Kaitlin Nunamann
LICSW, RYT
Hopeful & Warm
It has become my mission and passion to uncover the most effective paths for guiding others in reducing suffering and increasing a sense of joy and fulfillment in everyday life. Professionally and personally, I have gathered experience, evidence, and strategies for enhancing life and uncovering “what it’s all about”. I wish to share this with you.
I received my master’s degree in clinical social work from Boston College and shortly thereafter traded the Boston skyline for the Blue Ridge Mountains in NC, working as a primary wilderness therapist. For several years, I joined with youth and families managing crises while embracing the national forest as the backdrop for treatment. The serene wilderness setting further reinforced my understanding of how critical it is that we consider environmental influences while working towards healing and self-growth.
In addition to wilderness therapy, I have worked in the field of mental health for a decade, providing services that include intensive in-home family therapy, substance use counseling, and outpatient individual therapy.
My approach to therapy blends my degree as a clinician along with training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and yoga therapy to offer an integrative approach to treatment. Through applying mind-body practices into clinical work, I offer a space for individuals to consider how their physical bodies have been storing stress and emotional pain.
To individualize treatment with each person, I work collaboratively to identify primary goals, areas of strength, and barriers that currently exist. Together, we will embrace strategies for overcoming suffering and I will guide you through the steps leading toward a more fulfilling and nourishing life.
At the 2018 Wilderness Therapy Symposium, I had the affirming and wildly vulnerable opportunity to share my story of coming full circle from wilderness-therapy-student to wilderness-primary-therapist. I believe that honoring our unique, layered, and unexpected personal story allows us to find strength where suffering once existed.
I have also presented at the regional National Association for Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) conference on Mindfulness-Based Interventions and completed over 400 hours in training on the topics of yoga, mindfulness, and healing trauma.
Recognizing the courage and vulnerability it takes to pursue therapy, I welcome individuals at various stages of readiness and change who are simply interested in feeling better.
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