Crystal Bliss Lardy is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Performing Teaching Artist. A vocalist, percussionist, dancer, and expressive arts educator/facilitator, she has studied and performed regionally and internationally since 1991, traveling to West Africa, Europe, Central and South America, and Asia. Crystal worked as a self employed Licensed Massage Therapist from 1992-2010.

As part of her vocal and personal development, she attended the first American training in Voice Movement Therapy, a unique expressive arts therapy modality, in 2003/2004. In 2007, Crystal earned her BA in Theatre with minors in Dance and The Arts:Theory and Practice at Colorado College. In 2011 she completed her MA in Counseling and Human Services, Clinical Mental Health and School Counseling, at the University of Colorado, and is a registered practitioner of Voice Movement Therapy and a Registered Play Therapist. Crystal continues to perform and teach while integrating Play, Expressive Arts, and Nature based interventions into her work as a counselor, working primarily with children and families since 2011.