Leah M. Holle

---

Working Together In Therapy:What You Can Expect

Starting therapy can feel like a big step. My hope is that from the very beginning, you feel like you’re not doing this alone. I bring clinical experience and specialized training in trauma-informed, identity-affirming care—but you bring something just as important: your story, your insight, and your capacity for healing. Our work is a partnership, not a hierarchy.

My Approach

The foundation of my practice is simple:
You deserve a space where all parts of you are safe, seen, and honored.

I specialize in working with people who have experienced:

• Religious or spiritual trauma
• Eating disorders and disordered eating
• Body shame, body image distress, and recovery from diet culture
• Complex trauma and PTSD
• LGBTQIA+ identity exploration, stressors, and minority stress

Many clients come to therapy because their previous experiences were shaming, invalidating, or rooted in systems that didn’t understand the intersections between trauma, identity, faith, and the body. My goal is to build something different.

How We’ll Work Together

There’s no single “right” way to heal, so we’ll take time to figure out what works for you. Our sessions might pull from talk therapy, EMDR, ART, somatic techniques, mindfulness, or other trauma-responsive approaches—always at your pace and always with your consent.

Our work will focus on:

• Emotional safety and connection
• Expanding self-compassion and body trust
• Developing coping strategies that fit your life—not a textbook
• Reclaiming rest, pleasure, creativity, and joy—not just reducing symptoms

If something isn’t working, I want to know. Therapy should feel like a space where you can exhale and be real, not a space where you need to perform or prove progress.

What Clients Often Appreciate

I’m frequently told that I:

• Understand the nuance of religious trauma without judgment toward faith or non-faith
• Approach eating disorder recovery through a liberation-based and anti-oppressive framework
• Offer LGBTQIA+-affirming care that is rooted in cultural and clinical competency, not just “tolerance”
• Balance gentleness and directness depending on what feels grounding and helpful
• Allow humor and humanity to be part of the healing process

I’m not here to “fix” you. I’m here to help you reclaim the parts of yourself that trauma tried to silence.

Your Role

You don’t need to have the right words. You don’t need to know where to start. You don’t need to be “ready” in a polished or confident way.

Your job is simply to show up as you are—curious, overwhelmed, hopeful, exhausted, unsure, open, guarded… all of it is welcome. Right now, I only offer virtual appointments for individuals that live in Connecticut. If you are interested in working together, feel free to reach out to me for availability.

• Mail

---