Lavelda Naylor

Hello! Tired of feeling stuck in a stress loop and conflict cycles? I am a process-oriented therapist, which means I care about improving your conscious and subconscious mental processing skills. My ideal clients work hard in sessions to explore, challenge, and reorganize mental experiences, using provided tools both in and out of sessions to improve emotion processing, perspective taking, and empathy response. I specialize in affirming care for LGTBQIA+ concerns, relationship issues of most types (monogamous, CNM affirming), personality and mood disorders, and the challenges of being a 'Gifted' Adult (2e, neurodivergent, GT).

Initially, we work together on creating a collaborative space to be ourselves in, and sort through the concerns you have. As we sort, we will be heightening your awareness of how you are processing things, separate process from content, and work towards improving your ability to adapt processes via integrative therapy tools, such as attachment style, emotion regulation, and mindful awareness. These changes in process can help meet many of your current wellness goals, but if you have a deeper recovery need, we can then explore subconscious processes using more depth-oriented approaches.

In each session, I refer to our treatment plan and listen empathetically to the content you bring, while staying tuned into your mental processes. This is what helps us select which tools might spark a change for you. If you resonate with a particular strategy, I will provide supporting materials for you to use between session. And as we explore what helps, and what doesn't, our growth-focused collaboration can help you create a more authentic and functional life, even in a chaotic world.