Fire and ReinsMelissa Clark, LCSW
Heartbreak Recovery & Relationship Trauma Healing
Helping you heal relationship wounds, reconnect with yourself, and create healthier relationships after heartbreak, divorce, betrayal, trauma, and life transitions.
Steamboat Springs, Summit County & virtual across Colorado
You may be in the right place if…
- You are recovering from heartbreak, divorce, or betrayal.
- You keep repeating painful relationship patterns.
- You’re doing well in most of your life, but you’re still single and quietly wondering, “What if I never find my person?”
- You feel lost, disconnected, or unsure of who you are anymore.
- You grew up in dysfunction and are trying to break generational cycles.
- You feel emotionally shut down, anxious in relationships, or stuck in survival mode.
These are deeply human responses to painful experiences, and they can change.
Breakup and heartbreak Divorce Betrayal and relationship trauma Still looking for your person
“You don’t need to have everything figured out to start here.
You just need to be ready for something different.”
What can begin to change here
Healing isn’t about becoming a “better version” of yourself. It’s about returning to who you are underneath survival patterns, heartbreak, and emotional conditioning.
As you move through this work, you may begin to notice:
- You feel more grounded and connected to yourself.
- You start recognizing your relationship patterns instead of repeating them.
- You stop abandoning yourself in relationships or conflict.
- You feel more clarity about what you need and what you won’t accept anymore.
- You begin to feel emotionally present instead of shut down or overwhelmed.
- You reconnect with a sense of identity beyond your past relationships, trauma, or work demands.
How we work
Healing here is not about analyzing your life from a distance. It’s about experiencing real change in how you relate to yourself, your emotions, and your relationships, healing all of you: body, mind, heart, and soul.
Many of the patterns people struggle with aren’t just in our thoughts. They live in the body, in the nervous system, and in how we relate to others. That’s why our work tends to be hands-on and experiential, not just conversation.
Our approach may include:
- Somatic, body-based work to help you feel calmer and more grounded
- Experiential and Gestalt approaches to explore patterns as they show up in the present moment
- Attachment and relational work to shift how you show up in connection with others
- Nature-based sessions to support clarity, presence, and emotional processing
- Equine-partnered experiences (when appropriate and available) to notice how you connect with others in real time
- Virtual sessions for consistency and accessibility
This work isn’t about fixing you.
It’s about helping you come back to who you are.
Heartbreak therapy in the Colorado outdoors
Support that meets you where you are emotionally, physically, and in real life, so healing doesn’t feel confined to a therapy office.
In person in Steamboat Springs and Summit County (Silverthorne/Frisco)
90-minute sessions, often outdoors on a trail or in open space. We’ll start in a library meeting room or coworking space, and from there, the weather and your preference decide where we meet. Private pay.
Virtually, anywhere in Colorado
Secure video sessions offer consistency, depth, and flexibility.
With horses
Ever wondered how horses help people heal? Ask about equine-partnered sessions.
- Health First Colorado (Medicaid): Accepted for therapy, by video anywhere in Colorado or in person in Summit County and Steamboat Springs.
- Other insurance: I’m out of network, and I provide superbills for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Availability depends on season, weather, and scheduling, and we’ll confirm it on your exploratory call.
Meet Melissa Clark, LCSW
I’m Melissa Clark, an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and Certified Master Equine Gestaltist. I support men and women who want real change in their relationships and in how they feel about themselves. I know this work from the inside. I’ve walked through heartbreak, rebuilding, and starting over myself, and that’s a big part of why I do this work.
You don’t have to do this alone
If you’re feeling stuck in the same emotional or relationship patterns, exhausted from holding everything together, or unsure how to reconnect with yourself after everything you’ve been through, we can talk.
A free 15-minute video consultation is a space to slow down, briefly talk through what’s going on, and see if working together feels like a good fit. No pressure. No commitment.
Prefer to work on this alongside others? See groups, workshops and retreats.