Unfurl. Untangle. Thrive.
We are a team, gathered by choice and commitment. Each of us brings our own story, lineage, and embodied knowing. At Velvet & Vine, we honor the multiplicity of becoming, and we believe that healing happens in relationship.
Cora offers queer- and neurodivergent-affirming therapy grounded in existential, multicultural, and liberation-focused care, honoring identity, community, and the nervous system as pathways toward authentic and empowered living.
Dr. Contorino centers a trauma-informed and relational approach rooted in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She creates a space where queer and marginalized identities are affirmed, and where the body is welcomed as a source of wisdom rather than shame.
Dr. Kazyaka believes that healing is relational. As a queer and gender fluid therapist, their work centers trauma-informed care, somatic practices, and joy as resistance. They hold space with softness and fierceness alike.
Anthony is a bilingual, queer therapist who provides trauma-informed, relational, and somatic therapy grounded in safety and authenticity. He supports clients in reconnecting with their bodies, values, and communities as sources of healing. His work centers liberation, intersectionality, and the belief that change grows through curiosity, compassion, and collaboration.
Nikko is a queer therapist rooted in care, community, and liberation. Their work centers safety, embodiment, and the honoring of lived and intersectional experience. Nikko creates affirming therapeutic spaces where clients are supported in unlearning shame and reconnecting with themselves. They believe healing is both personal and collective, grounded in dignity, choice, and queer joy as resistance and love.