Our Professional Staff
Christian Sarran, LPC, Owner
Christian is dedicated to helping individuals work through obstacles and blocks that are hindering their best life. He works with adults, adolescents, and performers of all backgrounds. His ten years of counseling experience and expertise includes working with specific areas of concern including: depression, anxiety, complex trauma, narcissistic abuse, grief, parenting, emotional management, relationships, family conflict, suicide ideation, and performance anxiety.
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Christian helps individuals learn to manage their stress and heal from within their own nervous system. He is certified in several modalities to assist the nervous system through special modalities including EMDR(Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Brainspotting, HeartMath, and TF-CBT(Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and DBT. ​
Alice Johnson, LPC
Alice is a Licensed Professional Counselor trained in EMDR and Brainspotting. Alice provides treatment to individuals and families who have experienced challenges due to complex trauma (bullying, medical trauma, early childhood trauma, generational), traumatic grief, divorce, and acculturation. She also has experience with helping children, adolescents, and parents safely navigate through their challenges while they strive to understand each other’s point of view through empathy and understanding. Her goal is to ensure that families can feel safe to share their feelings and explore together the best way to communicate with each other, while considering their own attachment styles.
Alice earned her Master’s degree in Counseling from Northwestern University. She has varied clinical experience in working for community mental health settings, non-for-profit organizations, hospitals, and schools. She has obtained her Foundational Theraplay Practitioner certification, in addition to completing the following training: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Polyvagal Theory, Neuro-sequential Model Technique Training, EMDR, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Brainspotting training. Alice also works for Children’s Health Hospital as a Bereavement Specialist.
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Alice provides clinical services in both English and Spanish.
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Sophie Chowdhury, LMT
Sophie is a Licensed Massage Therapist with over eight years of professional experience with a trauma informed background. Sophie provides treatment to individuals who have experienced challenges with complex trauma, chronic pain, and trapped emotion stored in the body.
Sophie utilizes a variety of techniques such as Cranialsacral, Deep Tissue, Swedish, Reflexology, Trigger Point, and Sports Massage.
Sophie's massage services can be scheduled for 30 or 60 minutes in coordination with our current counseling services or as a standalone service.
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