Christine Tierramar, MA, LPC, CCTP-II

Therapy for childhood trauma, complex trauma (C-PTSD), dissociation, emotional abuse, nervous system overwhelm, and the ways traumatic experiences can continue echoing through the present long after the danger has passed. Our work begins with creating enough safety to approach what hurts without becoming consumed by it. 

Together, we can gently make sense of survival patterns, process what has been carried for too long, and help you reconnect with the parts of yourself that trauma may have pushed into hiding.

I offer compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for survivors of sexual assault and abuse, with deep respect for the courage it can take to approach these experiences at all. Our work is guided by your pace, your boundaries, and your sense of safety. There is no expectation to disclose more than you are ready for or to heal according to someone else’s timeline. 

Together, we can make space for what happened while supporting a greater sense of choice, trust, connection, and ownership of your life and yourself.

Therapy for abandonment wounds, attachment patterns, relational trauma, communication struggles, boundary difficulties, and the ache of not feeling fully seen, safe, or understood in your relationships. 

Together, we can explore the patterns that shape how you connect, protect yourself, reach for closeness, or pull away, while building relationships that feel more secure, authentic, and emotionally nourishing.

I offer an affirming, deeply respectful space for LGBTQIA+ people to explore who they are, who they are becoming, and what it means to live more fully as themselves. Our work may include identity, relationships, sexuality, gender, life transitions, spirituality, trauma, belonging, or the parts of yourself that have had to hide, adapt, or fight to be understood.

I believe healing does not require you to become more acceptable, conventional, or easily explained. It can mean becoming more fully you. I welcome the complexity of your story and honor the ways identity, culture, relationship, embodiment, and meaning intersect. All genders, sexual orientations, relationship structures, and expressions are welcome here.

I offer an affirming, deeply respectful space for people walking esoteric, pagan, occult, mystical, magical, and alternative spiritual paths. Your spirituality does not have to be translated into something more conventional, stripped of its mystery, or treated as pathology in order to belong in therapy.

Our work may include spiritual experiences, ritual and devotional practice, initiatory experiences, shadow work, encounters with the sacred or unseen, questions of meaning and identity, or the ways your spiritual path intersects with trauma, relationships, and the rest of your life. Together, we can explore these experiences with curiosity, discernment, and respect, without requiring you to abandon either your spirituality or your grounding.

Whether your path is earth-based, ceremonial, ancestral, devotional, occult, mystical, eclectic, or entirely your own, you are welcome to bring the whole of it into the room.

Therapy for people navigating emotionally significant relationships and experiences with AI. This may include attachment to an AI companion, grief or distress after a sudden change or rupture in that relationship, emotional dependence, questions about intimacy and identity, or experiences in which interactions with AI begin to blur the boundaries between imagination, belief, and shared reality. 

My approach is curious rather than shaming. We can explore what the relationship or experience means to you while also protecting your wellbeing, autonomy, relationships, and ability to stay grounded in your life. 

Thoughtful clinical assessment for individuals seeking Emotional Support Animal accommodations. When supported by the assessment, appropriate documentation may be provided based on clinical need, relevant history, and the role the animal plays in supporting emotional and psychological wellbeing. 

Supportive, collaborative supervision for counselors seeking to deepen their clinical skills, strengthen case conceptualization, and grow with greater confidence in their therapeutic work. Supervision may include case consultation, professional development, ethical decision-making, therapist identity, and trauma-informed approaches to complex clinical concerns.