Hi! My name is Aurena.

I’m a licensed trauma therapist, registered yoga instructor, and Reiki Master teacher. I specialize in working with adults navigating grief & loss, PTSD, anxiety, identity issues, and depression. I also value getting to support fellow members of the LGBTQ+ community.

I came to this work through my own deeply human experience - I’ve navigated my own grief, losses, discoveries, blunders, wins, personal power, and identity. I know what it feels like to lose hope and somehow find it again.

Brain- and body-based therapies are key to my practice, as is a mindfulness-based approach. Additionally, I have been trained under Veronica Rottman as a Somatic Practitioner for the Female Nervous System.

I am deeply passionate about supporting individuals with cyclical bodies in viscerally understanding how their systems have learned to survive & adapt, and developing new, more empowered and embodied ways of being in the world. Together we build a bridge from impulse to language to embodied knowing, applying liberal amounts of radical compassion along the way. I have witnessed profound breakthroughs by evoking the wisdom of the soma and subconscious mind, and this fuels my core belief that we are hardwired for healing - we only need the right resources for each of our unique systems.

If we choose to work together, know that I am dedicated to supporting you in discovering and living into your truth.

Please note: I provide clinical therapy for clients located in both Washington, D.C. and Virginia.


Virtual + In Person Offerings

I see clients virtually as well as from my in person office space in Clifton, Virginia.