Welcome! I’m Ava Dasya Rasa, MSW, MA, LCSW-C. I am a Transpersonal NeuroSomatic Psychotherapist, Certified Brainspotting Therapist & Consultant, Author, Speaker, and the Founder & CEO of Dragonfly Trauma Counseling Center, LLC. I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and Trauma-Sensitive Certified Mindfulness Therapist (MBRP). 

I am intensively trained in EMDR, Grief & Bereavement Recovery, DBT, Somatic Attachment Therapy, Religious Trauma & Spiritual Abuse, Contemplative Spirituality & Renewal. I work with developmental trauma, complex traumas, dissociative and attachment trauma injuries, and parts work & inner child healing, complicated grief, and post-traumatic growth & spirituality. I hold two graduate degrees: a Masters in Social Work and a Master of Arts in Theology. In addition, I hold a graduate Certificate from Vanderbilt Divinity School in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality. I respect all forms of diversity and work from a lens of compassionate curiosity, respectful collaboration, creative openness, and embodied presence. 

Dragonfly Trauma Counseling Center is dedicated in memory of my beloved mother, who survived many traumas in this life with resilience and learned to flourish through visible kindness, simple joy, and heartfelt gratitude.

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