Kersten is passionate about hearing the needs of vulnerable populations, providing warm and safe connection, developing individualized plans and coordinating care for quality authentic wellness.  She has spent her career providing a voice and seeing both children and women as they are, without expectation or judgment.  She specializes in anxiety, OCD, trauma (with a special interest in birth trauma), perinatal and reproductive needs as well as perimenopause and menopause transitions, infant mental health, play techniques with children ages 2 and up, adjustment to chronic and acute medical diagnoses as well as grief and loss support. Kersten believes that your time with her is your space to care for yourself, develop plans to meet your goals, and realize the strengths that live inside you from the earliest of ages. Please reach out to her if her services meet your needs, you are ready to heal and are looking for genuine, warm connection that is usually accompanied by laughter and a bit of fun. She particularly enjoys using EMDR foundations and parts work to notice feelings and connections while promoting  healing with children as young as 2 yrs old and women through adulthood.  
Kersten is also available to provide clinical supervision for LMSW candidates and practicing LMSW therapists interested in consultation, educational presentations focused on Birth Trauma and/or Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Menopause and collaboration or creation of workshops in her areas of specialization.