Mariya Javed-Payne is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor and International Brainspotting Trainer and Consultant. She is a somatic psychotherapist and the owner of Awaken Consulting Services, a private practice and consultancy where she utilizes Brainspotting therapy and offers training and consultation on the treatment of trauma, somatic psychotherapies, psychedelic assisted therapy, anti-racism, and other relevant mental health topics. She also offers therapy intensives for complex PTSD and addictions, where clients work with her for multiple hours a day for a number of days to get to the root of traumatic experiences. Always seeking out the most cutting edge advances in treatment, she utilizes psychedelic medicines such as ketamine with somatic therapy. Her 14 years of experience have focused on clients with addictions, medication-assisted treatment therapies, complex and developmental trauma, racial and ancestral trauma, oppression, and chronic pain.

I am licensed in both North Carolina and South Carolina and I am a person in long term recovery. I find purpose and passion in honoring the diversity of human experience, respecting differences in gender expression, sexual identity, race, ethnicity, spirituality, and non-traditional relationship structures. I believe in a holistic approach to wellness and utilize Brainspotting, Mindfulness (MBSR), meditation and insight practices to help clients develop their internal and external resources for resiliency and expand their capacity for joy. As a Certified Brainspotting Therapist I strive to create a space that facilitates your deepest healing and activates resources for your highest good.