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Shannon Conover, LSCSW (she/her)

Therapist | EMDR Practitioner | Compassionate, Grounded, and Client-Centered

Shannon believes that healing begins with connection. She understands how shame, trauma, and life’s hardest experiences can make people feel alone or stuck and she creates a therapeutic space where those stories can be met with compassion instead of judgment.

Shannon works with adults navigating trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. With training in EMDR and a warm, grounded presence, she helps clients gently uncover what’s been holding them back so they can move toward clarity, confidence, and emotional freedom.

Her approach is collaborative and deeply respectful. Shannon meets each person exactly where they are, honoring their pace and their unique lived experience. She believes that no concern is “too small” or “too much,” and that everyone deserves a space where they can feel safe, understood, and empowered to grow.

Shannon is here to walk beside you as you reconnect with your strength, your voice, and your capacity to heal.

River Ledet, LMSW (they/them)

Therapist | LGBTQIA+ & Relationship Diversity Specialist | Trauma Practitioner

River offers a therapeutic space rooted in authenticity, compassion, and curiosity. They understand how complex identity, relationships, and lived experiences shape the inner world and they create an environment where clients can explore these parts of themselves with safety and acceptance.

River specializes in collaborating with LGBTQIA+ individuals, people exploring or practicing ethical non-monogamy, and those navigating identity development, trauma, depression, anxiety, and relationship stress. With training in EMDR and a deeply affirming approach, they help clients process what feels overwhelming or stuck so they can move toward greater clarity, confidence, and self-connection.

Their work is grounded in the belief that every person deserves to be seen and respected for who they are. River meets clients with gentleness and integrity, honoring the courage it takes to show up authentically but will also challenge you where you might have blind spots. They offer space to explore your story, your relationships, and your truth at your own pace and with unwavering and authentic support.

River is committed to walking beside you as you heal, grow, and live more fully aligned with who you are.

Holly Stidham, LSCSW

Therapist | EMDR Practitioner | Trauma & Spiritual Integration

Holly brings a steady, compassionate presence to her work, creating a space where clients can feel safe, understood, and supported in their healing. She specializes in trauma care and works closely with individuals navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationship challenges, and the lingering effects of painful experiences.

As a trained EMDR practitioner, Holly helps clients process trauma gently and effectively, supporting meaningful shifts in the nervous system and emotional landscape. Her approach is grounded, attuned, and centered on each person’s unique journey.

For clients who resonate with spiritual exploration, Holly thoughtfully weaves in elements of spiritual integration—helping individuals connect with inner wisdom, purpose, and grounding practices that strengthen healing. She honors diverse belief systems and meets each person exactly where they are.

Holly believes that transformation unfolds through connection, curiosity, and compassion. She offers a supportive partnership that helps clients build resilience, deepen self-understanding, and move toward a life that feels more aligned, empowered, and whole.

Cheryl Herzog Arneill, LMSW (she/her)

Therapist | Somatic Touch Practitioner | Somatic Experiencing

Cheryl offers a deeply attuned, body-centered approach to healing. She understands that trauma often lives not only in our thoughts and memories, but also in the nervous system and that true transformation requires compassion, presence, and connection with the body’s innate wisdom.

As a Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Touch practitioner, Cheryl helps clients gently reconnect with their bodies, release stored tension, and restore a sense of safety and aliveness. Her work supports individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, chronic stress, overwhelm, and the physical symptoms that often accompany emotional pain.

Cheryl’s therapeutic style is warm, grounding, and intuitive. She creates a calm, non-judgmental space where clients can slow down, listen inward, and build a deeper relationship with themselves. Through thoughtful guidance and nervous system-informed practices, she helps clients develop resilience, regulation, and new pathways of empowerment.

Cheryl believes healing unfolds through presence and not pressure she guides her clients with steadiness, respect, and deep care as they reconnect with their strength, their body, and their capacity to heal.

Caroline Trayer, LMSW (she/her)

Therapist | EMDR Practitioner | Child, Teen & Adult Trauma Specialist

Caroline brings warmth, creativity, and deep attunement to her work with clients of all ages. With extensive experience supporting children, teens, and families, she understands how early experiences shape the nervous system—and how meaningful healing happens when young people feel safe, understood, and empowered.

As an EMDR practitioner, Caroline offers trauma-informed care that helps clients gently process difficult experiences and build resilience. She works with children, adolescents, and adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, behavioral challenges, school stress, and major life transitions. Her approach is engaging and developmentally responsive, meeting each client at their level with patience and connection.

Caroline creates a supportive environment where kids and teens can explore their feelings, strengthen coping skills, and express themselves freely. With adults, she brings the same grounded, compassionate presence—helping clients make sense of their stories, understand emotional patterns, and reconnect with their inner strength.

She believes that healing is a collaborative journey, one built on trust, curiosity, and genuine care. Caroline is dedicated to helping individuals and families feel more regulated, confident, and hopeful as they move toward healthier, more fulfilling lives.

Anissa Pfannenstiel, LSCSW (she/her)

Founder | Somatic Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapist | Retreat & Group Facilitator | Consciousness and Deep Whole-Self Healing

Anissa is the founder of Mind & Body Healing Collective and a therapist with more than two decades of experience supporting individuals through profound emotional, somatic, and spiritual transformation. Her work blends clinical expertise with presence, intuition, and deep compassion, creating spaces where people feel safe to explore the truth of who they are.

Anissa no longer offers ongoing individual therapy. Instead, she devotes her work to retreats, specialty groups, and extended therapeutic sessions designed for individuals seeking focused, accelerated healing. Her approach supports clients who feel called to go deeper and those who want concentrated, meaningful work that moves beyond traditional weekly therapy.

As a Somatic Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapist, Anissa integrates EMDR, Brainspotting, ketamine-assisted therapy, somatic healing, consciousness exploration, and trauma recovery. She specializes in guiding people through emotional release, nervous system regulation, identity expansion, and the inner transformational processes that help them live more freely and authentically.

Anissa created Mind & Body Healing Collective as a home for whole-person healing and conscious community. Her visionary leadership also shaped SomaVerse, a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy program rooted in safety, integrity, and deep internal work.

Today, Anissa focuses her energy on experiences that create lasting change through immersive retreats, group programs, and therapeutic intensives that help people reconnect with their wisdom, embody their truth, and step into a more grounded, meaningful, and alive version of themselves.

Robin Burgess, LSCSW (she/her)