Audra Carmine (she/her)

My Background and Approach

I earned my Masters degree in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University, and am certified in Somatic EMDR from the Embody Lab as well as Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga levels 1-3—both trainings led by Dr. Arielle Schwartz. I completed an 8 month training with Thomas Hubel on Ancestral Healing and Trauma, and a 16 week Breathwork course with Breathworker and author Jennifer Patterson. I also am a certified meditation teacher through Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s two year intensive training program.

My Values as a Therapist

My practice is rooted in an ethos of love, connection, kindness, & compassion. It is often our disconnection from care that leads us toward dis ease, anxiety, & that unbearable feeling of wanting to crawl out of our own skin. It is our reconnection with loving kindness that heals us. Our stories of anxiety and trauma are suddenly less alone. Therapy is, at its most essential, two individuals in a caring relationship. I have learned through years of therapy myself that I am deserving of love simply because I exist--and so are you. We get hurt by people, so we must heal with people. Therapy is a brilliant container in which to grow and remember who we really are. Without it, I would not be here. I would still be exhausting myself trying to get the love I so desperately wanted. Therapy is not the only way to grow and heal; however, it is a really clear, accessible, and effective path toward self-actualization, a more interesting life, strong boundaries, & love.