Unfurl. Untangle. Thrive.
At Velvet & Vine, we believe in meeting you where you are with compassion, depth, and respect for the complexity of your life.
We know what it’s like to live in systems that misunderstand, harm, and erase people like us.
We’ve seen what happens when therapy replicates that harm: pathologizing neurodivergence, bypassing trauma, minimizing identity, or forcing compliance with norms that don’t serve you.
That’s not what we do here.
At Velvet & Vine, we are rooted in trauma-informed queer therapy. We are committed to providing care that is:
Evidence-based and measurement-informed
Neurodivergent-affirming
Sex-positive and body-liberating
Compassionate, radical, and soft
Depth-oriented and relational
Politically aware and liberation-centered
Every therapist at Velvet & Vine is trained and committed to trauma and complex trauma work, because we know that healing is not just about personal change. It’s about tending to the wounds the world has given you, and creating space for new ways of being.
We started Velvet & Vine because we were tired of therapy spaces that asked queer, trans, neurodivergent, disabled, or marginalized people to shrink, translate, or justify themselves.
We wanted a place where you could bring all of you without fear of being “too much,” “too complicated,” or “too political.”
We wanted a practice where trauma isn’t treated as an afterthought, but as the ground floor of care. A place where therapists don’t just nod when you talk about systemic oppression—they understand it because they’re already doing their own work.
We believe therapy should be:
Rooted in science and the nervous system
Informed by liberation, not compliance
Gentle with survival strategies, not shaming
A space for growth, not perfection
To learn more about our name and tagline, see Our Story.
Trauma is not just an event. Trauma is what happens in your body when you live through something overwhelming, and no one is there to help you come back to yourself.
At Velvet & Vine, trauma-informed care is our foundation, not a buzzword. Every clinician here is trained in treating trauma and complex trauma (C-PTSD). We work with:
Childhood trauma
Attachment wounds
Medical trauma
Religious trauma
Systemic and historical trauma
Vicarious and intergenerational trauma
Political trauma
Body betrayal trauma (dysphoria, fatphobia, ableism)
Sexual trauma and consent violations
We understand how trauma lives in the nervous system. That’s why we integrate somatic modalities like Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Polyvagal Theory, and body-based grounding techniques into our sessions.
We also know that trauma recovery isn’t about erasing the past—it’s about building new patterns of safety, choice, and connection.
At Velvet & Vine, queerness is not a special population. Queerness is our home base.
You don’t have to come out to us in session like it’s a crisis. You don’t have to explain your pronouns, your polyamory, your gender fluidity, your drag practice, or your chosen family.
We already speak that language.
We affirm:
Trans and nonbinary identities
Genderfluid, agender, and genderqueer experiences
All sexual orientations and relationship structures
Polyamory, non-monogamy, and kink
Sex work as valid labor
Chosen family as legitimate family
Queer joy, queer rage, queer grief, and queer love
We also know that systemic oppression shapes trauma, especially for queer and trans people. Therapy here is not apolitical. Our therapy is rooted in queer liberation.
If you are autistic, ADHD, or otherwise neurodivergent, this is a space where your brain is not a problem to fix.
We don’t force you into neurotypical coping strategies that don’t fit. We work with your rhythms, your sensory needs, your special interests, your pacing.
We understand:
Masking and burnout
Sensory overwhelm
Stimming and regulation
Executive functioning struggles
The trauma of living in an ableist world
Therapy here will meet you where you are neurologically, not ask you to perform “normal.”
We believe in therapy that is backed by science, but delivered with softness.
That means using modalities like:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Process-Oriented Therapy
Somatic grounding and regulation skills
We also believe in tracking progress together so you can see how your healing unfolds over time. That might look like:
Collaborative goal setting
Regular check-ins on symptoms, nervous system regulation, and quality of life
Using validated measurement tools—but never as the only measure of success
Your healing is your own. We’ll honor both the data and the deeper shifts that can’t always be measured.
Pleasure is healing.
We are a sex-positive therapy practice, which means:
We don’t pathologize kink, BDSM, or nontraditional sexual expression
We honor your relationship with desire, even if it’s complicated by trauma
We support survivors in reclaiming intimacy after assault or abuse
We validate sex workers as people deserving of full-spectrum mental health care
We deconstruct purity culture, sexual shame, and heteronormative scripts
Whether you are exploring new expressions of sexuality, healing from harm, or reconnecting with your own body after trauma, this is a space where your sexual self is welcome, not silenced.
We live in a world that demands constant resilience. We choose radical softness instead.
What does that mean?
You don’t have to be “productive” in your healing
You don’t have to get over your trauma on a timeline
You don’t have to perform competence or perfection here
Softness is not weakness. It’s a radical act of reclaiming your humanity.
We will sit with you in grief, rage, numbness, or joy. We will help you rest, not just survive. We will honor your right to feel it all.
We are not a “quick fix” therapy practice. We offer depth-oriented, relational care.
That means:
Exploring how your early relationships shaped your nervous system
Understanding how trauma impacts attachment and trust
Working with symbolic, imaginal, and somatic material—not just words
Building a therapeutic relationship that is real, collaborative, and grounded in trust
Therapy is not just about coping skills. It’s about making meaning, reclaiming connection, and growing into new ways of being.
At Velvet & Vine, we walk beside you as you untangle survival from shame, reclaim your body, and write new stories about who you get to be.
We believe in therapy that is:
Evidence-based and radically compassionate
Trauma-informed and politically aware
Queer-liberatory and body-affirming
Depth-oriented and consent-centered
Your healing will not look like anyone else’s. And that’s exactly right.