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Arielle Mesa (she/her)

LCSW
Accepting Clients

Welcome! My name is Arielle Mesa I am a licensed clinical social worker and trauma-sensitive, somatic psychotherapist.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker in District of Columbia

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Services
  • Individual

About My Clients

Do you struggle with feeling the depth of pain around you? Do you feel deeply, care deeply, and find yourself overwhelmed by others’ emotions or the state of our world? Maybe you overthink, people-please, disconnect from yourself, or carry more than what feels like is yours. I help highly sensitive, compassionate people heal from trauma, reconnect with their bodies and intuition, and build an authentic and embodied sense of confidence, self-trust, and empowerment

My Background and Approach

I have been serving in the mental health field for over 10 years, supporting individuals from all walks of life in healing the impact of trauma on their bodies, minds, emotions, and spirits. I specialize in supporting big feelers and deep thinkers in reclaiming the inherent healing capacity that lives within to heal complex trauma and C-PTSD, childhood abuse and neglect, sexual and domestic violence, intergenerational trauma, systemic oppression and marginalization, and complicated grief and loss. My approach is warm, holistic, and collaborative. I weave together trauma-sensitive, somatic de-colonial approaches cultivated from extensive clinical experience and postgraduate training with my 8 years of study in earth-based, eco therapies and ancestral healing technologies with the guidance and mentorship of Indigenous, First Nations Wisdom Keepers and Elders from across Turtle lsland and Central and South America.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I believe that every animate and human being carries a unique capacity to heal. Sometimes this capacity is hidden, buried under layers of programming and conditioning oftentimes to keep us safe, and other times to keep us disempowered. With this capacity buried, people can experience a range of physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual ailments that can leave one feeling stuck, unsure of how to move forward in an authentic, healthy way. I feel passionately about empowering people to rediscover this beautiful, resilient gift and capacity that lives within their unique systems and bodies to support in their holistic healing and transformation journey. I feel equally passionate about illuminating and deconstructing the social and institutional structures that oppress people's connection to their healing resilience and perpetuate disempowerment and pain. My mission is to inspire humans to reclaim this capacity not only to heal themselves, but to share in healing our planet.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
EcoTherapy Internal Family Systems Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
Other Techniques
  • Attachment Theory
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • EcoTherapy
  • Harm Reduction Therapy
  • Holistic Therapy
  • Relational Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Transpersonal Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Trauma Therapy
  • Brainspotting

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence Grief or Loss Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
Other Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Depression
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Issues
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Spirituality
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Systemic Oppression Therapy

Client Focus

Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Languages
English

Qualifications

License
LCSW, State of Maryland · #23829
Education
Masters of Social Work (MSW), Clinical Behavioral Health Specialization, University of Maryland, 2018
Additional credentials
Somatic Experiencing Professional Training - Beginning I, II, & III and Intermediate I,II, & III ; The Viva Center - Trauma Informed Clinical Practice Post-Graduate Certificate; Tending the Fires School for Modern Shamanism - Shamanic Mentorship & Apprenticeship 3 Year Program; Atira Tan Training - Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Preparation, Facilitation, and Integration Training; Fluence - Psychedelic Integration: Premise and Promise Training; Aurora Hutchinson, Reiki Master - Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Attunement for Reiki I and II; The Mindfulness Center - 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training
Years in practice
-1 years
I offer online counseling in the following states:

Hours & Availability

New clients welcome
Currently accepting new clients
Telehealth
Available

At A Glance

  • Experience: Less than a year
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $210/session
  • Sliding scale: Available on request

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