Somatic Trauma Therapy
Healing that meets your whole self.
With Shae — in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina & California
"Nothing excites me more than those who are ready to take their journey deeper — and further — in a different way."
You've gathered the pieces—stories, insights, timelines—laid them out like a map of where you've been. But knowing isn't the same as feeling free. Beneath it all is a quiet yearning: to come home to yourself, to live unburdened, to be held in a space where your whole self—body, mind, spirit—can finally exhale.
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Shae Ivie-Williams, LPC, SEP
Licensed Professional Counselor Somatic Experiencing Practitioner EMDR Trained IFS Level 2 Trained 10+ Years' ExperienceWho I Work With
Individuals I support often present with concerns like:
If you see yourself in any of these, you're in the right place. This is the work we do together — gently, at your nervous system's pace.
- Putting others' needs before their own
- Walking around on eggshells
- Difficulty speaking up to express needs
- Shutting down or freezing during difficult conversations
- Avoiding conflict
- Criticizing themselves harshly
- Staying on autopilot — forgetting to eat, rest, or check in with their needs
- Struggling with boundaries in relationships
- Anxiety and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress
- Shame related to their identities
Areas of Focus
Specialties
Somatic Healing for Unresolved Childhood Trauma
Childhood trauma doesn't just live in our memories—it lives in our bodies. I specialize in helping adults who carry early relational wounds, neglect, or abuse reconnect with themselves through somatic therapy. Whether your trauma shows up as anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or difficulty in relationships, our work will gently support your body's natural ability to regulate, release, and heal.
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Identity-Affirming Therapy for Neurodivergent, Queer, BIPOC, Kink & Poly Communities
You deserve a space where you don't have to translate, shrink, or defend who you are. I offer deeply affirming therapy for clients navigating intersectional identities. Our work honors your lived experience and centers consent, complexity, and autonomy—creating room for all parts of you to be seen, held, and supported without pathologizing or shame.
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Decolonizing Therapy
Decolonizing therapy means shifting away from models that pathologize people and disconnect us from our roots, intuition, and ancestral wisdom. In our work, we center collective liberation, cultural reclamation, and holistic healing—weaving in body-based practices, ancestral honoring, and community care to support you in reconnecting with who you are beyond oppression and beyond survival.
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✨ What You Can Expect to Transform
🌿 Ready to come home to yourself?
You deserve a space that sees, affirms, and honors all of you.
If you're carrying the weight of unresolved childhood trauma or navigating life in a world that wasn't built with you in mind—whether you're neurodivergent, BIPOC, queer, polyamorous, or part of the kink community—our work together will center your body's wisdom, your truth, and your liberation. Let's move beyond survival and into embodied healing.
Investment in Your Healing
Community Pricing
The quality of your care should never depend on the size of your income. Choose the tier that honestly reflects your current financial reality — no documentation required.
Effective September 1, 2026
Standard
Full Rate
$215
per 50-minute session
For those with stable income, employer benefits, or savings. Choosing this rate sustains reduced pricing for others.
Sliding
Community Rate
$180
per 50-minute session
For those with moderate or variable income, limited benefits, or financial pressure — including gig workers, the self-employed, and single-income households.
Access
Access Rate
$150
per 50-minute session
For those experiencing significant financial hardship or low/fixed income. Limited slots available.
Financial Support
Loveland Therapy Fund vouchers accepted
✨ More About Me
Doing therapy differently
Shae Ivie-Williams
LPC, SEP
We are multifaceted beings—composed not just of thoughts, but of sensations, images, emotions, and patterns that carry wisdom from our past and messages about our present. In our work together, I embrace all parts of you. This is a space where we welcome your full self—your culture, your queerness, your neurodivergence, your spirituality, your pain, your pleasure—without judgment.
You might wonder what I mean by "doing therapy differently." I believe healing happens not just in the mind, but in the body. So many of my clients say, "I know this logically… but my body tells a different story." That's where somatic therapy comes in—where we bring your body into the conversation and allow your inner wisdom to guide the way.
I specialize in working with adults healing from unresolved childhood trauma, which often shows up later in life as perfectionism, people-pleasing, chronic anxiety, boundary struggles, or even physical symptoms after car accidents or medical trauma. I take a non-pathologizing approach—I don't see you as a diagnosis, but as a whole person navigating systems that weren't built for you.
As a Black, neurodivergent, queer woman, I don't just talk about this work—I live it. My experiences as a parent, healer, and spiritual being deeply inform how I show up in session. I believe healing should center liberation, authenticity, and radical self-compassion. I'm not here to fix you—you were never broken. I'm here to walk with you as you reclaim parts of yourself that have been silenced, shamed, or forgotten.
If you're ready for a transformative experience that goes beyond talk therapy, I invite you to reach out. Let's explore healing in a way that feels real, embodied, and truly yours.