Darlene Brace LCSW LAC ADS-Authentic Healing -

12/19/2025

13 YEARS of ZUMBA 🎶💃
And I’d choose it again in a heartbeat.

Becoming a Zumba instructor was one of the best decisions of my life. It’s been a huge part of my growth journey, right alongside yoga—helping me learn to love my body, love movement, and remember that exercise doesn’t have to be punishing to be powerful.

Zumba gave me community, confidence, and a space where joy + sweat + music come together.
Forever grateful for this journey and everyone who’s danced it with me 🧡

12/19/2025

✨ Gratitude. Honor. Deep responsibility. ✨

As I look back on this year in my practice, I feel overwhelmed—in the best way—by the trust so many of you placed in me and in this work.

📊 This year looked like:
• 300 progress notes & 39 treatment plans
• 20,242 minutes of therapy
• 323 appointments in my private practice
• 27 humans who entrusted me with their stories
• 95% insurance-based care & 5% self-pay
• A whole lot of screen-to-screen healing as a Telehealth Healer

Behind every number is a real person, a real nervous system, real pain, real resilience, and real courage. I do not take that lightly—this work is sacred to me. Being invited into someone’s inner world is an honor I hold with deep humility, care, and reverence.

I’m also profoundly grateful to be in my own practice—outside of broken, dehumanizing systems that too often burn out clinicians and fail clients. Creating care that is ethical, relational, trauma-informed, and humane matters to me. Freedom from those systems allows me to show up more present, more grounded, and more aligned with my values.

To every client who chose to walk alongside me this year: thank you. Thank you for trusting me with your stories, your tenderness, your strength, and your becoming.

Here’s to care that is intentional.
Here’s to healing that honors choice and dignity.
Here’s to doing this work with depth, integrity, and heart. 💛

12/16/2025

Honored to be featured in the POCA “Sticking Together” newsletter 💚

As a POCA-trained Auricular Acupuncture (AAT) Trainer, I’m deeply grateful to be part of a community that centers accessibility, collective care, and integrity in community acupuncture. Being included in this space feels like a meaningful reflection of the values I strive to bring into my work—collaboration, nervous system safety, and healing that’s meant to be shared.

Thank you, POCA, for the work you do and the people you gather.
✨ Sticking together truly matters.

12/15/2025

Naughty kitten

Check out Darlene Brace-Torres LCSW LAC’s video.

12/11/2025

2026 Booking Announcement

I’m now beginning to book speaking, training, and retreat collaborations for 2026.

I partner with conferences, organizations, and teams looking for trauma-informed, experiential learning that supports both healing and sustainability. My trainings integrate EMDR, nervous system regulation, supervision, addiction recovery, and embodied approaches—always grounded, practical, and ethically attuned.

If you’re planning a 2026 conference, training series, retreat, or professional development event and want to bring depth, accessibility, and meaningful impact into the space, I’d love to collaborate.

✨ 2026 booking conversations are open
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Trauma healing and clinical supervision for social workers and counselors. Provides healing retreats and trainings though Authentic Healing Experiences through my site.

12/11/2025

I love collaborating with organizations, conferences, and teams who care deeply about healing, sustainability, and meaningful culture shift.

I speak and train on:
• Trauma-informed care
• EMDR integration
• Nervous system regulation & polyvagal-informed practice
• Attachment-based and dissociation-informed work
• Clinical supervision & workforce sustainability
• Addiction recovery, trauma & shame
• Somatic and embodied approaches for helping professionals

My work is always grounded, experiential, and practical—bridging clinical depth with accessible tools participants can use immediately.

If you’re dreaming up a training, conference session, or retreat and want to bring both depth and accessibility into the space, I’d love to connect.

✨ Collaboration invitations welcome
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Trauma healing and clinical supervision for social workers and counselors. Provides healing retreats and trainings though Authentic Healing Experiences through my site.

12/08/2025

Curious about Strong Nation Classes with me at the Rec center???

Check this out!!

See most of the moves I do in class. I try to make moves accessible and modifiable for every body type.

This is a whole body workout in 30 minutes.

Think hit meets plyometrics meets a little bit of kickboxing with some awesome music!! It's repetitive and easy to follow!

If you're thinking about joining me, catch me 5:30 on Mondays and Wednesdays and 12:30 on Thursdays at Cortez Rec Center!!

Reach out with any questions!!

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11/26/2025

✨ So excited to share and support my friend’s amazing business! ✨
Watching someone pour their heart, creativity, and passion into what they do is such a joy. This video says it all—pure happiness and authenticity. Go check them out, follow along, and spread the love 💛👏

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11/25/2025

📣 Save the Date – Auricular Acu-Technician (AAT) Training! 🌟

I’m thrilled to be offering a 3-day Auricular Acu-Technician (AAT) / AcuDetox•AcuWellness Training in Durango, CO!

📅 January 27–29, 2026
📍 701 Camino del Rio, Durango, CO 81013

This trauma-informed, polyvagal-informed training will teach you the 5-point ear protocol for supporting stress, trauma, addiction recovery, and community wellness.

👉 Spots will be limited.
For more info or to get on the interest list, email me at Dar.brace@gmail.com

Feel free to share with colleagues, agencies, and community healers who might be interested. 💛

11/22/2025

🌟 Unlock Your Full Potential with Specialized Support 🌟At www.darlenebrace.com, I offer personalized services to help you on your healing and growth journey. Whether you're seeking individual therapy, couples support, or specialized coaching for body acceptance and empowerment, my approach is rooted in deep compassion and a trauma-informed framework.✨ What I Offer:EMDR Therapy for deep emotional healing. Sound Healing Sessions to restore balance. Motivational Interviewing to strengthen your decision-making and commitment to change. Yoga and Retreats for mind-body alignment. Therapeutic Photography Sessions focused on body acceptance and self-love. Visit the website today to learn more about how I can support your unique journey toward emotional freedom and personal growth.Let’s take this transformative step together! 💖

11/21/2025

✨ Exciting Professional Update! ✨
After nearly a decade of dedication, study, and hands-on practice, I am thrilled to share that I am now officially an Auricular Acu-Technician Trainer. This means I am fully certified to provide POCA-approved trainings—both locally and beyond!

For those new to the modality, AccuDetox (Auricular Acupuncture / NADA protocol) is a trauma-informed, community-based intervention that uses five specific ear points to support the nervous system. It has been shown to help with:
• Stress and anxiety regulation
• Trauma recovery support
• Emotional grounding and stabilization
• Substance use recovery
• Community healing and wellness

This practice has been profoundly meaningful in my own life, and I’ve witnessed firsthand how powerful and accessible it can be for community wellness, trauma response, and integrated care settings.

I’m truly excited to begin offering trainings and expanding access to this healing tool.
If you’re interested in hosting a training, collaborating, or bringing this work to your organization, please reach out—I would love to connect!

🌿 Here’s to expanding healing, access, and community-centered care.

11/21/2025

✨ Group Practice Owners ✨
Are you expanding your team but don’t yet have a Social Work or Addiction Counselor Supervisor on board?
I specialize in supporting group practices with supervision and training that’s ethical, engaging, and clinically sound. With years of experience across diverse clinical settings and modalities, I offer supervision and trainings that deepen clinical skill while helping your team stay aligned, creative, and fully supported.
🎯 Trainings and specialties I offer include:
Motivational Interviewing
EMDR
Animal Assisted Interventions
Yoga & Movement-Based Therapies (Zumba, Tai Chi, Dance)
Innovative Interventions & Positive Psychology
Attachment & Relational Approaches
Domestic/Partner & Family Violence
S*xual Assault & Healing
Substance Use & S*x Addiction Recovery
Essential Oils in Clinical Practice
Health Care Worker Support and Compassion Satisfaction
Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care
Leadership & Supervision Development

Whether your practice focuses on trauma, addiction, integrative care, or clinical innovation—I’m here to uplift your team and your mission.📩 DM me