About Us
Finding Om Yoga Therapy was developed and is run by Deborah Patz Clarke, PsyD, RYT. Debby is a licensed psychologist in the State of Colorado. She got her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of the Rockies in October, 2009. She received her masters degree in Clinical Psychology from the Colorado School of Professional Psychology in 2007 and her Bachelors degree in 1988 from Harvard College. Debby trained as a yoga teacher at an intensive week long teacher training with Baron Baptiste and completed her 200 hour certification at CorePower Yoga in Colorado Springs. Debby is level 1 trained in Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and is a registered teacher with Yoga Alliance.
Debby values honesty in both her personal and professional life and has a compassionate, straightforward approach to psychotherapy. She has worked with a variety of clients in individual, couple and group settings. She currently leads an ongoing yoga therapy group for recovering addicts in rehab three times a week at the Peak Addiction Recovery Center and several weekly outpatient groups at Insight Services Colorado. She also sees individual clients for traditional talk therapy.
Debby has done extensive research in the field of yoga therapy. She was privileged to present her findings at the International Association of Yoga Therapy's Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research in 2009 and at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association's annual convention in 2010. Debby's work was featured in the November 2009 issue of Redbook Magazine, the February 2010 issue of Prevention Magazine, on KRDO radio and in the September 30, 2010 Colorado Springs Gazette.
She began practicing yoga on-and-off in 1991 and has been practicing 3-5 times a week since 2001. Although she teaches primarily in a flowing vinyasa style, she enjoys practicing a variety of yoga styles, including Anusara, Ashtanga, Hot Yoga, Iyengar and Kundalini. Debby is an avid runner and cyclist. She has completed 17 marathons, two ultramarathons and a half Ironman distance duathlon. She has ridden her bicycle across the United States and guided disabled runners in marathon and half marathon distance races. She is also a very proud wife and the mother of two beautiful girls.
