Kylani St. Clair (she/her/hers)

I understand the complexities of being a multiracial individual. Speaking about racial identity can help you navigate familial, societal, cultural, historical, and sometimes religious/ spiritual aspects that make up your racial identity. Most importantly, exploring your racial identity can help you connect to your ancestors and cultivate an understanding of your inherent strengths, intergenerational trauma, and develop community.

Anxiety is a daily part of life but for some individuals, it's overwhelming and even embarrassing. Let's work together to learn what's causing your anxiety and develop ways to reduce it. We'll go through your current coping skills toolkit (literally and metaphorically) and find what's working and what's not. Curious about trying medication? I'll help you navigate if that's a good option for you while we also build your resilience and confidence. Anxiety doesn't have to run your life!

If you're a human being on this planet, you've experienced some level of trauma. However, if you've been plagued with nightmares, hypervigilance, flashbacks, and are struggling to be rid of something from your past, you're likely experiencing PTSD. There are several ways to work through PTSD and we can find the most effective way to do that together. A part of you is stuck in each trauma event. Let's bring that person back to the present to help you live fully.

LI is a method of treating the neurobiology of PTSD by disrupting patterns in the brain. It's a way of literally integrating the various parts of your Self that got stuck in each traumatic event. To the casual observer, LI looks like a counselor leading a client through a guided meditation. But the meditation is the timeline of your life, read in chronological order, to demonstrate to your nervous system that you lived through traumas and survived it. Thus, the nervous system calms.

Narrative therapy is a cathartic way to learn about yourself by what you write... and don't write! Through journaling, writing lists, creating a work of fiction, or even re-writing your favorite songs or stories, you're essentially holding a mirror up to your Self. There's something to learn about every character, plot twist, and world that you build. It's an incredibly fun and insightful way to process something, brainstorm options, try on identities, or practice advocating!

Counseling with me is all about well-rounded healing, recovery, exploration, and processing. MBCT is a great way to accomplish this. I teach you about cognition (thinking mind) so that you have an idea of what's happening. Then we utilize mindfulness approaches such as meditation, yoga, breathing techniques, and self-havening to practice compassionate curiosity and calm the nervous system.