Scope of Practice & Client Understanding

Last updated: August 2, 2026

This page explains the nature and limits of my services so you can make an informed choice about working with me. It is written in plain language and should be read together with the separate Terms & Conditions and any service-specific agreement presented at booking.

1. What I Offer

I provide non-clinical education, consultation, and coaching informed by ecopsychology, public health, consciousness studies, somatic awareness, and more than 30 years of service in community and public-health settings.

Depending on the service, our work may include:

  • ecopsychology-informed and nature-based coaching
  • ecological identity and meaning-making
  • ceremony preparation education
  • integration-oriented reflection following profound or expanded-state experiences
  • somatic grounding and reflective practices
  • culturally responsive and trauma-aware support
  • organizational and systems-ecology consultation
  • teaching, speaking, and educational resources

My past work took place within public-health programs and multidisciplinary teams, including settings with medical oversight. That experience informs my approach, but it does not make my current coaching clinical care or confer a mental-health, medical, or natural-medicine facilitator license.

The title ecopsychologist describes my graduate education and scholarly orientation. It does not mean that I am licensed to practice psychology or psychotherapy.

2. What I Do Not Offer

I am not acting as a licensed clinical psychologist, professional counselor, social worker, psychiatrist, physician, or other medical provider. I do not:

  • diagnose or treat mental-health or medical conditions
  • provide psychotherapy, clinical trauma treatment, or crisis intervention
  • prescribe, change, or advise on medication
  • provide medical, psychiatric, or legal advice
  • promise a particular emotional, spiritual, professional, or health outcome

Coaching is not a substitute for care from a licensed mental-health or medical professional. If your needs fall outside my scope, I may recommend that you consult an appropriately licensed provider before beginning or continuing our work.

3. Natural Medicine and Ceremony Boundary

I am not a Colorado-licensed Natural Medicine Facilitator or Clinical Facilitator, and I do not provide or supervise regulated natural-medicine services.

I do not recommend, prescribe, sell, source, transport, handle, dose, administer, or supervise the use of natural medicines or other controlled substances. I do not operate a healing center or offer psychedelic therapy.

Ceremony preparation and integration-oriented coaching are educational, reflective, and non-clinical. They are separate from any regulated preparation, administration, or integration session offered by a licensed facilitator. Any decision to use a substance is made independently by the client, who remains responsible for understanding applicable law, health risks, contraindications, and available licensed support.

4. Your Choice and Responsibilities

Our work is collaborative. You may ask questions, decline a practice or topic, request a pause, or end a session at any time. I am committed to respectful, culturally responsive, and non-discriminatory care within the limits of my role.

You are responsible for:

  • providing information that is accurate and relevant to the service
  • deciding what feels appropriate for you
  • communicating concerns, limitations, and changes in your well-being
  • seeking licensed medical, mental-health, legal, or emergency assistance when needed
  • making your own choices and evaluating the consequences of those choices

Insight and transformation are personal processes. No specific result is guaranteed.

5. Safety and Crisis Situations

Coaching is not an emergency or crisis service. If you are experiencing an immediate safety concern, acute psychiatric distress, or risk of harm, contact local emergency services or an appropriately licensed crisis professional.

I may pause, decline, or end services when a situation appears to require clinical, medical, emergency, or other specialized support beyond my scope. Nothing in our coaching relationship creates a therapist-client or doctor-patient relationship.

6. Privacy and Communications

I take reasonable care to respect the privacy of information shared in our work. However, coaching communications may not carry the same legal privilege or protections as communications with a licensed therapist, physician, or attorney.

Electronic communications and website forms cannot be guaranteed completely secure. Information may be shared with your permission, when required or permitted by applicable law, or when reasonably necessary to address a serious and imminent safety concern. Service-specific privacy and record practices may also be described in the agreement provided at booking.

7. Fees, Scheduling, Cancellations, and Refunds

Current fees, scheduling requirements, cancellation terms, and refund conditions are presented during booking or in the applicable service agreement. Please review them before purchase. Services already provided are generally non-refundable unless the booking terms state otherwise.

8. Website Content and Third-Party Resources

Website articles, glossary entries, photographs, recordings, interviews, and other educational materials are general information, not individualized clinical, medical, or legal advice.

Links and embedded media may lead to third-party websites. Their inclusion does not mean that I control or endorse every statement, product, or practice they contain.

Unless otherwise credited, original text, teaching materials, frameworks, and photographs on this website are owned by Dr. Azul DelGrasso and may not be reproduced or distributed without written permission.

9. Terms, Updates, and Governing Law

The separate Terms & Conditions and any service-specific agreement govern purchases and booked services. If those documents conflict with this summary, the service-specific agreement controls for that service.

I may update this page as my services or applicable requirements change. The date above identifies the current version. To the extent permitted by law, these terms are governed by Colorado law.

10. Contact

Questions about my scope of practice or these boundaries are welcome.

Dr. Azul DelGrasso
Denver, Colorado
azul@ascendedvoices.com

This page is intended to communicate the boundaries of my services clearly. It is not a substitute for individualized advice from a qualified legal, medical, or mental-health professional.