
CHARLOTTE BLOOM, MA, LMHCA
Charlotte provides LGBTQIA+ mental health therapy, gender-affirming mental health therapy, and works with individuals who no longer live with their family of origin. She's a student of trauma-informed therapies as well as interpersonal neurobiology (the intersection of relationships, mind, brain, and body).
She is polyam, kink, and queer-affirming as well sex and body positive.
Charlotte taught literature for a number of years before completing her Master's in Counseling Psychology from Seattle University. She is currently preparing for a doctorate to help train the next generation of therapists.
Charlotte is trained in Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Charlotte is influenced by the work of Susan McConnell (the pioneer of Somatic IFS); Pat Ogden; Martha Sweezy; Alice Miller; Sue Johnson; Judy Herman and other feminist pioneers of psychotherapy. Charlotte is also heavily influenced by the philosophy of bodyworker Jill Ableson (who developed a model of somatic psychotherapy influenced by Ogden's work and research).
*Charlotte is under the clinical supervision of Sivie Suckerman, MA, LMHC, ACS