Liz George

Liz George, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She  received her B.A. in English and Psychology with honors from the University of NC at Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from University of CO at Boulder. She was a research associate at the University of CO Boulder until 2012 conducting treatment outcome research for individuals with bipolar disorder. She is co-author of The Bipolar Teen and multiple research articles on the psychosocial treatment of bipolar disorder. 

In 2005 she began her journey in somatic therapy. She is a certified Brainspotting therapist, a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, a Somatic Resilience and Regulation for early trauma touch therapist, and a DARe (Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experience) practitioner.

Dr. George is committed to social and climate justice. She inhabits a white body and has been involved in many social justice trainings for white bodies and has received an embodied social justice certificate. She is currently leading a Somatic Experiencing informed healing racialized trauma for white bodies group.

Finally, Dr. George has an active ecodharma Zen practice combining spiritual practice, grief and trauma healing, and activism.  She is inspired by the teachings of Joanna Macy and is involved in an embodied book group that includes participants from 4 continents who come together to practice the healing exercises in the Work that Reconnects.