Aries Washington, MA, LPC, SEP

She/Her/Hers

A Queer🌈, Neurodivergent, Bi-racial Therapist and Retired Athlete 💪🏽

I am passionate about holding space for people. I believe through recognition, tenderness and deeply listening and showing up for others it helps us all find each-other. I also am passionate about the interconnectedness that we have among each-other and our environments. We are impacted by all the interactions we have throughout our lives and if we do not acknowledge these interactions and that we depend on others - we are discrediting the individual and collective healing that can take place.

I believe we all have the ability to contact the wisdom that our body and mind communicates to us. We all have the capacity to meet ourselves deeply, build a sense of trustworthiness from within and process through the shit we deserve to name.

  • I obtained my Master of Arts in Counseling with an emphasis in Mental Health from the University of Missouri – Kansas City in 2021. I completed my Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Certificate in 2023 from Somatic Experiencing International.  I also obtained a certificate of completion, of the Internal Family Systems Circle, which was a 6-month online program to learn the concepts and practice of the Internal Family Systems Model. This would classify me as Internal Family Systems Informed clinician. Lastly, I completed a Certificate Program at the University of Michigan for Sports Social Work.

    I LOVE to read and attend continuing education courses, and I LOVE to learn. I want to share this because I read many books associated with the human experience, our minds and bodies. This helps me stay on top of research, new therapy techniques and modalities and new ways to see/understand people.

  • Over the past five years, I have worked in community mental health settings (non-profit and private practice), providing individual therapy to adolescents, young adults, and adults from diverse backgrounds (e.g BIPOC, LGBTQIA+/QTGNC, athletes, neurodivergent, unhoused youth etc). Additionally, I have worked in suicide prevention and crisis care. When working in a non-profit community mental health setting, I have experience running a LGBTQIA+/QTGNC support group for adolescents and running other groups related to self-exploration, identity and building self awareness.

  • Every therapy approach that I use is centered around inviting curiosity, acceptance and attentiveness to what shows up. We will explore deconstructing held survival patterns or beliefs (mind & body), practice slowing down to explore and process what we uncover AND explore new ways of being. My approach also invites self-reflection of our roots, relationships and attachments. We will explore unconscious emotional and behavior patterns. This approach can be considered “Integrative” or “Eclectic” as it embraces many different lenses.

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