Melissa McKenna, LCSW

My clients describe me as:

The most common comments from clients are that I am real, I'm funny, I'm easy to talk to, and I'm different (in a good way) than other therapists.

Something to know about my approach is:

Working with me you can expect a humorous and loving approach to wellness. I have experience in a full range of care healing deep trauma to a more coaching style of transformational guidance and I'll meet you where you are without judgement.

Together, we will:

I enjoy teaching strategies for regulation through somatic awareness, trauma-informed yoga, vagus nerve toning, and other “bio hacks”, and building insight with intuition and metaphors. I use a lot of IFS/parts work and EMDR, including flash.

I specialize in working with people who:

I work with people who are seeking growth and deepening, and want to know themselves deeply. I enjoy helping people come away from old outdated understandings of themselves into a more expansive reality full of possibility and return to their wisdom.

Something that stands out about where I offer therapy is:

I have a lovely little office located on the second story of a small office building in Chico. We may find ourselves on yoga mats doing work at times.

More about me and my practice:

I have witnessed incredible transformation in the lives of my clients. I’m truly honored to do this work. As a person with my own complex trauma history, I've experienced the challenges of learning regulation in my nervous system again.