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The Institute carries a mission to help everyone feel comfortable inside and outside of their shell

You don't have to leave your shell. You get to grow it.

Trauma-informed, attachment-focused therapy and training rooted in the belief that every person carries the capacity to heal.

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Welcome to the Turtle Shell Therapy Institute. This is a space built on the conviction that healing isn't about becoming someone different. It's about feeling safe enough, and strong enough, to become more fully yourself.

Whether you're a client navigating the weight of past experiences, a clinician looking to deepen your trauma practice, or a therapist seeking community and professional development, you've found a home here.

 

Turtle Shell Therapy

Every turtle carries something remarkable: a shell that is simultaneously home, armor, and self. It doesn't separate them from the world — it's what makes it possible to move through the world.

The Turtle Shell Approach is an attachment-informed, trauma-focused integrative framework built around two truths: healing requires safety and growth requires risk. Together, we build the kind of internal foundation that makes stepping out into the world feel like a choice, not a threat.

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Who I Work With

  • Adults, children, and adolescents navigating complex trauma, anxiety, grief, relational wounds, and identity. Specializing in neurodivergent clients and LGBTQIA+ affirming care.

  • Post-basic trained therapists seeking EMDRIA-recognized consultation to deepen, refine, and expand their EMDR practice. Individual and group formats available.

  • Social workers, counselors, and therapists seeking high-quality continuing education grounded in trauma-informed, evidence-based practice. EMDRIA and ASWB ACE approved trainings.

 

Turtle Shell Values:

Influenced by the NASW Code of Ethics and One Welfare

  • Our primary commitment is to living beings in need, in all their forms

  • We challenge inequity and injustice, regardless of species or form of life.

  • Every life holds inherent worth and deserves to be treated with dignity

  • Healing happens in connection. Relationships are central to everything we do

  • We operate with transparency, honesty, and accountability

  • We practice within our areas of expertise and remain committed to growth

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Check out this resource for LGBTQIA+ people and families