Healing that is justice-rooted, embodied, and collectively minded—attuned to body, nervous system, and spirit.
Washington Telehealth | Affordable Sliding Scale Therapy
Counseling intern supervised by Dr. Salazar-Núñez, Licensed Psychologist
Individual:
I provide individual therapy to persons aged 15 and above.
Focus areas:
Recovery from familial abuse & neglect
Developmental trauma from emotionally immature or absent caregivers
Complex PTSD
Grief from losing family support due to estrangement
Anxiety, people‑pleasing survival skills
Intergenerational/ancestral/systemic/political trauma
Racial trauma healing & cultural identity reclamation
Burnout or compassion fatigue from activism/movement work
Burn out from living under oppressive systems
Immigrant/refugee resettlement trauma
“Invisible” chronic health conditions linked to emotional wounding from childhood mistreatment
Religious trauma (Evangelical)
Spiritual transformation & reconnection
I especially welcome those who feel disconnected (and are intentionally disconnecting themselves) from dominant systems of power, and those seeking therapy that honors culture, identity, and lived experience.
The care I provide is queer, disability, and neurodivergent affirming; and is a liberation‑oriented space for those marginalized by systems of power.
Services:
Group Therapy:
*Groups are in development and will start once filled. Fill out the contact form to express your interest in the following groups and be notified when group open.
Re-Indigenizing our Lives: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Book club discussion/journal practices
Open to anyone
Bi-weekly on Wednesday morning’s for an hour
*Exact times and dates are coming
Building a Praxis of Liberation Psychology
A group for professional healers (therapists, coaches, practitioners, etc.) ready to liberate themselves from normalization of colonization, capitalism, white supremacy, and Christian hegemony within their practice with themselves and their clients.
Journal practice/psycho-education/group processing (Themes coming soon)
Bi-weekly for 4-6 weeks, 2 hour meetings on Sunday mornings in Winter/Spring 2026
*Exact times and dates are coming
Decolonizing our Lives: The Altar Within
A group for people ready to liberate themselves from normalization of colonization, capitalism, white supremacy, and Christian hegemony.
Journal practice/psycho-education/wellness practices (Themes coming soon)
Open to anyone!
Bi-weekly for 4-6 weeks, 2 hour meetings on Sunday mornings in Winter/Spring 2026
*Exact times and dates are coming
Untangling from Holy Hurt: Religious Trauma Recovery
An 8-week psycho-education and process group to grieve and process trauma from living under Evangelical Christianity. Gather with others who understand what you went through, and start the journey of undoing the harm perpetrated by religious control and reconnect with yourself and others in a healthier way.
1 evening a week for 8 weeks, 1.5 hour meetings
*Exact times and dates are coming
My Approach:
The stories we carry shape how we move through the world - and how the world meets us. I believe healing begins when those stories are held with care, not scrutiny. What might shift if your pain wasn’t pathologized, but honored as a response to disconnection, injustice, and survival?
I offer therapy as a space to be witnessed - in grief, joy, contradiction, and becoming. My approach to therapy is warm, embodied, relational, and rooted in liberation.
I believe the therapeutic relationship is sacred ground where we can explore the soul wounds that formed in/from our relationships and begin to repair them through our relational connection, curiosity, and care. This is grounded in the understanding that our inner experiences are deeply entangled with systems like race, class, gender, culture, and spirituality. Together, we can trace the threads of your story, tend to what’s been silenced, and move toward a fuller sense of self - one that is embodied, complex, and whole.
I don’t reduce clients to diagnoses. Instead, I work emotionally and energetically, attuned to the body, nervous system, heart, and spirit first before just the mind. Together, we move beyond pathologizing pain, exploring it instead as a meaningful response to disconnection, survival, or injustice.
Each of the approaches I use support me in listening to your story in layered ways - emotionally, historically, spiritually, politically (See below for specifics on the approaches I use in therapy).
Cost:
The length of therapy is based on the individual’s needs and our collaborative process. Sessions are self-pay (I do not take insurance) and sliding scale (you self-select). Payment will be charged right after the session is completed via the card on file.
Individual therapy session costs are as follows:
90 minute intake interview session (required) at a rate of $60-$75
after which your regular sessions can be:
55 minutes at a rate of $50-$75 per session
90 minutes at a rate of $65-$90 per session
Group Therapy: TBD
Workshops: TBD
Contact:
Fill out the from below to request a consultation, to express your interest in groups and be notified when groups open.
*Please keep details brief and avoid sensitive information. I typically respond within 2 business days.
*This form isn’t for emergencies, if you are in crisis, below are ways to get help quickly.
Emergencies: 988
Crisis Connections: 866-4CRISIS
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-SAFE
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255
Request Free Consultation Below
Request free consultation: Fill out this form to request a free 15-minute consultation phone call, in which we will briefly explore what’s bringing you to therapy and what working together could look like.
“We have on this earth what makes life worth living.”
🍉 Mahmoud Darwish
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Liberation Psychology (inspired by Martín-Baró & Franz Fanon)
Somatic Abolition (Resmaa Menakem-Metabolizing white supremacy in the body)
Indigenous Two-Eyed Seeing (Ancestral ways of knowing and wisdom meets Western Psychology)
Trauma-informed Somatic/Nervous-System Regulation (Linda Thai’s work)
Internal Family Systems (Richard Schwartz-Parts work)
Attachment Theory (Healing our attachments to family, ancestral, culture, language, land-inspired by Linda Thai)
Rupture-Repair Orientation
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (values, psychological flexibility)
Ritual, ceremony, and meaning-making practices
Community Care, Mutual Aid, Healing Justice Frameworks
Spirituality Integration (Soul work)
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University:
Bachelors in Interdisciplinary Studies/Sociology with a focus on Liberatory Peace-Building | Boise State University
Minor in Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic Language | Boise State University
Certificate in Conflict Resolution/Mediation | Boise State University
Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling | Wayne State College | In progress
Trainings:
The Missing Pieces of Attachment Theory: A Decolonized Approach | taught by Linda Thai
Certificate in Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies | Taught by Linda Thai
Chicana/o/x Psychology | Taught by Institute of Chicana/o/x Psychology
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Writings for a Liberation Psychology — Ignacio Martín-Baró
Braiding Sweetgrass & The Serviceberry— Robin Wall Kimmerer
My Grandmother’s Hands — Resmaa Menakem
Racial Trauma — Kenneth V. Hardy
The Racial Healing Handbook —
Healing Invisible Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World — Richard F. Mollica
The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk
In an Unspoken Voice — Peter A. Levine
No Bad Parts — Richard C. Schwartz
Love In A F*cked-Up World — Dean Spade
A Dying Colonialism & The Wretched Of The Earth — by Franz Fanon
Decolonizing Trauma Work — Renee Linklater
Decolonizing Therapy — Jennifer Mulan
Healing Justice Lineages —Cara Page and Erica Woodland
The Wisdom of the Body: Practices for Embodied Living & Holy Hurt — Hillary McBride
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Gabor Maté
Ignacio Martín-Baró (liberation psychology)
Resmaa Menakem (Somatic Abolition)
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Linda Thai
Frantz Fanon
Renee Linklater (Decolonizing trauma work)
Sobonfu Somé, Malidoma Sobonfu Somé, Francis Weller, Martín Prechtel, & Joanna Macy (Grief Ritualists)
Bessel van der Kolk
Peter A. Levine (Somatic Experiencing)
Richard C. Schwartz (Internal Family Systems)
Deb Dana (Polyvagal Theory)
About me
Welcome, I’m Sia (she/her). I am excited you are exploring us working together!
I’m living on unceded Coast Salish land, in deep gratitude to the Duwamish peoples who are the original caretakers of this place that still reside here. I come to this work through lived experience. I was raised in poverty by a father navigating health issues and disability which unfortunately limited our connection and a mother whose unresolved trauma made caregiving wounding. I grew up inside a fundamentalist religious system that I’ve spent many years disentangling from—unlearning what no longer serves and reimagining healing, freedom, and belonging.
I am a neurodivergent, queer, first-generation college graduate living with invisible chronic health conditions that can be debilitating at times. I am also a spouse, friend, family member, community member, and forever a student. My ancestry includes mixed white, Jewish and native ancestry—and I seek to reconnect and be in right relationship with each of those lineages. These relationships—past and present—continue to shape who I am and how I show up. Spiritually, I’m drawn to the sacred revealed in slowness, ritual, embodiment, and complexity.
My personal and professional life has also included solidarity with movements resisting colonial/imperial violence, genocide, and land theft. I bring years of experience supporting those affected by displacement and migration trauma, and cultural and legal marginalization. These experiences ground my belief that healing is political, collective, and embodied. They led me to this field, and they continue to shape the kind of therapist I strive to be.
My resilience practices include being near water, trees, plants and in garden, cold plunging and sauna, long slow walks with my partner, yoga, hikes in the mountains, traveling to far away lands, wrestling with deep spiritual questions, doing ritual, and being in community and laughing with those I love. I am committed to showing up as both a human who is doing her own healing work and a therapist, and I strive to make space where your complexity, truth, and sovereignty are honored.