Cecille Alexander (she/they)

Anxiety is a normal, human experience to stressful situations, but sometimes when that energy is not released it can build and run our lives. I offer creative, somatic, and mindfulness-based practices that will encourage a new understanding and relationship with our anxiety, and hopefully a more compassionate view of your experiences.

Finding a therapist who you don't have to educate about your lived experience and who won't misgender you can be tough. As someone who identifies as QTBIPOC, I believe we all deserve to thrive. Together we will process internalized transphobia/homophobia, connect meaningfully with community, and nurture relationships and spaces where you can feel celebrated in a world that does not always value our joy.

BIPOC individuals are ingrained early in life that we are somehow broken or bad. This false narrative permeates everything. Together we will work to detect, reject, and replace the spectrum of internalized oppressive messaging that surrounds early relational and systemic trauma, including experiences with race, ethnicity, class, ability, religion, self-identity, and visibility from a trauma-informed and culturally responsive foundation.

Anxiety is a normal, human response to stressful situations, but sometimes when that energy is not properly released it can build and run our lives. I offer creative, somatic, and mindfulness-based practices that will encourage a new understanding and relationship with your anxiety, and hopefully a more compassionate view of your experiences.

Humans are innately creative, but unfortunately many of us have lost connection to this part of us. Art is a different form of communication and offers new ways of looking at old problems. A person does not need any art skills or training to receive the benefits of art therapy. Art therapy encourages us to meet new parts of ourselves and provides a space to imagine new ways of being in the world.

The body knows truth in ways that words cannot. Too many of us move through life as if we are floating heads paying little attention to our body’s messages. In reality, our bodies are foundational to understanding our experiences with stress, trauma, and joy. I can provide a space where you can safely begin to reconnect with your body through creative, movement, and breathing practices. There is so much information and healing that can be accessed through this reconnection.

Challenges early in life, including difficult relationships with caregivers, physical challenges such as early illness and injury, living with a marginalized identity, and many other factors can affect our ability to show up authentically in the world. Healing our inner relationship can become the foundation of a more secure attachment to self which will create a ripple effect in our relationships with others as well.