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Claire Mehling, MA, LPC – they/them 

I am a licensed psychotherapist (LA LPC #8217), certified somatic therapist, long-time embodiment facilitator, and enthusiastic teacher and trainer.  I have been doing embodiment work since 2013 and clinical mental health counseling since 2019.  I received my MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Xavier University of Louisiana. Prior to my counseling education, I engaged in two years of intensive study and training in Clinical Psychology, diagnosis, and assessment with The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, New Orleans campus.  

I was born and raised in Germany in a bi-cultural, mixed-class household and immigrated to the United States as an adolescent. I learned early on how cultural context shapes our experiences of ourselves and of the world in ways that can be both deeply enriching and severely limiting. My lifelong fascination with consciousness and the human experience fuels my passion for this work, my endless curiosity about each individual's unique reality, and my compassion for the human condition.  I am deeply interested in how we come to see ourselves and others, how we make sense of the world, how we cope with the tension between authentic being and social belonging, how the structures that initially support us can begin to limit our continued unfolding, and what becomes available as we start to challenge what we know and venture off-map.