Let’s reimagine your life after loss or change.

Meet Keisha Barnes, experiential therapist in Boston and across MA and NC for grief and emotional overwhelm.

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We will explore emotional patterns, expand self-understanding, process grief and challenging emotions, and craft new ways of relating to yourself and others.

In the Virtual Therapy Room 

Together, we will slow down to give you attuned, warm attention to notice the things that often go unnoticed or to give connection to parts of you needing more care. We will connect with your mind, emotions, body, and deeper inner wisdom to create meaningful shifts and support your growth. 

I approach therapy in a way that is collaborative and deeply empathetic.

Whether through somatic awareness, movement, parts work, mindfulness, role-playing or expressive techniques, experiential therapy will allow us to have insight, emotional breakthroughs and encourage changed patterns. Your safety, comfort and consent will always be prioritized in our space together. I always look to be right with you, so that you always feel tended to and accompanied. You’ll be honored, respected and seen. 

Adult Humans of all colors, ages, sizes, genders, sexualities, nationalities, religions and kinship origins are welcome and safe here.

At your pace, At your time.

Keisha Barnes, LCSW, LICSW

Clients describe me as friendly, thorough, knowledgeable and effective.

I’ve heard this statement more than once: “I’ve been in therapy before, but this feels different”. Clients share that they are able to connect, hold and meet themselves more deeply when they’re able to have a full experience in therapy.

Together, we can see the places that have felt unseen.

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Specialities

Trauma Therapy

Emotional Overwhelm

Attachment & Relationship Therapy

Methods

AEDP

Go deeper into your emotional change using the trust and safety of the therapeutic relationship to have new restorative experiences.

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Brainspotting

Where you look affects how you feel. Even with little to no words, you can process and relieve symptoms of trauma, anxiety and grief through felt sensations in your body.

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Trauma Resiliency Model

Learn gentle, effective and culturally sensitive skills in response to difficult situations and traumatic stress.

  • We will explore your nervous system and continuously assess your stress response. We will respond gently and assertively to the nervous system creating safety and natural pacing.

Guiding Principles

  • Dispelling Shame

    We meet compassion when we don’t judge what’s happened to us, how we’ve coped, what we’ve done to survive or what we’ve done to respond; somehow our behaviors all make sense.

  • Safety & Consent

    We show up much more authentically if we feel that the well-being of our whole selves are secure and protected and that we can go at our own pace and on our own time.

  • Comfort

    We grow, shift and change while expanding our comfort zone; we don’t have to jump completely out of it.

  • Relationship

    We experience profound relief through building, connecting and being seen in relationship with others.

Credentials

  • Education and Licensure

    • MA LICSW 125682

    • NC LCSW C013575

    • BSW University of Alabama at Birmingham

    • MSW University of Alabama

  • Training & Certifications

    • Brainspotting, Certified

    • AEDP, Level 2

    • Trauma Resiliency Model, Level 1

    • EMDR, Phase 1 + 2

    • Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship