Deep healing is within our reach....

Specializing in Trauma-Informed Counseling and Consultation  
Informed by the works of Dr. Joy DeGruy (Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome),
Janina Fisher (Self-Alienation of our Wounded Parts),​ 
Pete Walker (Complex PTSD), and
​Bessel van der Kolk (Trauma, Neuroscience and Psychotherapy).

Passion for Racial Equity through
Deep Self-Examination,
Courageous Conversations, Accountability,
Social Activism and enduring Systemic Change.
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​For organizations interesting in Racial Equity Training or Consultation, please contact
                                                                    Andrea Paull, Equity Coach & Consultant
                                                                    AP Consulting, https://theapconsult.com/

I am currently available for consultation only. With the exception of BIPOC advocates and educators
experiencing racial trauma, I'm unable to accept new referrals ​at this time. 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most services currently provided via telehealth.

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I genuinely believe deep healing is within our reach, and that solutions are waiting
to be discovered within our own strengths, insights, and deeper connection with self and others. 

    People with whom I work have experienced dramatic or
unexpected life change, job separation, relationship loss
--including the sudden traumatic death of a loved one--
complex grief, mental health distress, the trauma of racism and stereotype threat,
and physical, sexual or psychological trauma.

A compassionate collaborator, my purpose is to accompany you on your journey
toward self-discovery, resiliency and the restoration of hope. Through truth-telling, 
story-sharing, and courageous vulnerability we can find clarity, wisdom,   
wholeness, and deepening a compassionate connection with ourselves and others. 

    Based on a relationship-centered approach, my therapy lens
incorporates Analysis of Systemic Harm, Attachment-Informed Healing from Trauma, including
Racialized Trauma, Body-Mind-Spirit Integration, Client-Education and Empowerment,
Gestalt (discovery and rejoining parts of Self), Intersectionality and Identity,
Mindfulness-based CBT, Psychodynamic (Family of Origin) and Narrative Therapies. 

I continually reassess my work through lenses of
anti-racism, racial equity and social justice.

    Trust and emotional, psychological, physical and spiritual safety
are essential to our work together, and your feedback is always welcomed.

Cynthia Shaw (she/her/hers) LICSW, PLLC

Therapist