ALY Dearborn, MA, LMFT, CSAT

My psychotherapy practice is online only and available for residents of California, Oregon, and/or Arkansas.

Lic#45462 (California), #T2025 (Oregon), #M2505002 (Arkansas)

My psychotherapy practice is online only and available for residents of California, Oregon, and/or Arkansas.

Being a human can be difficult and literally everyone needs help sometimes. I have benefited greatly from the wisdom and support of many therapists, teachers and mentors over the years and have found tremendous value in working with therapists who are open about their own therapy experiences. I readily share the gifts they have offered me with others and am a therapist today because I believe in the healing power of this work.

My graduate training at Lesley University (MA, Counseling Psychology, 2004) was founded in the “person centered” or “Rogerian” model of psychotherapy. This approach believes people have the inherent capacity to develop self-understanding and make positive, growth-directed changes when they are in the right therapeutic environment. Rogerian therapists are clinically trained to establish the essential groundwork for successful therapy: empathy, unconditional positive regard, and trust in the healing power possible within the therapeutic relationship itself. Though I have gone on to study and practice a wide variety of other approaches in the twenty years I have been on this path, the person-centered philosophy remains the core foundation of my work.

In my current practice, I work with adults seeking support resolving childhood trauma, complex PTSD, codependency, relationship problems, love/relationship addictions and major life transitions, such as menopause, job loss, or relocation. I particularly enjoy working with women, other therapists, creatives, lesbians, and nonconformists.

I am a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist through the International Institute of Trauma & Addiction Professionals, trained in the Post-Induction Therapy Model created by Pia Mellody for childhood relational trauma healing, AF-EMDR with Laurel Parnell and Polyvagal Theory as taught by Deb Dana, LCSW. I utilize somatic and creative techniques for healing inspired by trainings in iRest Yoga Nidra, Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapies, Trauma-Informed Yoga, and Mindful Self-Compassion practices, all of which offer tools that have been beneficial to my personal and professional work.