Aligned Wellness Therapy & Consulting

09/23/2025

🌿 Now Accepting LMSWs for Clinical Supervision!
Fall 2025 spots are officially open 🎉
Whether you’re ready to deepen your clinical skills, build confidence, or explore your identity as a therapist, I’d love to support your journey.
As an LCSW-S, I offer clinical supervision that’s:
✅ Trauma-informed
✅ LGBTQIA+ and ENM-affirming
✅ Grounded in real-world experience across hospice, skilled nursing, rehab, and counseling
We’ll focus on:
🧠 Clinical skills & case consultation
🛡️ Ethics & cultural responsiveness
🪞 Reflective, growth-centered support
📍 Serving LMSWs across Texas
💻 Virtual & hybrid options available
👥 Individual & group spots
📩 Ready to take the next step?
Email: info@alignedwellness1.com
✨ Let’s grow together, with integrity, heart, and intention.

09/05/2025

🧠💛 September is National Su***de Prevention Month 💛🧠

This month serves as a vital reminder that mental health matters, and no one has to struggle alone.

Su***de prevention isn’t just about crisis intervention; it’s about creating safety, connection, and hope in everyday moments.
It’s about checking in with ourselves and others. It’s about dismantling stigma. It’s about saying:
You are not a burden. You are not alone. You are needed.

If you're struggling with thoughts of hopelessness or overwhelm, please know that support is available. Whether it's through therapy, a friend, or a hotline, reaching out is a courageous and powerful step.

📞 988 is the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline, free, confidential, 24/7
🌱 Therapy can help you explore what healing looks like for you
💬 A check-in text or a heartfelt conversation can change a life

Let’s keep talking about mental health. Let’s keep showing up for each other.

🌈 At Aligned Wellness Therapy & Consulting, we’re committed to creating affirming, trauma-informed spaces for healing, especially for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and non-traditional relationship communities.

🖤💚 You matter. You are not alone. 💚🖤

08/19/2025

As I step further into this next chapter of my work, I want to share with you all something close to my heart, my signature model for healing and liberation: The UNBOUND™ Framework.

This framework is grounded in the belief that true healing requires unlearning shame, reclaiming agency, and embracing authenticity. So often, people carry internalized messages from culture, family, or past experiences that tell them who they “should” be. These messages create disconnection from self, from others, and from desire.

The UNBOUND™ Framework offers seven core pillars of transformation:

🌱 Unlearn Shame – releasing internalized judgment and stigma

🥗 Nourish the Body – honoring the body as a source of wisdom and grounding

🤝 Build Brave Connection – cultivating authentic, vulnerable relationships

🌳 Own Your Roots – understanding identity, history, and context

🕊️ Uphold Integrity – aligning actions with values

🔥 Name Your Desire – embracing pleasure, joy, and longing without apology

💫 Define Your Healing – choosing what freedom and wholeness look like for you

Rather than centering deficit or pathology, UNBOUND™ emphasizes possibility, resilience, and liberation. It’s a model I believe can support not only individuals and couples in therapy or coaching, but also practitioners, organizations, and communities seeking to shift how we understand healing and connection.

I’m so excited to continue developing and sharing this work, and I truly believe the UNBOUND™ Framework can create ripple effects of transformation far beyond the therapy room.

08/19/2025

Healing isn’t always light and freedom right away.
Sometimes it’s heavy. Messy. Grieving the past version of you that did the best they could.
This is your reminder that discomfort doesn't mean you're broken; it often means you're healing.

💬 Reflect:
What’s one thing you’ve let go of in your healing journey, even though it was hard?

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08/06/2025

📚 Looking to deepen your understanding of s*x, pleasure, and relationships?
Whether you're a therapist, a curious reader, or on a personal healing journey, the right book can be a powerful companion.

✨ Check out this curated list from featuring 13 s*x therapy books that can change your life:
👉 modernintimacy.com/13-s*x-therapy-books-that-change-your-life

From unpacking shame and navigating desire, to building healthier communication and exploring eroticism, these reads go way beyond the basics. A few of my personal favorites are included, and some new titles I’m excited to explore too!

💬 Have you read any of these? Which book helped you shift your relationship with s*xuality?

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08/05/2025

✨ Introducing the UNBOUND™ Framework ✨
Where healing meets liberation.

After years of walking alongside clients and clinicians through shame, trauma, identity, and desire, I created a framework that reflects what real, embodied healing actually looks like.
Not polished. Not prescriptive. But bold, brave, and deeply human.

The UNBOUND™ Framework is a 7-pillar model that guides the way I do therapy, coaching, consultation, and education. It’s where social justice meets intimacy work, and where emotional truth meets embodied liberation.

The 7 Pillars:
U — Unlearn Shame
N — Nourish the Body
B — Build Brave Connection
O — Own Your Roots
U — Uphold Integrity
N — Name Your Desire
D — Define Your Healing

If you’re craving something deeper, something more real, this is for you.

🖥️ Learn more at www.alignedwellness1.com
📩 DM me to work together or book a consult
📢 Therapists + educators: Let’s bring this to your next CEU, classroom, or retreat

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07/29/2025

With the federal government's decision to terminate the specialized LGBTQ+ support line within the 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline, we want to remind the LGBTQ community of the following affirming resources.

LifeStance will always provide inclusive, affirming mental health care for all in a safe and supportive environment.

07/29/2025

✨ I’m so excited to share that the Aligned Wellness Therapy & Consulting website is officially live! ✨
You can now explore my services, learn more about my approach, and connect with me directly online.

Whether you're looking for affirming therapy, s*x coaching, peer consultation, or educational workshops, this space was created to support your growth, healing, and alignment.

🌿 Visit: https://www.alignedwellness1.com/
Let me know what you think, and feel free to share with anyone who might benefit.

Aligned Wellness offers trauma-informed therapy, intimacy coaching, and consulting for mental health, relationships, and professional growth. Reconnect and thrive.

07/24/2025

Had to share!

🧠 ADHD or Bipolar Disorder? Or both?
Understanding the difference matters, and so does recognizing the overlap.

This visual offers a helpful starting point for exploring how ADHD and Bipolar Disorder can present similarly and distinctly. Too often, people are misdiagnosed or go years without receiving the care they truly need.

💡 Quick takeaways:
🔹 Bipolar: Mood episodes are cyclical, with manic/hypomanic and depressive phases
🔹 ADHD: Difficulties are consistent, often rooted in attention, impulsivity, and restlessness
🔸 Overlap includes sleep issues, emotional dysregulation, energy fluctuations, and more

✨ Diagnosis isn’t about labels, it’s about clarity, access to support, and compassionate understanding. If you're unsure, you're not alone. A skilled mental health professional can help you explore further.

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07/11/2025

Today is National Cheer Up the Lonely Day, a reminder that even a small moment of connection can make a big difference.

If you’re feeling lonely today:
💛 You’re not broken.
💛 You’re not weak.
💛 You’re human, and you’re worthy of connection.

Loneliness doesn’t always look like isolation.
Sometimes it looks like:

Feeling disconnected in a crowd

Missing a version of yourself

Not feeling truly seen

Here’s your gentle nudge today:
📱 Text someone just to say hi
🤝 Ask for the hug you’ve been needing
🌿 Sit with someone in silence without fixing anything
📝 Send a message to someone who might need to hear: "I'm thinking of you."

And if you’re the one needing those words today, this is for you.
💬 You matter. You are enough. You are not alone.

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07/09/2025

Let’s clear something up:

Intimacy coaching isn’t just about s*x.
It’s about connection.
It’s about trust.
It’s about coming home to your own body and desires, with safety and self-compassion.

Here’s how intimacy coaching can support you:

💬 Improve communication about needs, wants & boundaries
🌿 Heal from shame around desire, identity, or past experiences
🧭 Explore s*xuality with curiosity, not fear
❤️ Build deeper connection, with self or partners
🛠️ Unlearn scripts that no longer serve you

Whether you're navigating trauma, opening up your relationship, deconstructing purity culture, or just wanting more pleasure and presence...

✨ You deserve support that honors your whole self.

If you’ve ever wondered, “Is there space for my story?”
Yes, there is.
Right here.

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07/02/2025

Summer is often framed as a time to be doing: vacations, cookouts, goals, and productivity.

But here’s your permission slip:
🌿 You don’t have to hustle through the heat.
🌿 You don’t have to “make the most” of every day.
🌿 You don’t have to earn your rest.

Sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do is pause.

Try this gentle checklist today:
☀️ Hydrate before you caffeinate
☀️ 10 minutes of morning sun on your face
☀️ Say no to one thing that drains you
☀️ Choose rest over performance
☀️ Let “just being” be enough

You are allowed to take up space.
You are allowed to slow down.
You are allowed to just be.