Somatic Trauma Therapy
With Shae in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and California
“I’ve had the privilege to work with many individuals over the years, but nothing excites me more than those who are ready to take their journey deeper and further in a different way.”
You’ve gathered the pieces—stories, insights, timelines—laid them out like a map of where you’ve been. But knowing isn’t the same as feeling free. Your body still whispers the past in aches, tension, and silence. Or maybe it says nothing at all—just numbness where aliveness should be. You’ve tried to think your way through it, force change, will yourself into healing, but your nervous system isn’t on board. You’re weary from the tightrope walk—always accommodating, always producing, always putting your needs last. Emotions flood or disappear. Boundaries blur. You scroll, stay busy, avoid, perform. And beneath it all, a quiet yearning: to come home to yourself. To live unburdened. To be held in a space where your whole self—body, mind, spirit—can finally exhale.
Individuals I Support Often Present With Concerns Like:
Putting others needs before their own
Walking around on eggshells
Difficulty speaking up to express needs
Shutting down, freezing during difficult conversations
Avoiding conflict
Criticizing themselves harshly
Remaining on auto pilot and forgetting to eat, take a break, or check on their own needs
Struggles with boundaries with others
Anxiety and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress.
Shame related to their identities
Specialties
Somatic Healing for Unresolved Childhood Trauma
Childhood trauma doesn’t just live in our memories—it lives in our bodies. I specialize in helping adults who carry early relational wounds, neglect, or abuse reconnect with themselves through somatic therapy. Whether your trauma shows up as anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, chronic stress, or difficulty in relationships, our work will gently support your body’s natural ability to regulate, release, and heal. This approach allows you to move beyond survival and into embodied safety, presence, and power.
Identity-Affirming Therapy for Neurodivergent, Queer, BIPOC, Kink & Poly Communities
You deserve a space where you don’t have to translate, shrink, or defend who you are. I offer deeply affirming therapy for clients navigating intersectional identities—whether you're neurodivergent, queer, trans, Black or Brown, part of the kink or poly community, or all of the above. Our work honors your lived experience and centers consent, complexity, and autonomy. Together, we create room for all parts of you to be seen, held, and supported without pathologizing or shame.
Decolonizing Therapy
Decolonizing therapy means shifting away from models that pathologize people and disconnect us from our roots, intuition, and ancestral wisdom. In our work, we center collective liberation, cultural reclamation, and holistic healing. I weave in body-based practices, ancestral honoring, and community care frameworks to support you in reconnecting with who you are beyond oppression, beyond systems, and beyond survival. This is a space where we get to imagine—and embody—healing that is aligned with your truth, not someone else's norm.
✨ What You Can Expect to Transform:
Go from feeling disconnected, numb, or overwhelmed in your body
→ To feeling grounded, present, and safe within yourselfGo from constantly masking, overperforming, or people-pleasing to survive
→ To living with authenticity, self-trust, and clear boundariesGo from repeating harmful relational patterns or fearing intimacy
→ To building secure, affirming, and consensual relationships that reflect your valuesGo from carrying generational trauma, shame, or cultural silencing
→ To reclaiming joy, cultural wisdom, and ancestral resilienceGo from surviving in a world that was never built for you
→ To thriving in a life shaped by your own rhythms, rest, and resistance
🌿 Ready to come home to yourself?
If you're carrying the weight of unresolved childhood trauma or navigating life in a world that wasn’t built with you in mind—you deserve a space that sees, affirms, and honors all of you.
Whether you're neurodivergent, BIPOC, queer, polyamorous, or part of the kink community, our work together will center your body’s wisdom, your truth, and your liberation.
✨ Let's move beyond survival and into embodied healing.
👉🏽 Book a free consultation and take the first step toward healing on your terms.
Pronouns: She/her
Identities: Black, Woman, Queer, Neurodivergent
Availability: Virtual & Hybrid-
Sun, Tue, Wed (In person and Virtual): 1074 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA
Thur: Virtual Only
Rates:
$215 - 50 min session
Loveland Vouchers Accepted
Insurance: Aetna accepted for California and Georgia clients.
✨ More About Me
We are multifaceted beings—composed not just of thoughts, but also of sensations, images, emotions, and patterns that carry wisdom from our past and messages about our present. In our work together, I embrace all parts of you. This is a space where we welcome your full self—your culture, your queerness, your neurodivergence, your spirituality, your pain, your pleasure—without judgment. This is where we get to do therapy differently.
You might be wondering what I mean by “doing therapy differently.” I believe healing happens not just in the mind, but in the body. So many of my clients say, “I know this logically… but my body tells a different story.” That’s where somatic therapy comes in—where we bring your body into the conversation and allow your inner wisdom to guide the way.
I specialize in working with adults healing from unresolved childhood trauma, which often shows up later in life as perfectionism, people-pleasing, chronic anxiety, boundary struggles, or even physical symptoms after car accidents or medical trauma. I take a non-pathologizing approach—meaning I don’t see you as a diagnosis, but as a whole person navigating systems that weren’t built for you.
As a Black, neurodivergent, queer woman, I don’t just talk about this work—I live it. My experiences as a parent, healer, and spiritual being deeply inform the way I show up in session. I believe healing should center liberation, authenticity, and radical self-compassion. I’m not here to fix you—you were never broken. I’m here to walk with you as you reclaim parts of yourself that have been silenced, shamed, or forgotten.
In our work together, you’ll find a sanctuary where your truth is welcomed and your voice matters. I bring a wide range of somatic and trauma-informed modalities to the table, and we’ll tailor our work to reflect your needs, goals, and rhythm. This is your space—your time—and I’ll support you in using it in the most empowering way possible.
If you’re ready for a transformative therapy experience that goes beyond talk therapy, I invite you to reach out. Let’s explore the possibility of healing in a way that feels real, embodied, and truly yours.
My Background
I have my Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Human Services from Clayton State University. I also have a Master’s of Science in Psychology with specializations in Educational Psychology and Child and Adolescent Development from Capelle University, and a Master’s of Arts in Community Counseling from Argosy University.
I am a licensed professional counselor in the state of Georgia #LPC010223 , Florida (telehealth provider number #673), California LLPC #14612, and South Carolina Telehealth Registered Professional Counselor #TLC.1028.PC, and a Certified Professional Clinical Supervisor in the state of Georgia #2052. I also hold my certificate as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) from the Trauma Healing Institute.
I am trained in EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and Internal Family Systems (Level 2)
I have worked within community mental health, psychiatric hospitals, Veteran’s Affairs, and private practice settings.
Outside the therapy room, you can catch me reading, meditating, doing yoga, walking, searching for my next foodie spot, getting my nails done, at the latest premiere of the newest Marvel movie, watching college or professional football, or spending family time with my spouse and our two children. Fun Fact: I’ve been in Atlanta since I was in the first grade. It’s my home and I love it here.
