Tatianah  Thunberg, LMSW

My Clinical Practice

I began my clinical work in 1996 during my first graduate internship and have been devoted ever since to the art and science of building secure, attuned relationships. Over the years, I’ve worked with children, adolescents, adults, elders, couples, and groups in a wide range of settings—from mental health and substance abuse clinics to K–12 schools, community colleges, private practice, yoga studios, and retreat centers.

 

After 15 years of public service as a clinical social worker, I was laid off from my school position in 2011—one among many that year—and chose to receive it as a turning point. In the spacious pause that followed, I deepened into somatic healing arts. I studied Thai Yoga Massage, continued teaching Hatha and partner yoga, and began offering workshops and retreats that bridged body-based practice with creative expression.

 

By 2012, I transitioned into full-time private practice in Ann Arbor, where I continue to offer holistic psychotherapy for adults and couples, as well as somatic and expressive arts–based workshops and retreats.

 

My approach to healing the impact of complex trauma—developmental, generational, relational, institutional, and systemic—is interdisciplinary. I’m part scientist, part mystic. I keep pace with emerging research that strengthens psycho-neurobiology and relational capacity, while honoring ancient wisdom traditions that guide us back to presence, spaciousness, and belonging. These paths aren’t linear or hierarchical—they unfold together, sparked by loving relationship.

 

I am a lifelong learner, shaped by my own lived experience, my beloveds, my clients, my teachers, and the sacred. My clinical work is most deeply influenced by somatic psychotherapy, Polyvagal Theory, attachment theory, parts work (IFS), compassionate communication, and ecopsychology—all supporting the developmental needs of individuals and couples in distress.

 

As a couples therapist and coach, I’ve studied with a wide range of pioneering teachers, including Sue Johnson, the Gottman Institute, Harville and Helen Hendrix, Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, Julia Colwell, Deb Dana, Esther Perel, Terry Real, Maureen Gallagher, Betty Martin, and Robyn Dalzen, along with many early and contemporary practitioners of inner child and parts work. These frameworks shape my work with couples as they cultivate secure attachment, navigate rupture and repair, and practice consent-based intimacy. Katherine Woodward Thomas has been an especially influential guide in supporting conscious uncoupling.

 

If you are seeking therapeutic support, you are welcome to reach out for psychotherapy, couples therapy, or uncoupling with compassion.

 

Weaving Creativity, Connection, and Care

 

My creative life is inseparable from my healing practice. I am a devoted community weaver and believe gathering is essential medicine in these fractured times. When we come together, we see one another’s beauty, open to shared vulnerability, and co-create a field where relational and artistic resonance can blossom.

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I take great joy in shaping spaces where relational aliveness, tenderness, and creativity thrive—where the sacred becomes tangible through our shared presence. Designing and facilitating experiential group counseling programs was foundational to my work in schools, hospitals, and community agencies, where connection among peers was often the most vital intervention.

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For more than three decades, I’ve led classes, groups, and retreats that awaken the body, soften protective patterns, and invite creativity and connection to reemerge. My facilitation spans experiential group counseling, community singing, vocal improvisation, Hatha yoga, Thai massage, ecstatic dance, and ceremony. My early training in adventure challenge programs and outdoor leadership continues to shape my work, where nature and healthy risk-taking serve as potent teachers of trust, resilience, and transformation.

In this chapter of my life, I design and co-lead community singing events, vocal and movement improvisation workshops, and retreats—and often integrate affirmative singing practices into my clinical work as tools for emotional regulation, nervous system attunement, and creative empowerment.

 

I collaborate with a wide network of expressive and healing artists who share my commitment to embodied presence and soulful creativity. Co-creation expands the field of possibility, weaving a living ecosystem of voices, visions, and healing practices.

 

If you’re curious about upcoming gatherings, visit the Let’s Sing Together page to learn more.

 

Healing unfolds in many ways—through voice, through body, through relationship—always through presence.

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