Inclusive Healing For Personal & Community Transformation
Are you Someone Who….
Feels like life has shifted beneath your feet, and you're no longer sure who you are?
Have you always been the strong one, the high-achiever, the caretaker but now you’re running on empty?
Is going through a life transition like embracing your culture, exploring & accepting your queer identity, moving to a new place or beginning to unpack the impacts of racism & unlearn harmful patterns?
Is stepping into a new role, whether it’s parenting a toddler after raising an infant, starting a new job, or navigating another big change?
Whether you’re adjusting to a major life shift or managing ongoing stress and emotional overwhelm, you’re not alone. And you don’t have to navigate it alone either.
Life may leave you feeling anxious, emotionally exhausted, and unsure how to assert your needs; which may pop up while you’re navigating life. Together, we can honor all parts of this journey so you can reconnect with yourself and step into this next chapter.
In our work together, you’ll rediscover your voice, reclaim your boundaries, and begin building a life that actually feels like yours.
Services Offered
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In our initial consultation, we'll explore if we align to support your goals, growth and challenges. This is a space for you to ask questions and discern how therapy can support your journey.
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Individual therapy sessions are tailored to your unique needs and provide a safe, confidential space for self-reflection and growth.
My primary focus is ensuring you own all of who you are, the messy and the magnificent, utilizing authenticity, acknowledging all parts of you, and being in a space of inclusivity. My compassionate approach is designed to empower you toward lasting change and emotional resilience.
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Group therapy provides a unique opportunity to connect with others who may be facing similar challenges, fostering shared growth and understanding. Each group is carefully facilitated to create a safe and respectful space where members can explore their concerns, build new coping skills, and develop meaningful connections with others.
These are skill based groups utilizing CBT-cognitive behavioral therapy, with a mix of a bottom up approach and somatic experiential therapy.
Each group will be advertised individually; please check for current offerings to find one that aligns with your goals and needs. -
Sacred Self Series: This is a 4 week Therapeutic skills group designed to help you recognize patterns that keep you stuck, stop abandoning your own needs in the process, and begin building a life rooted in self-trust, compassion and intentional choice.
Through evidence based therapeutic interventions, guided reflection, art therapy and opportunities to practice skill in/out of group. We'll explore patterns, learn emotion regulation skills in conjunction to somatic therapy skills for your nervous system, while apply self-compassion, boundaries, values and intentional action.Breaking Generational Patterns parenting Group:
A focus on conscious parenting, managing stress/triggers and improving communication skills and your overall relationship.Accepting LGBTQIA2+ Identity: later in life acceptance, building community and breaking down internal homophobia
Starting a private practice as an LPC:The information you didn’t get from grad school!
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Virtual Telehealth Group, for those who want to recognize patterns that keep you stuck, stop abandoning your own needs in the process, and begin building a life rooted in self-trust, compassion and intentional choice.
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Community engagement helps to demystify therapy by providing access to skills, explaining how therapy works, addresses common concerns/topics and challenges gaps in services.
Sometimes access to mental health education or services is not readily available due to barriers to treatment including:
Finances
Limited resources
Time
Stigma/uncertainty about effectiveness
Potential emotional barriers
Community members will gain these skills through psychoeducation by increasing awareness, introducing coping skills and preventative education.
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Recent presentations at Watertown Community Library and Cambridge Community Library
Topics:
Understanding the Impacts of Political Stress on Mental Health
Anxiety- What is it? Why do we have it? And what to do with it?
How to Practice Anti-racism/Anti-oppressive Therapy
Coping skills 101
Group Mindfulness and Meditation
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Tell us about your event, and let's build a program that transforms our community by increasing engagement and inspiring action!
Ready To Book Your Appointment?
You don’t have to carry it all alone.
Whether you're navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, identity shifts, or relationship patterns that keep repeating ,this is a space where you can lay it down. You’ll be met with honesty, compassion, and a grounded presence.
I offer telehealth therapy for adults in Wisconsin, integrating CBT, DBT, and SE.
This is a space where you can show up as you fully are. I show up as a real person, with the understanding that you and I are multifaceted.
You can expect to feel seen, challenged, and deeply supported as we work toward healing and change that feels true to you.
See how it works by scheduling your first appointment. When you’re ready, I’m here.
-Alesia Garthwait LPC NCC CSTIP SACIT
My Approach
“I work with adults who are navigating major life transitions. Many of the people I work with are recovering people-pleasers who’ve lost touch with their own needs after years of trying to do everything “right” both in survival and approval. My practice is influenced by commitment to social justice and inclusivity. I believe in fostering open and honest dialogue about the complexities of human relationships, systemic oppression and racism whether with yourself, others, or the larger systems.
I offer skills & resources that blend depth, honesty and sensitivity, guiding you through the intricacies of healing with confidence and understanding.
Using evidence based practices alongside somatic approaches, I empower individuals to cultivate personal wellness and deeper connection back to their physical body. My therapeutic approach integrates Somatic Experiential (SE) techniques, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), as a Certified Sex Therapy Informed Practitioner, along with guided mindfulness and meditation."- Alesia Garthwait LPC NCC CSTIP SACIT
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I am a relational, identity-affirming, and transition-focused therapist who holds space for people navigating big emotional shifts, identity development, and burnout from chronic over-functioning.
My style blends warmth and emotional attunement with a social justice and identity-conscious lens.
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I work with clients who are often the "strong ones"—caretakers, high-achievers & folks carrying invisible loads—who are now hitting an emotional wall and questioning who they are outside of these roles.
I help clients unpack layers of cultural, social, and emotional conditioning, including:
Racial identity work / decolonizing narratives
Queer identity exploration and affirmation
Burnout recovery from caregiving and people-pleasing roles
Life transitions (parenting stages, career changes, post-breakup/divorce, etc.)
Boundary setting and voice reclamation
Self-compassion and emotional validation work
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I integrate my formal clinical training, and advanced techniques including:
Somatic awareness
Inner child work
Social justice / liberation-focused therapy
CBT/DBT for grounding and coping skills
Narrative reframing
Parts work
Body positivity work
Sexual wellness
