Licensed to practice in California. Specializes in Coping Skills, Life Transitions, Women's Issues and 3 more.
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Do you find yourself emotionally overwhelmed and overthinking, no matter what you do? Maybe you’ve done self-work, but feel burnt out. Everything looks great on the outside, but a struggle on the inside. Unable to trust yourself, wondering if there’s something wrong with you. Yet, you are ready to change. Ready for a different approach that feels like a reset to your whole body. Most of all, you’re ready to feel like yourself again. I want to help you get there. Hi, I am Albania, a Somatic Experiencing Pracititoner and EMDR Therapist. I support folks going through hard things, stuck in survival mode despite doing the inner work, so they can feel confident and at peace being themselves, while connecting with people they love. I’ll meet you where you are on your unique journey. You’re the expert in your life, and I’m here to guide you to support your body to release what’s being held, and create a life that feels more aligned to who you truly are. You don’t have to continue being stuck in painful cycles, and you don’t have to do it alone. Schedule an appointment with me today. I can't wait to hear from you. This is for you if... -You are ready to do the body-led practices, and less talking. -No active addictions or severe mental health diagnosis, that is best served in-person with a specialized provider. -I have an affinity to working with those over 30 years and older, and BIPOC, women, but all are welcomed.
I will be doing an intake consultation with you on the first session to make sure we are a good fit. I provide referrals if I feel like your needs are better fit with another provider.
My greatest strengths: Deeply listening and present, Calm, soft, and use of appropriate-humor. Lovingly interrupt and challenge clients, Share tools so the client ignites their inner-healer. Experience in different modalities and interweaving culture.
I best serve women over 30 years who feel they've tried everything - therapy, self-help, and lifestyle changes but don't feel any better. They are experiencing overwhelm, exhaustion, stuck in cycles of stress and trauma, struggles to prioritize themselves and own needs, and feels the pressure of society, career, and family expectations. For women that are seeking relief from anxiety and stress, trauma and burnout recovery, through nervous system healing.
I offer Somatic Experiencing (SE), a trauma-informed, slow body-based healing modality designed to relieve chronic stress, anxiety, and trauma symptoms.Many high-functioning individuals remain stuck in survival states like fight, flight, or freeze—long after the stress has passed. This dysregulation can lead to chronic tension, burnout, disconnection, and even illness. Somatic Experiencing helps gently release stored trauma from the nervous system, restore a felt sense of safety, and build resilience. Through body awareness, regulation tools, and slow, present-moment processing, SE supports long-term healing—so you can feel more grounded, present, and at peace in your body and life.
I use a Internal Family Systems-Informed approach to get to know the parts of us that are stuck in survival and protecting us and may prevent us from embodying our truest and aligned self. It's a very compassionate approach to healing stress and trauma.
I use a holistic (mind and body) approach, as this is what creates sustainable healing. You learn the skills to implement a growth mindset, as well as how to regulate your nervous system, and grow it's ability to embody more of the version you want to be living in.
I provide a mind and body approach to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. We work with certain EMDR tools to help your body be balanced, so that you can prepare for processing a specific event. I will assess readiness for this type of treatment.
1 rating with written reviews
July 9, 2025
From the initial intake session, Albania struck me as warm, intelligent, direct, holistic, with a solution-oriented and embodied/somatic approach. I'm looking forward to beginning work together.