“Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.”
— Coco Chanel
 

Hi! I’m Colleen Hennessy and I’m a licensed therapist, here to help you connect with yourself and your relationship(s). Whether you’re here to work through trauma, seek a better connection with yourself, or navigate a relationship, you are in the right place.

I became a therapist because I’m passionate about helping you deepen intimacy with yourself, personal relationships, and professional relationships. With an objective, secular and nonjudgmental approach, you can express your deepest feelings while feeling supported.

 

Rebels and black sheep are all welcome here. As a LGBTQIA+/GSRD (gender, sexual, and relationship diversity) advocate, you can expect to feel safe and validated to express yourself anyway you want. As a feminist therapist, I treat both men and women equally, while recognizing the social and political context you live in. 

My Approach to Therapy:

In my therapy approach, I don’t really teach skills (although I may make suggestions), and I definitely don’t teach you to conform with society’s standards. Instead, I will guide you to connect with your authentic self by being attentive, in-tune and focused on you! When you feel safe and secure in your true self, you’ll be able to express yourself in a way that aligns with your beliefs and values, and naturally feel more skillful doing it!

I know that talking about your traumas and unchartered territories can be intimidating. By creating a safe space that you feel nurtured, we can explore when you’re ready. It doesn’t always have to be dark with storm clouds, therapy can also be full of humor and optimism.

Whether you’re here for individual or relationship therapy, all relationship types, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions are welcome here. As a bisexual and non-monogamous human, I get how difficult it can be to navigate a non-conforming relationship. But as a therapist, I recognize my bias and do my own internal work, so I can create a space for you to make decisions that work for you.

Education & Experience:

  • Licensed Psychotherapist serving all of California, LPCC#286

  • Certified in EMDR to help you connect the past to the present, and move past trauma quickly.

  • EFT(Emotionally Focused Therapy) Externship Training 

  • Level 1 Certification in Consensual Non-Monogamy 

  • IFS (Internal Family Systems) Training, completed the Online Circle

  • Use portions of DBT training to increase mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills

  • Motivational Interviewing to help you reach your goals by increasing motivation to change in your own way.

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Invitation to Brave Space By Micky ScottBey Jones

Together we will create brave space

Because there is no such thing as a “safe space”

We exist in the real world

We all carry scars and we have all caused wounds.

In this space

We seek to turn down the volume of the outside world,

We amplify voices that fight to be heard elsewhere,

We call each other to more truth and love

We have the right to start somewhere and continue to grow.

We have the responsibility to examine what we think we know.

We will not be perfect.

This space will not be perfect.

It will not always be what we wish it to be

But

It will be our brave space together,

and

We will work on it side by side.