Deep healing is within our reach....

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

Passion for Racial Equity through
Deep Self-Examination and Courageous Conversations.
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I genuinely believe deep healing is within our reach, and that solutions are waiting
discovery within our own strengths, insights, and deeper connection with self and others. 
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Most services are currently provided via telehealth.

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    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 Alignment, Education and Empowerment,
Gestalt (discovery and rejoining parts of Self), Intersectionality and Identity,
Mindfulness Practices, Psychodynamic (Family of Origin) and Narrative Therapies. 

    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