Awaken Your Heart,

Embody Your True Nature

Trauma-informed psychotherapy that integrates mindfulness, embodied awareness, and compassionate, evidence-based clinical care

Serving clients in Maryland & Washington, DC | Currently offering virtual sessions

For Sensitive, Deep-Feeling Humans Seeking a Kinder Way…

Here, your nervous system, mind, and heart are honored.

Together we slow down, make space for what is present, and meet it with curiosity and care.

We’ll forge a path of healing that moves at your pace and honors your unique way of being.

The Foundations of My Work

  • My work is rooted in established, evidence-based psychotherapy approaches that provide structure, reliability, and clarity. Clinical skill offers a steady foundation for healing—supporting meaningful change that is thoughtful, ethical, and tailored to you.

  • I work with a deep respect for the nervous system and the diverse ways people experience, process, and move through the world. Therapy is adapted to honor neurodivergence, sensitivity, and trauma histories—recognizing that healing is not one-size-fits-all and must unfold at your pace.

  • Drawing from my Zen training and Buddhist psychology, I integrate mindfulness and contemplative practices in ways that support insight, self-compassion, and resilience. You do not need to be Buddhist to engage in this work—these practices are offered as practical, accessible tools in service of your healing.

  • Healing happens not only through insight, but through lived, felt experience—both in the body and in relationship. This is where trauma-informed care, neurodivergent affirmation, mindfulness, and clinical skill converge, supporting integration that is grounded, consensual, and lasting.

Learn More About My Approach

This Work May Be Supportive If You…

  • Feel drawn to mindfulness, meditation, or contemplative practices and want to integrate them into therapy—no Buddhist identity required

  • Are seeking trauma-informed, nervous-system aware care that honors your body, mind, and how you relate to yourself and the world around you

  • Identify as neurodivergent, highly sensitive, or a deep-feeling human and want affirming, attuned support

  • Have a spiritual or reflective practice and are encountering emotional, relational, or trauma-related blocks

  • Want therapy that balances insight with embodied experience and meaningful, sustainable change

… And If You Are Navigating…

  • Trauma, PTSD, nervous system overwhelm, and emotion dysregulation

  • Anxiety, chronic stress, burnout, or feeling stuck

  • Challenges navigating neurodivergence such as sensory sensitivities, social difficulties and advocating for support needs

  • Intimacy, sexuality, and relationship concerns

  • Grief, loss, and life transitions

  • Spiritual or existential distress, including questions of meaning and purpose

  • Integrating mindfulness or contemplative practice into daily life

More About Who This Work is For

Ways We Can Work Together

I offer psychotherapy, groups, and teaching rooted in trauma-sensitive care and Buddhist wisdom. Each offering is delivered in service of individual and collective healing.

Explore My Offerings

Psychotherapy

  • Individual psychotherapy

  • Individual psychotherapy with personalized mindfulness or yoga practice added (when clinically appropriate)

Groups & Community

  • Buddhist-informed therapy group

  • Dharma & Healing Book Group

  • Relational Consciousness-Raising Group for Women (trans women inclusive)

Teaching & Consultation

  • Buddhism-Informed peer consultation group for clinicians

  • Buddhist-based mindfulness workshops

  • Retreat teaching and speaking engagements

The Person & The Practice

Learn More About Natalie & Ka Shin

Ka Shin is rooted in both clinical rigor and contemplative tradition. Learn more about the therapist guiding this work and the meaning behind the name Ka Shin.

"No mud, no lotus." — Thich Nhat Hanh

"No mud, no lotus." — Thich Nhat Hanh

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