I’m Crystle Lampitt, LSCSW. I’m a licensed therapist, a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and a trauma specialist. I’m also the person who, in her twenties, was waking up at 3 a.m. to deliver the morning news live-on air and slowly realizing the version of success I’d built didn’t fit me anymore. I was diagnosed with three autoimmune illnesses, and realized I couldn’t keep soothing my symptoms with six cups of coffee per day (with that delightful shelf-stable powder creamer from the break room), while running on minimal sleep and zero physical movement (unless, of course, it was running from one video shoot to another).

I went back to school at thirty. I’ve been a trauma therapist ever since. Along the way I gave a TEDx talk (live over Zoom, mid-pandemic, which was its own absurd character-building exercise), I trained in NARM, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing (and more! Are we ever really done with trauma trainings?), and built a private practice around helping people get out of “survival mode” so they can build the lives they want. My personal trauma work immensely helped my own chronic physical symptoms and I was astounded at how well our bodies can heal when provided with the right conditions.

My orientation is somatic, relational, and trauma-informed. I think most of what we call “stuck” self-sabotage patterns are intelligent adaptations from a nervous system that learned to keep us safe. I think clinicians, of all people, deserve spaces where we can apply that same lens to ourselves. Do the “right conditions” have to be gorgeous global destinations in order to prevent burnout and improve nervous system regulation (and therefore professional learning)? Of course not! But it helps 🙂