Ashlyn Bellamy (She/They)

My work is relational and experiential. We might talk to come up with practical solutions or we might practice new skills in sessions together. My work is holistic and I incorporate a mind-body-relationship-systems framework when working with my people. The way I show up with my clients is intuitive and grounded in evidence-based practices. I use emotionally focused therapy and somatic experiencing to gently guide my clients as they engage their minds, bodies, and souls to reclaim their inner and relational resources, strengths, and power. I work from a systemic lens and consider the societal and familial structures that impact my clients. My work is collaborative and client-directed. I view my clients as the experts of their lives and experiences.

As a white person with socioeconomic privilege, I recognize and take seriously the vast power and privileges that I hold. As an experiencer of complex trauma and neurodivergent queer person, I know the devastation of systemic oppression. I actively work to dismantle oppressive structures in and out of the therapy setting. I believe all people deserve justice and to live with dignity, safety, and freedom from oppression. I'm passionate about justice in mental healthcare, which has historically been harmful to people of color, neurospicy folks, people with disabilities, kinky folks, non-monogamous people, and trauma survivors. I work from a systemic, anti-oppression, feminist lens and speak candidly to the trauma of racism, poverty, marginalization, sexism, and ableism. I work collaboratively with clients to create a felt sense of safety in the therapeutic relationship. I believe all clients have the right to an affirming therapist with shared identities (if that feels best for them).