https://www.earthheartcounseling.com/home daily 1.0 2023-05-23 https://www.earthheartcounseling.com/about daily 0.75 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615b5e31f6b81226cdf163fb/1635809462791-6T0AUIZIWXYZKTXIADR2/DSCF5138-sq.jpg About - Life Experiences & Qualifications I have an undergraduate degree in sociology and human services and a master’s degree in social work and am licensed in the state of Virginia. I am an EMDRIA certified EMDR therapist—which means I have advanced training. I also have training in meditation, mediation, ecotherapy, and rites of passage work. I have a background in working with survivors of sexual assault and interpersonal partner violence. I attend ongoing training in all areas of my practice and am committed to my own self-care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615b5e31f6b81226cdf163fb/1635809245261-6V19W8QF4JTWI74AL24Z/IMG_3042.jpg About - Ways I Work… I come alive partnering with the courageous ones who seek guidance looking at the tender, deep places in their lives. I see therapy as an opportunity to reconnect with your wholeness and sense of belonging. I believe in the innate healing power of each individual, in the power of transformation, and in finding strengths from within to have greater access to joy, fulfillment, meaning, and connection. I practice from a trauma-informed perspective and am grounded in the assumption that everyone is doing the best they can to tend to the joys and struggles of life. I also hold space for you to investigate past coping strategies that may not be serving you well at this moment-- so movement is towards healing, change, and transformation. I take care to tune into how identity, culture, power dynamics, and larger systems impact you and approach this with steadfastness and humility. I am committed to approaching my work through a justice and anti-oppression lens. I am a strong proponent of self-compassion, dedicated to developing collaborative and trusting relationships with those I work with, and often use EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Mindfulness, and Nature Connection for increased attunement to the mind/body connection, and to promote self-awareness and well-being. In addition to office or virtual formats, I offer individual and group sessions in outdoor settings, giving nature-based invitations that draw on one’s experiences with the natural world to be an ally and resource. Through personal experience and guiding others, I have found that nature is a clear and compassionate mirror for discovering and cultivating the essence of one’s true self and sense of belonging. Photo Credit: Anna Schulman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615b5e31f6b81226cdf163fb/1642097568241-CTGS292UCQZK3719VHKE/moonhold.jpg About - Next Steps If you are curious about what working together could look like, please contact me with any questions. I also offer a free 15-20 minute phone or video consultation to see if we are a good fit. My therapeutic work and experiences have primarily been with women and gender-diverse people who are recovering from trauma. I welcome inquiries from those who have read this page and are curious if we are a match for working together. Please note, I am considered an “out of network provider” with insurance companies. I can provide documentation (superbill) for you, by request, if you are filing on your own for reimbursement. I provide some sliding scale spots in an effort to keep mental health care and support in our community accessible to more people. I charge $145/50 minute session and $260/90 minute EMDR intensive session. *As of August 2025 , my sliding scale spots are currently taken. https://www.earthheartcounseling.com/groups daily 0.75 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615b5e31f6b81226cdf163fb/fc9fa850-6517-4f58-86b7-eec85be5475d/Alive+outside+spring+2025+flyer.jpg Groups - Alive Outside Spring Retreat Hello, this group has now passed. If you would like to be on our mailing list for upcoming group offerings in the natural world, please reach out: Shell@earthheartcounseling.org Come and offer yourself a pause with the natural world in all that is emerging in springtime. It is a gift to bring your attention to the other than human world to feel a sense of belonging and connection. Join a small community of others seeking solace on the land and with the reservoir by engaging in invitations to bring you to quiet and a place of introspection to see what is needed in your inner landscape. Questions? Email Shell@earthheartcounseling.com or anna@resilientnaturetherapy.com . https://www.earthheartcounseling.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-08-06 https://www.earthheartcounseling.com/emdr daily 0.75 2022-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615b5e31f6b81226cdf163fb/1635809462791-6T0AUIZIWXYZKTXIADR2/DSCF5138-sq.jpg EMDR - For more information on EMDR therapy: www.emdria.org/ www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDd7_asUP0kI0WCRnl2ELw/featured www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/EMDR.pdf This book came out in 2021 from an EMDR client and therapist: “Every Memory Deserves Respect.” www.workman.com/products/every-memory-deserves-respect/paperback