Soul Counseling
Nurse Midwife. Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
Ceremonialist. Shamanic Practitioner. Wilderness Guide
Certified IFS Practitioner
THRESHOLD GUIDE
Standing at the Threshold is what I have done all my adult life. For more than 25 years I stood as guide, protector and supporter of both mother and babe as they crossed into life and motherhood. I now work with individuals who are seeking to give birth to themselves as powerful participators in life. I believe that those of us living on this earth have chosen to be here to take part in the Great Turning from living in an industrial growth culture to living in a life-sustaining culture. To participate in such an endeavor, we need to do our personal healing/trauma work and actively connect with and take our place with the Other-than-Human world.
Over the years, I have gathered an eclectic set of tools to help people do just that.
Services
Answer the Call from Soul, one step at a time.
Personalized 1-on-1 counseling
o Certified IFS Practitioner, special interest in Legacy Burdens and Heirlooms, Attachment trauma, Somatic IFS, Parenting
o Shamanic practices
o Bill Plotkin Map of the Psyche and Soulcentric Developmental Wheel
Online Courses
Workshops and Retreats
All upcoming group workshops and retreats where I will be speaking or leading sessions.
Women in the Wild
May 1 – May 3, 2026
At the heart of Women in the Wild is what I call a sacred conversation in nature — a living, two-way dialogue with the web of beings around us. Trees, streams, stones, wind, and soil become companions and mirrors, offering insight through metaphor, sensation, and wild imagination. This is not about hiking far or doing anything “right.” It is about curiosity, listening, and allowing nature to meet you exactly where you are. This retreat is for women who are longing for clarity, reconnection, and space to listen inwardly.
Friday, May 1 through Sunday, May 3, 2026
Mount Madonna Retreat Center, Watsonville, CA
Shamanic Foundations: Journeys of Empowerment, Protection, and Support
Thursdays, May 28 – July 16 at 4pm PT
There is a difference between touching into a practice and being held by it over time.
A single journey can bring insight. A teaching can open a doorway. A circle can remind us that we are not walking alone.
But when a group enters a shared practice week after week, something else becomes possible. The work begins to gather strength. The journeys start to build upon one another. The places we visit become more familiar, more alive, and more available in daily life.
Carol Asiaghi and Ellen Grossman will be guiding the course with respect for the lineage of Hank Wesselman and Jill Kuykendall, and with care for the unique experience each person brings to the circle.
Each live gathering will include teaching, guided journeywork, reflection, and space for shared discovery. The purpose is not only to learn more about shamanic practice, but to become more deeply rooted in it.
For newer journeyers, this offers a grounded and supportive way to begin. For those already practicing, it offers a chance to refine the pathways, renew the foundations, and listen for what the work is ready to reveal now.
Women in the Wild
Oct 30 – Nov 1
Upcoming retreat. At the heart of Women in the Wild is what I call a sacred conversation in nature — a living, two-way dialogue with the web of beings around us. Trees, streams, stones, wind, and soil become companions and mirrors, offering insight through metaphor, sensation, and wild imagination. This is not about hiking far or doing anything “right.” It is about curiosity, listening, and allowing nature to meet you exactly where you are. This retreat is for women who are longing for clarity, reconnection, and space to listen inwardly.
More information and registration coming soon!
What folks are saying about Ellen
Ellen is a skilled gentle, loving, intuitive guide and teacher with an uncanny ability to provide unique perspective into each individual’s journey.
Yvonne
You were the anchor and the holder of the stories. It was a combination of the group and myself being willing to be very open and intimate. You received the stories with an honoring of the gift of holding. You held them, and heard them and remembered them.
Cate
One of the best things you can do right now is to take a journey with Ellen Grossman. Developing a strong, unabashed, connection to our true Self, is imperative today and Ellen masterfully creates the space to make it happen.
Angie