Essence of Healing, PLLC
A Safe Space to Heal, Reconnect, and Find Your Voice.
Therapy for children, teens, adults, families, and communities navigating trauma, anxiety, relationships, and life's difficult transitions.
At Essence of Healing, therapy is a space where you can feel seen, heard, respected, and supported. Together, we'll explore your experiences, reconnect with your strengths, and discover what healing can look like for you.
Compassionate, Trauma-Informed Care
You Don't Have to Heal Alone
Maybe you're carrying experiences that have been difficult to process. Maybe you're feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, anxious, or simply unsure of what comes next.
Whatever brings you here, you deserve a space where your story matters. Sasha Collins, MS, LPC, provides compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for individuals and families navigating challenging experiences, including trauma, anxiety, grief, relationship difficulties, domestic violence, sexual violence, and major life transitions.
Her approach is grounded in trust, collaboration, and the belief that healing doesn't look the same for everyone.
Feel safe enough to be yourself
Process difficult experiences at your own pace
Build healthier relationships
Develop tools for managing anxiety and stress
Reconnect with your confidence and sense of self
Find your voice and reclaim your power
Meet Your Therapist
Meet Sasha
Sasha Collins, MS, LPC — Licensed Professional Counselor
Sasha brings more than 12 years of experience providing trauma-informed care to children, teens, adults, and families. Her work is especially focused on supporting people impacted by trauma, domestic and sexual violence, childhood adversity, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, and life transitions.
As a certified Domestic & Sexual Violence Advocate and LGBTQ+ ally, Sasha is committed to creating an environment where every identity is respected and every story is welcomed — with a particular passion for supporting individuals and communities who have historically felt unseen or unheard, including BIPOC and LGBTQ+ clients.
"My goal is to help you reconnect with your voice and your power."Learn More About Sasha
Personalized Support
A Different Kind of Therapy
Your healing is personal. Your therapy should be too.
There isn't one approach that works for everyone. Therapy at Essence of Healing is collaborative and tailored to your individual needs, experiences, goals, and strengths — combining evidence-based approaches with creative and whole-person practices.
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Supporting you as you process difficult experiences and develop a stronger sense of safety.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Exploring the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and developing healthier patterns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Building skills for emotional regulation, relationships, mindfulness, and navigating difficult moments.
Mindfulness & Meditation
Creating opportunities to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and become more present.
Person-Centered & Strength-Based Therapy
Focusing on your experiences, strengths, values, and goals.
Walk-and-Talk & Sound Bowl Therapy
Incorporating movement, stillness, mindfulness, and creative practices when they support your healing.
Areas of Support
Support for What You're Going Through
Essence of Healing provides support for a wide range of concerns, including:
- Trauma & PTSD
- Anxiety & Stress
- Grief & Loss
- Domestic & Sexual Violence
- Childhood Trauma & Adversity
- Relationship Challenges
- Family Conflict
- Depression
- Self-Esteem & Identity
- Life Transitions
- Parenting & Family Concerns
- LGBTQ+ Related Concerns
Whether you're working through something that happened years ago or navigating something happening right now, you don't have to figure it out by yourself.
In Person & Online
Care That Fits Your Life
Sessions are available both in person and online, making it easier to access support in a way that works for your life.
Children, Teens & Adults
Every Age, Every Stage
Therapy is available for children, preteens, teens, and adults, as well as families and groups.
A Welcoming Space
You Belong Here
Essence of Healing is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of different identities, backgrounds, and lived experiences can feel respected and supported.
Your Story Matters Here
Healing doesn't have to mean forgetting what happened. Sometimes, healing means understanding your story, finding your voice, building new tools, and discovering that the experiences you've lived through don't have to define where you go next.
You don't have to have everything figured out before starting therapy.
You just have to take the first step.
Let's take that step together.
Therapy Services
How We Can Work Together
Trauma Therapy
Trauma-informed support for processing difficult experiences at your own pace, in a space built on safety and trust.
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Practical, compassionate support for managing anxiety, stress, and overwhelm — and reconnecting with calm.
Learn moreTherapy for Children & Teens
A warm, age-appropriate space where young people can express themselves, build confidence, and feel understood.
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Support for adults navigating trauma, relationships, grief, life transitions, and the weight of holding it all together.
Learn moreFamily Therapy
Helping families communicate, reconnect, and move through conflict and change together.
Learn moreLGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy
An affirming, respectful space where every identity is welcomed and every story is honored.
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Beyond the Office
Healing in Nature, Too
When it supports your healing, sessions can incorporate movement, stillness, and mindfulness — including walk-and-talk therapy in calm outdoor spaces and sound bowl practices.
Learn About the ApproachReady to Begin?
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel difficult. You don't have to know exactly what to say or where to begin. A free 15-minute consultation is an opportunity to connect, ask questions, and see whether Essence of Healing feels like the right space for you.
Sasha Collins, MS, LPC — Licensed Professional Counselor
You deserve to feel seen.
You deserve to be heard.
You deserve a space to heal.