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Grief counselor finds healing in music, turns personal loss into songs for Boulder audiences

Denver7 · · 431 words · By Mike Castellucci
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What to know about Grief counselor finds healing in music, turns personal loss into songs for Boulder audiences

— Ingrid Avison spends her days helping others process grief.

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What happened

— Ingrid Avison spends her days helping others process grief.

Why it matters

The Boulder grief counselor has built a second career as a singer, songwriter and storyteller — performing original music for backyard audiences in what feels less like a concert and more like group therapy with a beat.

Common ground

Watch Mike Castellucci's story in the video below: "This is just like being a therapist," Avison said.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “She found her voice after a series of life-altering events following the start of the pandemic — a bad breakup, abdominal surgery and a mental breakdown in Utah.”
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The specific details regarding the breakup, abdominal surgery, and experience in the desert/Utah are found in her EPK/biographical materials. No independent third-party news reports corroborate these personal life events.
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web search NEUTRAL — Turns out all she needed was a global pandemic, a devastating break-up, an abdominal surgery and a psychedelic desert experience to write her debut song, "Time Traveling Cowboy" at the age of 34. Ingr…
https://ingridavison.com/epk
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web search NEUTRAL — ...Problematic News Consumption and Its Relationship to Mental and Physical.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2022.2…
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web search NEUTRAL — Choose up to 3. I wanted to handle my mental health on my own. I didn’t know how or where to start. I thought it would cost too much.Experiencing hate/bullying (including racism, homophobia, transphob…
https://screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools/adhd/
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Claim 2: “Avison is now taking her stories further, working on an album.”
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Her 'About' page mentions approaching a 'project' with a beginner's mind, and Spotify confirms her status as an artist, but there is no explicit independent confirmation from a second source that she is currently working on a specific album.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find Ingrid Avison's top tracks, watch videos, see tour dates and buy concert tickets for Ingrid Avison.
https://www.shazam.com/artist/ingrid-avison/1652561963
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web search NEUTRAL — Ingrid Avison is a Colorado based singer-songwriter who believes in music as a superpower and writes songs that leave a lasting impression.A musical bond quickly ensued. “Ingrid was new to it all, so …
https://www.ingridavison.com/about
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web search NEUTRAL — Listen to Ingrid Avison on Spotify. Artist · 1.7K monthly listeners.Import your music.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1mjFOW4OjBGFdkCs4ruiNu
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Claim 3: “The Boulder grief counselor has built a second career as a singer, songwriter and storyteller”
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Her official 'About' page, FoCoMA, and a news article all confirm she is a Colorado-based singer-songwriter.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ingrid Avison is a Colorado based singer-songwriter who believes in music as a superpower and writes songs that leave a lasting impression.
https://www.ingridavison.com/about
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web search NEUTRAL — Ingrid Avison is a Colorado based singer-songwriter who believes in music and songwriting as spell-casting.
https://focoma.org/artist/3403/ingrid-avison
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web search NEUTRAL — Boulder grief counselor Ingrid Avison found songwriting at 34 — and it changed everything. Her story is a powerful reminder that healing takes many forms.
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/grief-counselor-find…
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Claim 4: “Ingrid Avison spends her days helping others process grief.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm she is a grief counselor: one news article explicitly calls her a 'Boulder grief counselor' and her Headway profile lists her as a therapist specializing in 'Grief or loss'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Boulder grief counselor Ingrid Avison found songwriting at 34 — and it changed everything. Her story is a powerful reminder that healing takes many forms.
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/grief-counselor-find…
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web search NEUTRAL — Headshot of Ingrid Avison, LCSW. Ingrid Avison. Therapist. 4 years of experience. Virtual. Anxiety, Grief or loss, Relationship issues, Trauma.
https://care.headway.co/providers/ingrid-avison
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web search NEUTRAL — “Ingrid created such a special environment from the very start. An environment where I felt unashamed for my tears and instead embraced them when they appeared as a part of the healing process.
https://www.avisoncounseling.com/
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Claim 5: “One of her songs, 'Walk With Me,' draws directly from that loss.”
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While sources confirm she writes songs about personal loss and healing, none of the provided evidence specifically mentions a song titled 'Walk With Me' or its subject matter. Wikipedia results are irrelevant.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English. Main country of residence as a poet (not place of birth): A = Australia, Ag = Antigua, B = Barbados, Bo = Bo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English-language_poets
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of students of music, organized by teacher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_students_by_teac…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trevor David Pinnock (born 16 December 1946 in Canterbury, England) is a British harpsichordist and conductor. He is best known for his association with the period-performance orchestra The English C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Pinnock
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Claim 6: “I came to songwriting later in life, at 34”
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The claim that she began songwriting at 34 is mentioned in the news article and her EPK, but these are effectively the same narrative source. The Wikipedia results provided are irrelevant (referring to other people named Ingrid).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anne Cochran Wilkinson (September 21, 1910 – May 10, 1961) was a Canadian poet and writer. She was part of the modernist movement in Canadian poetry in the 1940s and 1950s, one of only a few prominent…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Wilkinson_(poet)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Linn Records is a Glasgow-based record label which specialises in classical music, jazz and Scottish music. It is part of Linn Products.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_Records
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An early music ensemble is a musical ensemble that specializes in performing early music of the European classical tradition from the Baroque era and earlier – broadly, music produced before about 175…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_early_music_ensembles
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Claim 7: “She lost her father to cancer when she was young”
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The provided evidence does not mention her father's cause of death or the timing of his passing. The search results returned irrelevant information about cancer vaccines and other people.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ingrid’s creative journey coalesced quickly as she has made room in her life for her new found passion. Living in a quiet cabin home in the mountains with her dog, Olive, and cultivating a steadfast d…
https://www.ingridavison.com/about
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web search NEUTRAL — A South Korean study of over 8 million people reported an increased overall cancer risk of 27% linked to mRNA and non-mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The researchers found higher risks for six specific cancer…
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/all-covid-vaccin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hayden Panettiere’s final interview gave her a chance to talk about something that had been at the center of her life for more than a decade: her daughter, Kaya. The Heroes and Nashville actress died …
https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/hayden-panettieres…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.