About Isobel Aitken, L.C.S.W.
Therapy can be a strange thing to begin. You’re sitting down with someone you don’t know and being asked, eventually, to let them into parts of your life that may have felt private, confusing, painful, or difficult to put into words.
I don’t take that lightly.
I specialize in treating complex trauma, including childhood abuse and neglect, emotional and relational trauma. I work with a variety of concerns, which often include those related to identity and self-concept, shame and self-worth, emotional reactivity/suppression, anxiety, dissociation, and relationship patterns.
My role is not to tell you who you are or who you should become. It is to support the capacity for healing, connection, and growth that is already yours.
What I bring to the therapeutic relationship
My approach is rooted in collaboration, curiosity, and a willingness to be a real person in the room with you.
I will ask about your pets, share in your humor, and answer your questions honestly and directly.
I will also show up ready to explore with you. I’m interested in slowing down to notice what’s happening beneath the surface, and to witness the parts of you that have been waiting to come up for air.
I see therapy as a partnership. I bring training, perspective, and curiosity; you bring the lived experience of being you.
Together, we work toward greater understanding, resolution, connection, and freedom.
What you probably won’t find here…
I’m not interested in positioning myself as the expert on your own experience.
I also tend not to rely heavily on worksheets, structured homework, or a long list of coping skills aimed at helping you manage symptoms without understanding what is underneath them.
And I’m not particularly good at being emotionally removed from the work.
Therapy is a relationship, and I believe genuine emotional presence matters. You can expect me to be engaged with you, responsive to what is happening between us, and willing to sit with the parts of your experience that may feel messy, contradictory, uncomfortable, or difficult to explain.
A little about me
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and trauma therapist providing virtual therapy to adults in Florida and Colorado.
I’m drawn to this work because I’m endlessly interested in the ways people adapt, protect themselves, make meaning, and find their way back to themselves.
Outside of the therapy room, I value movement, humor, good conversation, and time that feels unhurried. I believe there is something deeply meaningful about being able to feel more present in your own life — not just during the big moments, but in the ordinary ones too.
Education & Licensing
Master of Social Work, Florida Atlantic University
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Florida #SW 21123
Colorado #CSW.09932766
Advanced Training
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
The Integrated EMDR & IFS Model: Level 2
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