Chelsea Spagnola, MS, LMFT

Chelsea Spagnola, MS, LMFT If talk therapy hasn’t worked, Brainspotting may be the breakthrough you need. No need to overanalyze or relive everything. Now is the time to focus on you!

If you’re ready for real, lasting change, I’m here to help! You deserve to feel seen, heard and understood. As a strength-based therapist I offer a gentle, compassionate approach, while at the same time remaining solution-focused and outcome oriented. My goal is to provide a safe space for you to explore the challenges that have interrupted your life and relationships and utilize my training and experience to introduce alternate ways of coping and relating to others. While I enjoy working with a variety of clients, I have extensive experience working with trauma, specifically child and adult survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.

12/13/2025

Tis’ the season 🎄🎅🏼 KIDDING people!

If you know me, then you know, I actually despise the DSM! I think prior to making this reel I hadn’t touched it in about two years… the last time I redecorated my bookshelf.

The DSM continues to fall short in understanding trauma. It fragments symptoms instead of recognizing the larger pattern of CPTSD—a diagnosis that still isn’t officially included. This gap leaves many trauma survivors mislabeled or medicated for symptoms, while the root cause goes untreated

Trauma work has to extend beyond the DSM if we want real healing 🌱

12/12/2025

One day the house will be quiet and clean. Today, it’s loud and lived in — and that’s a privilege. SEO: this is childhood let them play secure attachment child development play is learning real motherhood motherhood unfiltered trauma informed nervous system regulation present over perfect

12/09/2025

This tattoo is my Brainspotting piece. The eye represents the internal gaze — the place where the body holds what the mind can’t always put into words. The keyhole-shaped pupil symbolizes access to the deeper, locked-away material we tap into during Brainspotting.

The rays at the top represent expansion, regulation, and the clarity that comes when the nervous system finally has space to process. The bottom is a storm — clouds and rain — symbolizing activation, emotional intensity, and the unresolved experiences that live beneath the surface.

Together, it shows the contrast between the storms we carry and the light that emerges when we finally allow the mind and body to process what’s been held inside. It’s the whole journey of witnessing, regulating, and transforming in one image.

Thank you for the therapy session

Spend one focused day on you.A 1-Day Brainspotting Intensive gives you the space to slow down, go deeper, and move throu...
12/08/2025

Spend one focused day on you.
A 1-Day Brainspotting Intensive gives you the space to slow down, go deeper, and move through what’s been keeping you stuck.
One day. Real shifts.
Email scvmft@gmail.com or visit scvmft.com to schedule.

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12/04/2025

If your patterns keep showing up, even after years of therapy, it doesn’t mean you weren’t trying — it usually means the deeper layers of your experience haven’t been accessed or processed. 🧠💭

Talk therapy helps you understand your thoughts and behaviors, but trauma, stress, and old emotional material are often stored in your nervous system, where words alone can’t reach.

Brainspotting works by identifying and focusing on where these experiences are held in your body and mind, allowing your system to safely process and release them. 🌿✨

This is how patterns stop repeating — not at the surface, but at the root. Over time, you notice shifts in how you react, relate, and make choices — the change that truly sticks.

I have limited openings for the new year, so if you’re ready to do the deeper work that creates lasting change, now is the time to reach out. 📩💛

12/01/2025

Warming up for the season of: ‘We’re doing breakfast at my mom’s, lunch at his dad’s, dessert at grandma’s, and crying in the car in between.’ 🎄💀

Friendly therapist reminder: you’re allowed to choose one holiday stop, set a time limit, or start a new tradition that actually works for your life.
A boundary isn’t rejection — it’s a plan for sustainability. 💛
Say it with me: ‘We’d love to see you, but here’s what we actually have the capacity for this year.’

Being grounded isn’t a moment… it’s a long-term nervous system upgrade. Resourced mind + body = better responses, not re...
11/29/2025

Being grounded isn’t a moment… it’s a long-term nervous system upgrade. Resourced mind + body = better responses, not reactions.

11/27/2025

Working with DCFS and DMH is not for the weak.

Sometimes the loudest thoughts aren’t even ours. Brainspotting helps quiet the echoes of others so you can reconnect wit...
11/25/2025

Sometimes the loudest thoughts aren’t even ours. Brainspotting helps quiet the echoes of others so you can reconnect with your truth, your voice, your peace.
🎯 Learn more about how Brainspotting works—link in bio.

11/23/2025

In my defense… sometimes the healing really starts with a reality check. 💅

Trauma teaches us to survive.Healing teaches us to live again. 🌿If you’ve felt stuck or like talk therapy only scratches...
11/17/2025

Trauma teaches us to survive.
Healing teaches us to live again. 🌿

If you’ve felt stuck or like talk therapy only scratches the surface, Brainspotting can help you gently go deeper—at your own pace, in a way that feels safe.
✨You don’t have to carry it all alone. Send a message if you’re curious to learn more.

11/15/2025

Cool Story Bro 😎

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23822 Valencia Boulevard #203
Santa Clarita, CA
91355

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Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 4pm

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Through therapy, clients gain a deeper understanding of themselves, their triggers, and how to develop practical coping methods to deal with stress, depression, and trauma. Chelsea Sp****la, MS, LMFT in Valencia is ready to help clients of all ages so you do not have to handle these struggles on your own. Chelsea’s practice works on a collaborative, strength-based approach to introduce alternative coping mechanisms to deal with stress and trauma. She assists individuals, couples, and families in working through hardships and finding the skill and strength to move forward in a healthy and productive way. When you contact Chelsea Sp****la, MS, LMFT for an appointment, you will find a caring and compassionate therapist dedicated to helping you establish a healthier way of feeling, thinking, and being in a supportive and safe environment.