Isa Bogart (they/she)

I work with neurodivergent folks of all presentations, predominantly young adults ages 18 to 29 with ADHD who are looking to develop sustainable personal practices and routines to better support themselves in their lives, careers, and relationships. Not only do I offer practical support in our sessions, I also guide my clients in processing grief, shame, and trauma surrounding their neurodivergence. Additionally, as an individual with ADHD, I personally connect with folks working on this!

I spent the first 5 years of my mental health career working with individuals impacted DV, IPV, and sexual violence both on college campuses and in DV shelter settings. I believe all survivors of this kind of trauma deserve a therapeutic space that centers their needs, feelings, autonomy, and joy. My approach when working with clients who are survivors is to offer tangible skills for coping with trauma, as well as deeper trauma processing and integration.

To me, to be a therapist who specializes in working with depression means to feel comfortable holding space for the heavy, complex grief that goes hand in hand with living in today's world. I view depression as a genuine attempt to reckon with valid existential and ambiguous grief. Validating depression does not mean we have to tolerate distress, however. In addition to processing grief, I also support my clients in developing coping practices and routines that bring joy and connectedness.

As a trauma-centered clinician, I believe that to heal trauma, we have to process it not just in our minds, but in our bodies. By centering the ways your body feels when recounting traumatic experiences and emotions, we can integrate trauma on a deeper level that activates your parasympathetic nervous system, leading to longer-lasting feelings of peace. The concept of Somatic Therapy may sound intimidating, but I promise we will go at a pace that builds safety and attunement with your body!

Have you ever felt like there are "parts" of you? Or maybe in a moment of stress or conflict, you've felt a younger version of yourself come up? Internal Family Systems describes this experience as our mind's natural way of holding the multiplicities of ourselves, including ourselves throughout the years, our experiences, our opinions, and our emotions. I utilize IFS to support my clients in identifying parts of themselves that want to be heard, soothed, and given compassion.

I am a feminist before I am a therapist. I believe that mental health is political, and that in order to be supportive, counselors must consistently weave racial justice and social justice into their work. This looks like asking processing global atrocities with my clients, naming systemic oppression when it shows up in the therapeutic space or in my client's experiences, supporting my clients in unlearning internalized forms of supremacy or oppression, and being clear and open about my values.