Charna Cassell, LMFT

“This course provided me with tools that I was able to implement immediately. For the same price someone might pay a practitioner to support them just once or twice, participants can instead get the skills to support themselves for a lifetime. I put the strategies to use immediately, in situations where I am otherwise very reactive, and I could pay more attention to how my body responded and was able to sit with my feelings for longer.

I am looking forward to continuing my practice and grateful for Charna's insights and knowledge - distilled from 30 years+ of experience and put into an easily understood, accessible, and enjoyable format.”

Marisa R

“ I worked with Charna for as long as I did because she was amazing to work with in the sense that she was present, caring, insightful, and very skilled at what she does, all in a space that felt safe.

I developed increased self-awareness and breathing exercises. I'm much more aware of my emotions, how I express them, and how they present physically. This helps me to better understand myself and better navigate relationships.”

Project Manager

“Charna made me feel heard while reflecting back in a way that pushed me to confront my own assumptions, stories, and biases. From our work, I have discovered my many parts and have allowed myself some grace around how I have become who I am today. I am able to appreciate all the parts and show compassion to myself in a way that allows me to then take a more compassionate flow to the world. I feel like a better person who is more true to herself because of our work together.”

Business Coach

“Acknowledgment and making space for healing and self-love were central in my journey working with you. I remember a session months in, where I confronted charged feelings in my back, and under your guidance, my body revealed, "you aren't ready to know." This led to a pivotal conversation with my dad about my experiences as a queer person in the Mennonite church, helping me realize that his inability to fully hear me was a reflection of his own unresolved issues. Remarkably, being unheard didn’t break me; instead, I found compassion for both of us. This process has significantly deepened my trust in my body and enhanced my self-love, allowing me to move past immediate self-criticism during challenging moments.”

Teacher

“After many years of working on building new coping mechanisms and growing as a person, I have expertise in what has worked for me and where I tend to get stuck. As a professional with multifaceted training in approaches to addressing trauma, you bring a wealth of tools to our work and offer them as I am ready for them. As part of this process, you also let me circle back over material as I needed to, coming to new insights and deeper understandings while helping me not to criticize myself for this revisiting.

I have appreciated your willingness to jump into parts work with me, even when I had developed a lot of the understanding of my parts prior to us working together. Simultaneously i appreciate that we can set that work aside and think about me as a whole adult self when that is what is most helpful. ”

Doctor

“Charna has provided expert guidance, emotional translation and space holding during our work together. For over a year, she's helped bring clarity and strength during some momentous transitions in my life. Her professionalism and vibrancy conjures an intensely wonderful space to work together within and I have nothing but gratitude for her. My only regret is that I did not find Charna and begin our work together sooner.”

Los Angeles

“I got so much out of the time that I spent with Charna. It was my first exposure to somatic therapy, and through the work with Charna I was able to access places in myself that several talk therapy experiences in the past had not even brought me close to. Charna embodies a perfect balance between gentle compassion and solid strength. She creates a space that feels very safe, and from that space she was able to teach me how to find safety in my body, so that I can feel grounded even when emotions are running high. I learned skills that have served me so well. I worked with her individually, and I also had an opportunity to do couples counseling with her, which was super helpful. I recommend her whole-heartedly!”

Santa Rosa, CA

“Charna helped me develop tools to match my desires. Just because I have desires to be respected, to have boundaries, and to find out what my needs are doesn’t mean I have the tools to achieve those things in my life. Charna really helped me examine my values, gain new tools and then know which tools I need to practice with to create a life that meets my wishes.”

Maya, 42