-Englewood, CO
Intro to my work
I’m Kent Tompkins, MA, LPC—an integrative psychotherapist with 30+ years in private practice in Colorado and New Mexico. I support adolescents, individuals, couples, and families in building lasting change through nondual, integrative therapy that honors both practical skills and deeper inner knowing. 

How I help
My work weaves clinical depth with lived experience. Other facets utilized: EMDR, hypnotherapy, Internal Family Systems, somatic integration, wilderness, and non-methodical/unified  psychotherapy. The aim is simple—help you reduce suffering and limitations, access clarity, and strengthen the parts of you that already know inherently how to heal. My undergraduate work is in Talented/Gifted consulting, with an emphasis on photography. Adolescents + back alleys + cameras + cross cultural = increased innocence, natural curiosity and courage to explore. 

Nature + body + spirituality
Nature has always been instrumental in my continual recalibration. Time outside—along with movement practices like cycling, yoga, and ecstatic dance—continues to shape how I understand resilience, nervous system regulation, and embodied presence. I too have continually followed an internal spiritual path that inspires me to remember we are always led by our deepest wisdom. This internal path has been coupled with world travel, a few select spiritual teachers and continual expansion into multi-dimensional realms.

Cross-cultural experience 
I’ve spent significant time living and collaborating with Diné (Navajo), Cheyenne and Blackfoot, learning by invitation alongside elders, artists, and healers That long-term relationship continues to inform my respect for ceremony, and the healing intelligence within community Most recently, as a Clinical Specialist, I helped establish and direct an indigenous-based wilderness program for adolescents from various southwest tribes. 

Creative work
I’m also a published documentary photographer and educator. Visual storytelling, alongside therapy, keeps me attentive to what’s true beneath words—and to the quiet moments where real transformation occurs.

To Schedule 
If you’d like to explore working together, you can schedule a session here in person (Paonia, CO) or via Zoom. 

Training and life experiences:
  • B.A. Special Education and Sociology. Emphasis: Gifted and Talented, University of Northern Colorado. 1974. Four year athletic scholarship recipient. Indoor track CU/Boulder and outdoor primarily at UNC/Greeley. 
  • Graduate work, Clinical Psychology, University of Northern Colorado. 1976-1977
  • M.A. Community Counseling, Adams State University. 1992
  • Licensed Professional Counselor, CO #949. 1994
  • Group facilitation of a wide variety of topics, 20,000 hours. 
  • Clinical Hypnotherapy, Hypnotherapy Academy of America, Santa Fe, NM. 2005
  • Sex positive training throughout my career
  • EMDR Part I and II certification. 2012​
  • Adjunct Professor, Adams State University Graduate Counseling and U. of Colorado/Denver 
  • Extensive addictions and forensics evaluation and treatment experience.
  • ​Professional athlete, combined with body-mind integration, good nutrition and excellent life coaching abilities. 
  • Native to rural western Colorado and growing up in a healthy family that honored global diversity. My parents modeled community, perseverance, the trusting of intuition, imagination and how to remain true to one's leanings while honoring others'.
  • Consultant for indigenous-based wilderness programs for Native American adolescents.
  • Documentary/commercial photographer, Videographer, editor. Photography professor at various colleges and an art institute. ​

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