Hello, I’m Kayleigh Eden, a California-licensed clinical social worker and somatic therapist. My work centers grief, trauma, attachment, and the nervous system — and how healing becomes more possible when we remember that we exist in animal bodies in relationship with a living world. I specialize in working with grief in its many forms, including death, heartbreak, estrangement, developmental trauma, and the quieter grief of disconnection from self, body, and belonging. I am deeply informed by Somatic Experiencing and relational, trauma-informed care, and I approach therapy as a collaborative, embodied process rather than something to “fix.” I believe healing is nonlinear and moves in cycles of expansion and contraction. In our work together, we tend the nervous system, rebuild self-trust, and gently release patterns shaped by fear, shame, and survival. Sessions may include talk therapy, body awareness, values exploration, and creative reflection, all paced with care and attunement. My style is warm, grounded, and deeply relational. I hold space for both shadow and light, honoring the courage it takes to feel, remember, and choose yourself again. I believe love, pleasure, creativity, and connection are not luxuries, but essential medicines. If you are longing for greater safety in your body, clarity in your relationships, and a deeper sense of belonging and wholeness, I would be honored to walk alongside you.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
Our first session is a gentle beginning. We’ll review your intake paperwork, talk about how you’re feeling as we start, and identify what feels most important to focus on right now. The early sessions often feel like storytelling — giving me a sense of your history, patterns, and current challenges. Together, we’ll create a customized treatment plan grounded in your values and goals to guide our work. We’ll establish a weekly or biweekly standing appointment reserved specifically for you, and I’ll invite your commitment to this time as part of your treatment plan. Consistency supports safety, continuity, and meaningful progress in therapy.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
One of my greatest strengths is the relational presence I bring to therapy. I approach this work with openness, courage, and deep respect for each client’s lived experience. Clients often share that they feel safe, seen, and unjudged in our sessions, which allows difficult material to emerge with greater ease and trust. I hold a strong belief in the nervous system’s capacity for healing and in each person’s innate resilience. I practice with careful attention to my own regulation and sustainability, which allows me to remain grounded and fully present with my clients. I intentionally maintain a balanced caseload and prioritize my own therapy, time in nature, meaningful relationships, and embodied self-care as essential foundations for ethical and attuned clinical work. I am deeply committed to ongoing learning and clinical growth. I regularly engage in advanced trainings, consultation, and study to refine my skills and remain current in trauma-informed, somatic, and relational approaches. This commitment ensures that our work together is thoughtful, evidence-informed, and guided by both clinical rigor and genuine care.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I am best positioned to serve adults who are navigating grief, trauma, attachment wounds, and life transitions and who long for greater safety, clarity, and connection within themselves and their relationships. Seeking therapy is an act of courage, and I offer a space that is warm, affirming, and deeply attuned. My ideal clients are people who love deeply and sense that life can be more connected, meaningful, and sustainable than what they have been taught to expect. Many carry grief from death, heartbreak, estrangement, developmental trauma, or the quieter grief of disconnection from self, body, and belonging. You may feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward, yet hold a deep longing for wholeness, sovereignty, and authenticity. I specialize in working with grief in its many forms, relational and attachment injuries, nervous system dysregulation, and identity and values exploration. My clients are often navigating major transitions such as loss, divorce, parenthood, career changes, or spiritual and existential questioning. Together we work to rebuild self-trust, expand resilience, and restore a felt sense of aliveness and belonging. My clinical background includes addiction treatment, hospice, homeless services, and private practice, which allows me to meet a wide range of experiences with grounded presence and flexibility. If you are seeking a therapy relationship that honors both your tenderness and your strength and supports you in living with greater freedom, connection, and integrity, I would be honored to walk alongside you.
Somatic
My approach to somatic therapy is grounded in the understanding that healing occurs through nervous system regulation, embodied awareness, and relational attunement. I work from a trauma-informed and Somatic Experiencing–informed framework that emphasizes safety, pacing, and the body’s innate capacity for self-regulation and healing. In sessions, I support clients in developing awareness of internal sensations, breath, posture, and movement as pathways to understanding stress responses and restoring regulation. Through gentle tracking, resourcing, and titrated processing, we work to release patterns shaped by trauma, attachment injury, and chronic stress while expanding capacity for stability, connection, and choice. My role is not to fix, but to collaborate with you in listening to your nervous system and supporting its natural movement toward balance and integration. Sessions are slow, grounded, and carefully paced to meet your system where it is, allowing healing to unfold in a way that feels safe, respectful, and sustainable.
Grief Therapy
My approach to grief therapy is grounded in the understanding that grief is an adaptive, intelligent response to loss and change, and that symptoms reflect the nervous system’s efforts to protect and integrate experience. I work with individuals navigating bereavement, relational loss, estrangement, identity transitions, developmental trauma, and the more subtle forms of grief related to disconnection, unmet expectations, and ecological or existential loss. I specialize in supporting highly sensitive individuals, cycle breakers, and relationally attuned clients who love deeply and may feel exhausted, guarded, or disconnected from their bodies and emotions. Many arrive unsure how to continue living and loving in the presence of loss. In our work together, I offer a slow, compassionate, and trauma-informed space to explore grief through embodied awareness, relational processing, and meaning-making. Rather than pathologizing pain, we attend to what grief is asking for, expand capacity to feel without overwhelm, and gently rebuild trust with the body and with connection. My goal is to support integration rather than resolution — helping you carry what has shaped you with greater tenderness, resilience, and devotion to what matters, so that love, vitality, and belonging can continue to grow alongside grief.
Trauma Informed Care
My approach to trauma-informed care is grounded in the understanding that trauma lives in the nervous system and shapes how we experience safety, connection, and choice. I work from a relational, attachment-informed, and somatic framework that prioritizes stabilization, pacing, and collaboration. I support clients navigating developmental trauma, relational and attachment injuries, chronic stress, and the impacts of adverse or overwhelming life experiences. Many arrive feeling hypervigilant, numb, disconnected, or caught in patterns that once supported survival but now limit intimacy, authenticity, and vitality. In our work, we focus first on building safety and nervous system capacity through regulation skills, resourcing, and attuned presence. From there, we gently process traumatic material in ways that are titrated, embodied, and respectful of your system’s limits. My role is not to push or retraumatize, but to help restore agency, coherence, and trust in your body and in relationships. The goal of our work is not simply symptom reduction, but a deeper sense of safety, choice, and connection — supporting you in living with greater resilience, freedom, and self-compassion.
6 ratings with written reviews
December 4, 2025
She’s seriously amazing! Hears you out and gives good feedback to help you grow.
June 3, 2025
She was my first therapist ever, when I say, she literally saved my life, I’m not even exaggerating. I can tell she genuinely cares, and that means so much to me because one of my biggest issues is feeling alone in the world. She’s helped me so much.
May 5, 2025
Kayleigh is an amazing partner in my wellbeing journey. I started working with her during a traumatic time (husband diagnosed with serious illness) and our work together has been invaluable in me being able to navigate this time and also attend to the issues that have been triggered by the situation, as well as other holistic work. I highly recommend her as a therapist.