Leigh Shaw, LICSW
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with a private practice called the Inner Counsel, PLLC in Seattle, WA.
I have specialized training and experience in:
Somatic (body based) approaches including EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, mindfulness
Psychedelic Integration support
Strengths-based trauma recovery
Disordered eating and body image distress recovery from an anti-oppression and Health At Every Size lens
My Approach
I am a lover of nature, an avid learner, a born southerner and a lifelong theater kid with a love for writing and performance. I came into the field of therapy by way of my own recovery and journey home through learning to be more present, exploring self in community, attuned movement (and later yoga teacher training) and so many profound experiences of remembering wholeness through creativity, inner work and the attuned care and support of others. It’s hard to think of a more rewarding way to spend a work day than to support folx finding their own way home to themselves and each other. Areas of special interest : mind-body re-connection, spiritual and psychedelic exploration and integration, creative process, laughter as medicine, creating personal ritual and practice in daily life.
Offered modalities depend on the type of support being sought by a client but all my work includes a healthy dose of psychoeducation and neuroscience - I love helping folx learn about their own mind-body connection to support them stepping into the empowerment of being their own healer. For specific and short term therapy I employ brief solution-focused and EMDR. Other more process-based modalities include: Sensorimotor psychotherapy, strengths-based parts work and creative arts integration. I am excited to work with clients interested in psychedelic integration and am trained in psychedelic assisted therapy with the Beckley Academy and am a trained KAP (ketamine assisted psychotherapy) therapist.
Certifications & Trainings
• EMDR trained with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, 2024
• Beckley Certified Psychedelic Assisted Therapist, 2024
• Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Clinician Training - Telos Transformational Therapies, Seattle, WA, 2023
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1
• Hakomi Somatic Therapy level 1, 2024
• 200hr Yoga Teacher Training, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
• Trained International Laughter Yoga Facilitator (2025)
DEGREES
• BA in Theater and Performance from University of Texas at Austin, 2008
• Masters of Social Work from University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2016
LICENSE
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, WA State
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