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'm a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Brooklyn, New York. My experiences as a first- generation, Lebanese- American have helped to inform the way that I practice therapy. I work with adults who are navigating LGBTQIA+ identities, survivors of trauma with a strong focus on race-based and intergenerational traumas, and individuals with concerns related to depression, anxiety, self- worth, and relationships and intimacy.

My approach to psychotherapy is collaborative and somatic- based, integrating my training in multiple modalities such as: internal family systems, somatic experiencing, and brainspotting. I work from a trauma- informed perspective and use an intersectional lens to understand your experience in the context of systemic oppression and injustice. Together we will gain insight into the roots of your challenges and build a deeper understanding of your nervous system to promote long- term healing.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and hold a Master of Arts in Counseling with 8 years of experience. I have worked previously in private practice and as a Clinical Program Therapist at the Department of Corrections. I specialize in working with adult individuals through life transitions, stress, grief, trauma, and religious trauma. Though I utilize an eclectic therapeutic approach by drawing from an array of therapeutic modalities, my practice is grounded in a person-centered, psychodynamic, depth-oriented, body-based approach. As a professional counselor, I value practicing regular mind, body, spirit self-care that allows me to serve from the overflow. I further place high value on doing my own work through a lifetime commitment to personal and professional growth and evolution.