Kiara AllenLicensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC (she, her)

About

You know the drill. That forced smile when you’re crumbling inside. The automatic “I’m fine” when you’re anything but. The exhausting mental treadmill of not good enough, too much, don’t rock the boat. You’re tired of performing, tired of pretending, tired of carrying emotional baggage that was never yours to begin with. Here’s the truth: you don’t need more surface-level coping strategies. You need radical honesty, starting with yourself. This is about finally showing up as you, not the polished version, not the people-pleasing version, but the real, messy, powerful human underneath all those “shoulds.” That's where I come in. I work with adults who are done playing small, exhausted by anxiety, people-pleasing, and never feeling “enough.” If you’re tired of overthinking everything and ready to stop abandoning yourself, I’m here for the deep work. Using IFS, somatic therapy, and EFT, we’ll get to the root, help you feel safe in your body, and reclaim who you really are.

Specialties