About Mo

Mo Bankey’s approach to therapy is rooted in mindfulness, present moment awareness, compassion, and relational practices.  Mo started meditating as a teenager struggling with anxiety, depression, and the coming out experience.  Mo offers a welcoming space to explore challenging and sensitive topics around emotional expression, mental health, sexuality, gender identity, chronic illness, addiction, trauma, and relationships. Mo is a systems thinker and activist who recognizes the impact of power, privilege, and oppression on individual, group, and collective mental health and well-being.  Mo is inspired to support clients in living fuller lives with more satisfying relationships, and has a special interest in working with LGBTQPIA+ populations.

Mo identifies as queer and non-binary  (pronouns: they/them/their) and has experience working with transgender and genderqueer clients both in counseling and physical healthcare settings. 

Mo is a dancer, gardener, and former yoga instructor.  Mo has been working in the field of gender and healthcare for over 12 years; having managed a reproductive health center, provided health education in schools, and served as a volunteer advocate for sexual assault survivors before becoming a therapist. 

After developing chronic illness over 10 years ago, Mo deepened their connection to the plant world and moved away from the physical demands of being a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner.  Mo continues to study and incorporate somatic and nature-based approaches to psychotherapy.

Mo offers individual, couples, and relationship counseling for adults.  Monogamous, non-monogamous, polyamorous, gay, lesbian, and queer relationship arrangements are welcome in their therapy practice.

Mo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Colorado. Mo earned a Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology from Naropa University in 2018, and has completed additional post-graduate studies in Human Sexuality at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Mo also works as a Visiting Instructor, Meditation Retreat Director, and Clinical Supervisor for Naropa University’s Graduate School of Counseling & Psychology. They have additional clinical training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.