Hello there! I'm Aiyla. I am a neurodivergent, autistic, queer, and disabled Somatic Therapist devoted to honoring the fullness of the human experience—messy, imperfect, tender, and powerful. My work bridges body, mind, soul, ancestry and social context to support healing that is deeply personal and collectively aware. 

I use realism, non-judgment, compassion, acceptance, and relationship to delve into all aspects of being human. I specialize in somatic integration, grief and loss, death anxiety, identity exploration, life transitions, and identity-affirming care. I’m particularly drawn to grief integration, not just in the wake of death, but in the quieter, disenfranchised losses that often go unnamed. Whether you're navigating heartbreak, deep loss, chronic illness or pain, ancestral trauma, or existential thresholds, I hold space for what’s been lost, what’s still becoming, and what remains. 

My therapeutic approach is inclusive, trauma-informed, person-centered, and relational, grounded in somatic, existential, and humanistic traditions. I'm multiply certified across a range of healing modalities—including somatic body psychotherapy, yoga, pain reprocessing therapy, trauma-informed mindfulness, ethical touch, and death work. This allows me to offer care that is integrative, embodied, and responsive to your unique needs while also practicing decolonized therapeutic work through a culturally humble lens. 

I work with everything from life to death and beyond, honoring ancestral history and belief systems, supporting in unraveling decades of pain and generational trauma, facilitating the confrontation of one's mortality, honoring and exploring the process of grieving, integrating and releasing. My ultimate goal is to support you in transforming your relationship to self and others into a fully lived experience.    

I believe in working collaboratively, with deep respect for your autonomy, inner wisdom, and lived experience. I don’t shy away from the gritty, uncomfortable or shadowy places, we can go there together, at your pace. Therapy with me is not about “fixing” you, but about reconnecting with or (re)discovering the wholeness that’s already there.