Psychotherapy Santa Barbara

“There comes a time in your life when the life you have been living is over and you have no clue who you are becoming.” — Marion Woodman

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Jacqueline Sarah Robertson, LMFT & Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapist (LMFT #125830)

From an early age, Jacqueline felt a deep calling to understand life’s deeper questions—the nature of suffering, the resilience of the human spirit, and the healing potential hidden within pain. Her own journey was shaped by early trauma and profound loss, which followed her into adolescence and young adulthood. After a family tragedy and a life-altering accident, the call to healing became impossible to ignore. These pivotal experiences ultimately shaped her life’s purpose and professional path.

For over 17 years, Jacqueline has supported individuals and groups in a wide range of settings: private practice, hospitals, residential treatment centers, corporate wellness programs, nonprofits, and international teaching environments. She brings a trauma-informed, holistic, and integrative approach to therapy—rooted in the belief that healing is multidimensional, relational, and sacred.

Jacqueline specializes in anxiety, women’s mental health, self-esteem, trauma, grief and loss, relationship issues, nervous system regulation and psychedelic preparation and integration. Her training and experience include Somatic Psychotherapy, Attachment-Based EMDR, Hakomi Mindfulness, Buddhist psychology, Native American Medicine teachings, Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy, Dreamwork, Ecopsychology, and Holistic Nutrition. She also facilitates retreats, events, and therapeutic workshops.

Before becoming a therapist, Jacqueline followed a creative and expressive path—exploring dance, music, equine training, and journalism. At 16, she began her journey in writing and editing as part of the editorial team at The Silhouette (McMaster University), later serving as a production editor and intern. Her love of storytelling continues to inform her work today, offering a unique depth and attunement to clients' personal narratives. She holds a Bachelor’s degree with honors in History and a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University.

Deeply committed to her own healing and spiritual path, Jacqueline honors the wisdom found in grief, the strength in vulnerability, and the courage it takes to live with an open heart. She dedicates herself to practicing compassion, curiosity, and self-love—and to guiding others on their path toward inner peace, clarity, and connection.

Ariana Howell, Associate Marriage & Family Therapist (AMFT #150632)

Ariana Howell is a warm, heart-centered therapist who supports individuals and couples in cultivating self-awareness, emotional healing, and empowered living. She holds a Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy from California State University and offers a holistic, trauma-informed, and integrative approach that honors the mind-body-spirit connection.

Ariana believes healing is not about fixing what's broken—but about returning to the wholeness that has always lived within. She provides a compassionate, grounded space where clients can slow down, attune to their inner world, and navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity, courage, and self-compassion.

Her approach draws from evidence-based and body-centered modalities, including polyvagal theory, mindfulness, somatic therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and attachment-based therapy. Ariana supports clients in working through nervous system dysregulation, relational trauma, anxiety, and stuck emotional patterns with attuned and personalized care.

Deeply holistic in orientation, Ariana embraces the body as a wise partner in the therapeutic process. She integrates breathwork, body awareness, and mindfulness to support nervous system safety, emotional processing, and deeper self-connection.

She specializes in supporting clients with complex trauma, developmental trauma, anxiety, relationship and attachment issues, life transitions, identity exploration, and emotional overwhelm. Ariana has a special interest in helping individuals reconnect with their authentic self, rebuild self-worth, and live with greater purpose and connection.

Her calming presence invites safety and trust, creating a collaborative therapeutic relationship that is empowering, soulful, and deeply attuned to your inner wisdom.

Our stories deserve to be witnessed in safe, supportive spaces. In trauma-informed therapy, we hold space for your past while helping you reconnect to the present. When you feel ready to turn the page and write a new story, we invite your heart to guide you—and your body to remember who you are.

We support our clients in discovering their sacred path to healing, becoming their own teachers, and recovering the wisdom within. In our work together, we honor that you already hold the answers—and through compassionate connection, we help uncover them.

Safety, trust, and a strong therapeutic relationship are the foundation for healing from trauma, anxiety, grief, loss, and emotional pain. Together, we gently focus on what’s calling for your attention—beneath the thoughts, in the deeper layers of your being.

This work is rooted in somatic therapy, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation to support you in awakening intuition, self-compassion, and self-acceptance on a cellular level. Our goal is to help you live a more authentic, heart-centered life.

We honor your emotional defenses and survival patterns, knowing they once served you. When you feel safe, we invite space to express, release, and begin to rewrite your story with intention.

Healing is a sacred journey—one that transforms pain into purpose and brings you home to the person you were born to be: the one you're remembering now.