Dr. Azul DelGrasso, Ecopsychologist & Transformative Coaching

Effective Date: May 17, 2025

This page clarifies the nature of my services, the legal boundaries of my practice, and what clients can expect from ecopsychology- and ecology-based coaching. By accessing this website (www.azuldelgrasso.com) or booking services, you agree to these terms.

1. Nature of Services & Scope of Practice

Professional Background in Counseling & Public Health

My background includes 30 years of one-on-one public health counseling, specializing in HIV/STD prevention, risk reduction, harm reduction, trauma-informed models, and culturally responsive engagement. My training and practice were completed through:

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• The State of California

• The State of Colorado

• National training centers and federally funded organizations

• Clinical public health programs operating under medical directors and licensed clinical staff

Over nearly three decades, I provided:

• Motivational interviewing

• Trauma-informed crisis navigation

• Psychosocial and behavioral assessments

• Safety and stabilization planning

• Delivery of sensitive health information

• Somatic and emotional grounding

• Harm reduction counseling

• Culturally affirmative care

• Supportive care within multidisciplinary medical teams

These services were non-clinical and clinical, public-health–based, and conducted under medical oversight, within the scope allowed by state and federal public health agencies.

Current Role: Ecopsychologist & Transformative Coach

Although my professional history includes extensive counseling experience, I am not:

• a licensed clinical psychologist

• a licensed professional counselor

• a licensed social worker

• a psychiatrist or medical provider

I do not diagnose, treat, or provide clinical therapy for mental health conditions.
I do not offer psychotherapy or medical advice.

My current work is centered around:

• ecopsychology

• ecological identity development

• ceremonial guidance and integration

• somatic and nature-based practices

• trauma-informed spiritual support

• systems and organizational ecology

• relational consciousness studies

This work is educational, relational, somatic, ecological, and transformational — not clinical mental health treatment.

2. Why I Transitioned from Public Health to Ecopsychology

After 30 years in public health—spanning HIV/STD prevention, national training, trauma-informed practice, and systems-level capacity building—I shifted into ecopsychology because:

• Mainstream clinical models often separate people from nature, community, and ancestral wisdom

• Many forms of suffering arise from ecological disconnection rather than individual pathology

• Public health systems, while essential, are limited in addressing spiritual wounds, existential disorientation, and ecological collapse

• I believe healing emerges through relationship, ritual, belonging, and ecological remembrance

• My doctoral research on unitive consciousness and 5-MeO-DMT revealed the profound potentials of ecological identity and interconnected awareness

• Ceremonial, ecological, and relational healing modalities live outside clinical structures

• My calling is to support transformation through Earth-based, transdisciplinary, and consciousness-centered pathways

I continue to honor my public health lineage while embracing a deeper, holistic praxis.

3. Ecopsychology, Ecotherapy Coaching, and Ecological Identity

Ecopsychology

Ecopsychology views the human psyche as inseparable from the Earth. It understands that:

• Consciousness is ecological

• Identity is relational and interdependent

• Well-being emerges through reciprocity with the natural world

• Healing often happens through experiences of belonging, presence, and ecological memory

Ecotherapy Coaching

Ecotherapy coaching is non-clinical, experiential, and nature-based. It supports:

• reconnection to land, body, and relational systems

• grounding and somatic awareness

• ecological identity development

• integration after peak or mystical experiences

• repairing spiritual wounds

• restoring coherence, meaning, and belonging

Ecological Identity

As defined in my dissertation:

Ecological identity is the embodied remembrance that the self is an expression of the Earth, a participatory consciousness rooted in interdependence, reciprocity, and ecological belonging.

This work is transformational and developmental, not clinical or diagnostic.

4. Colorado Natural Medicine Health Act (NMHA) Notice

Colorado’s NMHA legalizes certain natural medicines under regulated facilitation.
To comply with the law, clients must understand:

I am not:

• a licensed NMHA psychedelic facilitator

• providing psychedelic therapy

• operating a healing center

• supervising or administering natural medicines

What I DO Offer Under This Act

Legally permitted services include:

• psychedelic preparation coaching (educational only)

• psychedelic integration coaching

• meaning-making and ecological reframing

• somatic and nature-based grounding

• consciousness and identity exploration

• trauma-informed spiritual support

These services are non-clinical and must not be interpreted as therapeutic treatment under NMHA or any licensing statute.

Any psychedelic use is chosen independently by the client.

5. No Diagnosis, No Therapy, No Medical Advice

I do not:

• diagnose mental health conditions

• treat psychological disorders

• provide psychotherapy or clinical trauma work

• prescribe or advise on medications

• offer medical or psychiatric services

If you suspect you have a mental health condition, please consult a licensed professional.

6. What Clients Can Expect from Coaching

Clients engaging in ecopsychology or integration coaching with me can expect:

• a relational, respectful, non-judgmental space

• trauma-informed awareness

• somatic, ecological, and spiritual grounding practices

• guidance that honors culture, ancestry, and the land

• opportunities for insight, reflection, and coherence

• support integrating expanded states of consciousness

• deep listening and attunement

• a commitment to mutual respect, consent, and transparency

Coaching is collaborative, forward-moving, and focused on growth, embodiment, and ecological belonging.

7. Client Bill of Rights

As a client, you have the right to:

• Informed understanding of the nature and limits of my services

• Clear boundaries between coaching and therapy

• Confidentiality, within the limits of the law

• Respect, dignity, and culturally responsive care

• Autonomy over your choices and direction

• Safety, including the right to decline any practice or topic

• Transparent fees, billing, and cancellation policies

• Referrals to licensed professionals when clinically appropriate

• Non-discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, relationship structure, disability, or spiritual background

• Honesty regarding my training, background, and scope

8. Confidentiality & Its Limits

I maintain confidentiality according to ethical coaching standards. Because I am not a licensed clinician, certain legal privileges may not apply.
I may be required to disclose information if:

• A client is in imminent danger

• There is suspected abuse of a child, elder, or vulnerable adult

• required by a court subpoena or law

9. Crisis Situations

Coaching is not suitable for crisis intervention.
If you are experiencing suicidal ideation, psychosis, or acute distress:

• Call 911 (U.S.)

• Contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

• Or visit your nearest emergency department

10. Fees, Scheduling, Cancellation, and Refunds

Payment, scheduling, and cancellation policies are provided at booking or in the service agreement. Coaching services are generally non-refundable after they begin.

11. Intellectual Property

All content on this website—text, imagery, photographs, teachings, frameworks—is owned by Dr. Azul DelGrasso, unless otherwise noted.
Do not reproduce without permission.

12. Governing Law

These terms are governed by Colorado law.
Any disputes will be handled through Colorado jurisdiction unless otherwise agreed in writing.

13. Consent & Acceptance

By continuing to use this site or booking services, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to the scope and limits of my coaching practice.

14. Contact

Dr. Azul DelGrasso
Denver, Colorado
Email: azul@ascendedvoices.com
Phone: (303) 681-6955