Cassandra Keller MA LPCC EMDR-Trained

Depression can make it difficult to feel connected to yourself, other people, or the parts of life that once mattered to you. I work with clients to understand what may be underneath the depression while gently creating opportunities for movement, connection, and meaningful change. Therapy may include exploring self-criticism, shame, grief, avoidance, and nervous system patterns, while building practical tools for safety and getting through difficult periods with more compassion and self-trust.

Anxiety can make it difficult to slow down, trust yourself, or feel present in your own life. I help clients understand and respond compassionately to their anxiety, rather than simply trying to get rid of it. We may explore the thoughts, patterns, relationships, and neurobiology contributing to anxiety while practicing grounding, emotional regulation, and new ways of responding. My goal is to help you feel more choice and confidence without needing to control every uncertainty.

I work with clients whose experiences have left them feeling unsafe, lonely, angry, dissociated, overwhelmed, or stuck in patterns that once helped them survive. You do not have to retell every detail of what happened for therapy to be useful. We can focus on how trauma shows up in your body, emotions, relationships, and beliefs about yourself and the world. My approach is trauma-informed and may incorporate EMDR, somatic work, parts work, mindfulness, and other experiential approaches.

My clinical approach is strongly informed by a blend of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Gestalt-inspired parts work. I regularly use parts-oriented interventions to help clients understand protective patterns, internal conflicts, and difficult emotions with greater curiosity and compassion. This approach fits naturally with my broader experiential, trauma-informed, and somatic work.

I am EMDR-trained through an EMDRIA approved program and incorporate EMDR into my practice when it is appropriate for a client's goals and needs. My broader trauma-informed training also informs how I approach trauma processing, including attention to nervous system regulation, grounding, pacing, and readiness before and during trauma-focused work.

My training and clinical practice incorporate Gestalt and experiential approaches, with an emphasis on present-moment awareness and the way we relate to the world around us, including our own needs, sensations, identities, and emotions; other people; and the environments we inhabit. I use experiential techniques regularly to help clients move beyond insight and experience themselves and their patterns in new ways.