Our experienced therapists

Kim Johancen is a therapist, consultant, and national presenter with over 30 years of experience specializing in trauma-informed care. After losing her brother to suicide at 16, Kim dedicated her career to helping others heal from trauma and rediscover their capacity for hope.

Martta works with children, teens, and adults, specializing in anxiety, trauma, chronic illness, and women’s mental health. She offers parenting support and guidance for clients working on interpersonal relationships.   She utilizes modalities, including Brainspotting (BSP), Somatic Experience (SE), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Play Therapy.  Martta enjoys helping her clients build strengths and resiliency along with greater self-compassion. 

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Kassandra specializes in supporting teens, adults, and aging persons in navigating grief and loss, trauma, and executive functioning skills. She provides culturally responsive and affirming care for women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and neurodivergent individuals. Kassandra utilizes a Narrative and Trauma-Focused approach that incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Brainspotting (BSP) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to build resilience and self-efficacy. Believing that change begins with the authentic self, she creates a safe space for processing lived experiences, guided by her passion for advocacy and companionship in the therapeutic journey.

Olivia is a therapist dedicated to trauma-informed practices that foster healing and growth for individuals and families across all stages of life. With experience in school, residential, and community-based settings, she understands the many systems that shape a person’s story. Olivia has worked extensively with youth and families, and supports clients of all ages navigating anxiety, depression, personality disorders, self-harm, substance use, and trauma.

Her approach is collaborative and grounded in compassion, integrating Brainspotting (BSP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing. She also draws from Child-Parent Psychotherapy and parent coaching to help families build stronger relationships, clearer communication, and lasting resilience.

I work with children, teens, and adults. With kiddos, I use child-centered play therapy and synergetic play techniques. Play is the language of kids, and through play we start to work through, understand, process, and regulate emotions. With adults, I work well with people who are navigating life transitions, past and present trauma, and who are looking to integrate emotional regulation, "feeling," and compassion back into your life and body. My teens get a uniquely customized recipe of my kiddo and adult approach. Sometimes we play games and sometimes we talk, and most of the time we do a little bit of both.

I take a relational approach to therapy. I prioritize safety and trust as the foundation to our therapeutic relationship. Once established, we can start exploring life experiences, the deeper meaning behind emotions, and trauma. I use interventions like attachment theory, inner child work, parts work, Brainspotting (BSP), compassion and a trauma focused person centered approach.

I am someone who cares deeply and feels deeply. I am someone who has been a client, so I know how it can feel on the other end of therapy. Wherever you are in life, is where I will meet you, and we will work through whatever it is together.

My favorite saying in life is "if it's made for you, you can't miss it."

Joelle specializes in supporting individuals across the lifespan, from children (5+) and teens to adults, as they navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life transitions. She provides LGBTQ+ affirming and culturally sensitive care with a focus on BIPOC communities, children of immigrants, and neurodivergent individuals. Joelle's approach is integrative and client-centered, drawing from Brainspotting (BSP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Somatic therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Narrative Therapy, as well as strengths-based and feminist frameworks. She will soon offer Brainspotting to her clients.

She tailors each session to the individual, bringing creativity into therapy in whatever way feels most comfortable for the client. Believing therapy should be a safe and welcoming space for self-exploration, Joelle helps clients explore their inner world and cultivate self-compassion and self-acceptance.

Martina brings a compassionate, trauma-informed perspective to her work as a therapist, drawing on her experience as a school social worker, mental health technician, and certified nursing assistant (CNA). She works with children, adolescents, adults, and families navigating anxiety, emotional regulation, behavioral challenges, life transitions, and difficult experiences. Martina believes therapy should be a space where clients feel safe, understood, and accepted. She uses a strengths-based, collaborative approach, helping clients better understand their emotions and patterns while developing practical tools to cope and grow. She will also incorporate Brainspotting into her practice to support deeper processing of difficult experiences.

Martina has a particular interest in trauma and culturally responsive practice, recognizing how culture, identity, and lived experience shape each person's relationship with mental health. She recognizes the impact that systemic racism and other systems of oppression can have on individuals, families, and communities, and is committed to approaching therapy with cultural humility and awareness. She is especially interested in supporting people of color and creating a space where clients feel genuinely seen, respected, and understood. When working with children and adolescents, Martina values connection, creativity, and individualized approaches, while also partnering with parents and caregivers to better understand and support their child's emotional world. Her goal is to help clients understand what may be underneath their struggles, recognize their strengths, and feel empowered in their healing.

Amy brings a multi-faceted background to her counseling practice, drawing on experience as a school psychologist, emotional wellness coach, foster care counselor, and yoga instructor. She views mental health through an integrative lens, attuning to how stress and overwhelm show up across mind, body, emotions, and spirit. Her client-centered approach is informed by somatic Internal Family Systems (Parts Work), Polyvagal Theory, and nervous system regulation, including DBT skills. She will soon offer Brainspotting to support deeper nervous system processing, pairing experiential somatic work with practical tools for navigating painful or overwhelming patterns.

Amy works with children, women, parents, caregivers, and helping professionals navigating anxiety, perfectionism, self-criticism, burnout, and life transitions. She approaches each session with gentle curiosity, helping clients explore the root of internal pressure and reframe coping patterns as protective responses rather than personal flaws. For emotionally sensitive, deeply feeling kids, she uses connection, play, movement, and creative expression to help them navigate and express big feelings, and she offers parent support to help caregivers understand their child's emotional world and parent with more clarity and confidence.