Keylynne Matos-Cunningham

I believe therapy should be a space where you don’t have to shrink, perform, or have all the right words to begin healing. I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor and trauma therapist specializing in complex trauma, attachment wounds, anxiety, and the ways chronic stress can show up in both the mind and body.

My approach is trauma-informed, somatic, and culturally responsive. I integrate EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic therapy, attachment-based approaches, and parts work to help clients move beyond simply understanding their patterns and begin creating change that they can actually feel.

I especially enjoy working with high-achieving adults, neurodivergent clients, and LGBTQIA+ individuals who may look like they’re functioning well on the outside while carrying a lot internally. My practice is affirming of diverse identities, relationships, and lived experiences, including queer, kink, and consensually non-monogamous communities.

I hold graduate degrees in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Public Health, which shape my understanding of mental health within the larger context of relationships, identity, community, culture, and systemic stress.

Ultimately, my goal is to help you feel safer being fully yourself—while building the capacity to feel, process, and heal what you’ve had to carry.

My approach to therapy is warm, collaborative, and active. While I’ll always make space for you to talk and process, I don’t believe therapy has to stop at insight. Together, we’ll explore not only what happened and why certain patterns developed, but also how those experiences continue to live in your emotions, relationships, nervous system, and body.

I specialize in trauma-focused and somatic therapy, integrating approaches such as EMDR, Brainspotting, attachment work, parts work, and nervous-system-based interventions. Depending on what you need, our work may include building skills for regulation and safety, identifying patterns and protective responses, processing unresolved experiences, and practicing new ways of relating to yourself and others.

I also recognize that healing doesn’t happen outside of culture and context. My approach is culturally responsive, LGBTQIA+ affirming, neurodivergence-affirming, and grounded in an understanding of how identity, relationships, systems, and lived experiences can shape mental health.

You won’t be expected to dive into your deepest trauma before you’re ready. We’ll work at a pace that honors your capacity while still moving intentionally toward meaningful change. My goal is to help you move beyond surviving and intellectualizing your experiences toward actually feeling safer, more connected, and more at home in yourself.

Your first session is about getting to know you—not rushing you into your most difficult experiences. We’ll talk about what brings you to therapy, what’s been feeling difficult lately, what you hope will be different, and any previous experiences with therapy that can help me understand what works (or doesn’t work) for you.

I’ll also spend time learning about the bigger picture of your life, including your relationships, identities, strengths, stressors, and the ways you’ve learned to cope and survive. Together, we’ll begin identifying patterns and developing goals that feel meaningful and realistic for you.

You can expect a warm, affirming, and judgment-free environment where curiosity is encouraged and you don’t have to perform or show up perfectly. I’m collaborative and transparent, so you’re always welcome to ask questions, tell me when something isn’t landing, or let me know what you need from our work.

We won’t try to unpack everything in one session. The goal is for us to leave with a clearer understanding of what you’re experiencing, where you’d like to go, and how we can intentionally begin getting you there.