Vienna Aslanian (she/her)

As a therapist for children and adults in my current and previous roles, I have worked with children, adults, and families who have been impacted by childhood trauma, intergenerational abuse/neglect, historical trauma, and traumatic events that have caused PTSD symptoms. I believe in employing a trauma-informed approach, making people feel safe, being non-judgemental, balancing boundaries with openness and flexibility, and helping people feel truly heard, understood, and cared about.

I have worked for a number of years with many clients who have suffered significant grief and loss. Whether it be the loss of a loved one due to divorce, death, separation, breakup, estrangement, trauma, abuse, or neglect, it can be hard to come to terms with the feelings of pain and loneliness that occur when you lose someone you love. I have worked with survivors who have lost a loved one due to a loved one taking their own life, and personally understand how that impacts one's mental health.

Understanding ADD and ADHD is important for any therapist who is working with a client experiencing ADD or ADHD symptoms. As a therapist I have personally been able to help identify and treat clients who have ADD and ADHD, refer them to appropriate doctors for medication management (if they desire to treat with medications), and treat them from a therapeutic perspective in therapy sessions. I understand this diagnosis thoroughly and can help you come up with the best options for treatment.

As a therapist for children and adults in my current and previous roles, I have worked with children, adults, and families who have been impacted by childhood trauma, intergenerational abuse/neglect, historical trauma, and traumatic events that have caused PTSD symptoms. I believe in employing a trauma-informed approach, making people feel safe, being non-judgemental, balancing boundaries with openness and flexibility, and helping people feel truly heard, understood, and cared about.

Understanding ADD and ADHD is important for any therapist who is working with a client experiencing ADD or ADHD symptoms. As a therapist I have personally been able to help identify and treat clients who have ADD and ADHD, refer them to appropriate doctors for medication management (if they desire to treat with medications), and treat them from a therapeutic perspective in therapy sessions. I understand this diagnosis thoroughly and can help you come up with the best options for treatment.

As a trained and trauma-informed trauma therapist, I focus on making you feel emotionally and physically safe during sessions. I pride myself in helping you trust me and helping you feel that I can be relied upon for ethical and supportive treatment. I collaborate with you to help you decide what you want, and I believe you are the expert on your own life.

I enjoy using psychodynamic therapy with clients because it helps me work with you on increasing your self-awareness and make connections on how your past experiences may be influencing your current actions, interpretations, and emotions. I approach this with empathy in mind and work on putting myself in your shoes. I refrain from judgement and work on helping you find solutions that feel right for you personally. We explore thoroughly your past and present to help you heal and progress.

As a DBT trained therapist, I have encountered some limitations of the treatment and have educated myself on better treatment approaches, which is why I have been trained on and have been using Radically Open DBT in my practice. This RO DBT focuses on being flexible and adaptive to new or challenging circumstances, being open to new experiences, and focusing on being social connections and intimacy. Helping you feel more open and connected to others can be a powerful healing force in your life.

Vienna is passionate about her work providing therapy to children, teens and families, where she utilizes Family Systems techniques to understand and reconcile disconnect within family dynamics.

Vienna enjoys teaching and utilizing the DBT skills of mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness and emotional regulation, as well as the CBT skills of identifying and replacing self-defeating beliefs and behaviors. Vienna assists clients in developing their skills in the realms of vulnerability, self-compassion and self-care.