Kirsten is a neurodivergent, LGBTQIA2+ celebrating, weight-inclusive therapist practicing with compassion, a sense of humor, and a robust capacity to be with people as they experience the full spectrum of human emotions. She practices from a true holistic and multidisciplinary approach to healing and is proud to offer Somatic Experiencing® treatment, which helps clients restore balance to the nervous system after the effects of traumatic experiences.
Kirsten is a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP™️), having completed the 3 year training program with Somatic Experiencing® International in 2025, and is now an assistant at SE trainings. She is internationally certified as an eating disorder specialist (CEDS), state licensed in multiple states as a professional mental health counselor, and nationally certified as a professional counselor (NCC).
She specializes in trauma (especially sexual, religious, relational, and developmental), eating disorders, neurodivergence (especially ADHD & ASD recognized later in life), sexual shame, purity culture recovery, perfectionism, body image struggles, achievement burnout, and chronic people-pleasing.
