Kianna Mattie LCSW

Kianna specializes in deeper trauma resolution for PTSD. She moves beyond standard talk therapy, integrating powerful, brain-based modalities: EMDR (to reprocess distressing memories) and Brainspotting (to access trauma held in the deep brain). This approach targets the emotional root of trauma, reducing hypervigilance and helping clients release the burden of the past to restore a sense of safety and self-trust.

Kianna treats high-achiever anxiety by addressing its roots, which often stem from deep-seated fears of inadequacy. She utilizes CBT and Mindfulness to break the cycle of worry. Crucially, she applies trauma modalities like EMDR and Brainspotting to resolve the underlying beliefs and traumatic memories fueling chronic anxiety, enabling clients to achieve a genuine, sustainable inner calm instead of just temporary management.

As an Asian American LCSW and one of few in Arizona, Kianna offers essential cultural fluency for BIPOC individuals. She understands that anxiety and burnout are compounded by microaggressions and systemic burdens. Her culturally affirming approach allows clients to explore racial identity without educating the therapist, ensuring care is deeply specialized and helps heal negative self-narratives shaped by external or cultural expectations.

Kianna is an expert in EMDR due to its proven efficacy in resolving the lasting impact of traumatic experiences and complex anxiety. As an integrative trauma specialist, she uses the structured process of EMDR to help the brain successfully reprocess distressing memories. This diminishes the emotional charge of past events, providing relief from PTSD symptoms and fundamentally shifting self-perception and worldview.

Kianna is proficient in CBT because it provides the essential goal-oriented framework for high-achievers. It offers practical tools to identify and restructure the learned negative self-narratives fueling anxiety and burnout. Her expertise delivers concrete coping skills and measurable growth, helping clients transition from identifying the "why" of their struggles to developing the "how" of sustainable, balanced living.

Kianna is an expert in Brainspotting as it is central to her deeper trauma work. This technique targets emotional and physical pain, dissociation, and trauma held in the subcortical brain. It bypasses constant verbal analysis, facilitating powerful, rapid healing that analytical high-achievers often seek. Her expertise ensures this focused process is executed safely and effectively for profound, lasting change.