Inspiring Conversations with Carly Fox of Autumn Tree Therapy and Foxes Float Trip

Today we’d like to introduce you to Carly Fox.

Hi Carly, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I’m a lifelong musician, grew up singing constantly and playing cello in the orchestra, and was a happy ensemble singer and player, especially with Sound Circle, a women’s a capella ensemble based in Boulder, until the pandemic sadly killed off my ensembles. So I started writing songs and learning to accompany myself on guitar during lockdown, which has been a joyful way to alchemize all those middle aged experiences (parenting, childing, partnering, hopes / dreams, ghosts etc) into art. I joined an online songwriting community through Golden Lotus Studios in New York City. But I noticed I was still doing my music mostly surly-teenager style in my house, and noticed I wanted some IRL musical community. So together with Kenny Vasko at Doghouse Studios in Lafayette, I started a monthly songwriters circle to support new and established artists with kind musical space. The circle has been going for 2 years now, and we just held our first public performance at Doghouse, which doubled as a benefit for Community Food Share ! I’ve also been playing with a band for the first time in my late-blooming life, a jammy trio called Foxes Float Trip, where together with my hunky spouse Steve Fox and my good friend the cellist Rex Westen, we play my folky pop songs and improvisations ! We’re stepping out this summer doing some local performing, which is feeling just so joyful and awesome as a way to deal with everything going on in the world. I also sing and play most weekends for my lovely spiritual community at St Mary Magdalene Episcopal in Boulder.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Pretty smooth going considering the competing priorities of this middle aged era….parenting teenagers, taking care of our parents, running a psychotherapy practice (me) and a professional services company (my spouse)…..so just like everyone getting ourselves organized is somewhat hit or miss !

Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I’ve been a clinical social worker for the last 20 years, in private practice for 9, serving mostly older adults, treating anxiety and depression, grief and loss, meaning and purpose, family conflict, difficult circumstances, all the hard things that elders experience. I love this work because in older adulthood so many interesting things happen, developmentally, socially, neurologically, alongside the hard things that bring people in for care. People may not realize that since we have neuroplasticity, we can grow and change as long as we’re living ! That means traumas, self concepts, challenges and other things that may have been plaguing someone for several decades can be treated and give someone a completely different life experience. I recently worked with an 89 year old client who had lived her life not making waves, deferring to her spouse and adult kids (a habit that makes other people happy but generates a lot of rage in the person themselves), gain the confidence and skill to speak up and say what she needs ! Therapy to me is about healing our connection to ourselves, and I feel reverence and awe at older adults’ capacity to heal and grow.

What’s next?
Keep making music, keep walking my family through life, keep doing all the middle aged things !

Pricing:

• Will play for vibes and fun 🤩

Contact Info:

• Website: https://foxymusic.com/roster-FoxesFloatTrip.php
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carly_fox_music
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16Qnh9s7Kz/
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@carlyfoxmusic1148
• Other: https://autumntreetherapy.com/ and https://bandcamp.com/carlyfoxmusic

Image Credits
Main pic @elcphotography