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Awaken Consulting Services

Mariya Javed-Payne, MSW, LICSW, LADC

Somatic Psychotherapist & Catalyst for Change

I’m so glad you’re here.

And I believe in your innate ability to heal.

Because deep within, life is always seeking more of what nurtures it.

All life courageously strives for harmony and connection. Our minds and bodies are either in a state of balance or seeking balance. Stress, trauma, or illness can cause this imbalance. We sometimes need support to help find our way back to center.

Bodies and minds function best when they are settled. This movement from unsettledness to equilibrium occurs most swiftly and powerfully when we are in connection and relationship, which helps us to experience a sense of safety. In this state, we can help our nervous system reconnect with itself and the world in present time and space.

Witnessing another is one of the most profound acts of kindness and healing possible. Somatic psychotherapy is the act of guiding a person stuck in necessary, yet sometimes unhelpful survival states into patterns of engagement and safety.

As a somatic psychotherapist, I am motivated to guide others in finding their true paths and purposes. I do this by using therapeutic brain and body-based approaches such as Brainspotting to heal traumas and restore one’s capacity to be their best, unique self.

I would be honored to hold space for you.


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