Aly Dearborn, LMFT
Aly offers psychotherapy for individual adults and brings decades of trauma-informed clinical experience, specialized training, and her own personal recovery to her work. A warm, down-to-earth, and compassionate psychotherapist, Aly enjoys helping clients make sense of their life experiences and reactions through the lens of the nervous system.
Drawing from a wide range of tools and approaches, she tailors her work to each individual and often shares thoughtfully curated resources—such as books, podcasts, and videos—to support learning and growth between sessions. She has a particular passion for working with women, fellow therapists, non-conformists, artists/creatives, and members of the LGB community, as well as adults newly diagnosed with ADHD or autism.
In her free time, Aly is likely to be found acting as her dog’s on-demand butler, rearranging her furniture, reading books, or outside in direct contact with Nature, taking pictures of wildflowers or collecting rocks. Aly highly values unplugging from technology and still prefers using a paper calendar.
Specialities include:
Trauma Therapy
Aly has a wide range of specialized training in the treatment of trauma, including Polyvagal Theory, Attachment Focused EMDR, somatic and mindfulness-based modalities, creative expressive arts, and Post Induction Therapy (the Meadows Model).
Feminist Theory
Aly has had a lifelong interest in feminist theory and brings that framework to her work with adult women when relevant. This may include examination of female socialization to “be kind” – at the cost personal safety – or to feel valued for appearance over personality. Aly helps women redirect their precious time, energy, and attention from others’ perceptions toward developing a Self grounded in inherent worth and connected with their values.
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