Marisa Vann

Marisa Vann

I see our work together as a collaborative journey of self discovery in that insight is developed and self awareness is increased. Along your journey ways of becoming unstuck are discovered and life situations become more manageable through the development of new perspectives and skills. And along the journey understanding that each one of us is responsible for creating our present circumstances in life and finding meaning in our experiences.

I approach clients from a trauma informed perspective and work with individuals struggling with developmental trauma and neglect, self-esteem and self-worth, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, and sexual and/or gender identity issues. I believe that we all have the capacity to heal through befriending our nervous system. Somatic psychotherapy, attachment theory, existential psychology and polyvagal theory inform my work as a psychotherapist. I offer somatic touch therapy to help bring about regulation to my client's nervous system when appropriate.

I earned my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of New Orleans and I have completed the following somatic training programs which greatly inform my work as a somatic psychotherapist:

Somatic Experiencing Institute - Three year training program to achieve Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) certification

Kathy Kain and Stephen Terrell - Year long training, Somatic Resilience and Regulation

Kathy Kain - Year long training, Touch Skills Training for Therapists and four day training, Somatic Narrative and the Viscera

Stephen Terrell - Year long training, Transforming the Experienced Based Brain

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Louisiana (LA license #5505).

"The body knows everything. We know very little. Intuition is the body’s intelligence." - Fritz Perls

Specialties

• Adults
• Complex PTSD
• Developmental Trauma
• Early Childhood Attachment Disturbances
• Gender Dysphoria
• Relational/Relationship Issues
• Self-Esteem
• Intergeneration Trauma