a safe place to rest your soul
Therapist • Retreat Guide • Soul Excavator
Where therapy becomes ritual
Where science meets soul.
Where healing becomes sacred.
Where your truth is safe to rise.
This is more than therapy —
it’s a reclamation.
Specialties
EMDR
Hypno-therapy
Hypno-therapy
A structured therapy that encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories. emdr
Hypno-therapy
Hypno-therapy
Hypno-therapy
Hypnotherapy is an amazing way to reprogram those old thoughts and feelings about yourself that no longer serve you. These can easily be holding you back from the life you desire. Past Life Regression Hypnotherapy is another excellent way to gain insight in counseling.
KAP
Hypno-therapy
KAP
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy uses ketamine in a therapeutic counseling setting to assist healing. KAP is an excellent tool to help drop the ego and more easily gain insight to issues, traumas, memories and false beliefs that could be standing in your way of living the life of your dreams. KAP requires a medical exam, prescription, pre-work and follow up integration sessions to process information gained while under the substance. Ketamine is considered a psychedelic controlled substance. It is legal.
Discovering Peace with Acudetox
Acudetox
AcuDetox is a treatment method that can provide symptom relief during the withdrawal management phase of recovery. This adjunct therapy entails the use of acupuncture to help reduce the severity of withdrawal symptoms, thus the name, AcuDetox.
A trained acupuncturist gently inserts the needles into the five regions in the ears. The needles are left in the ear for 45 minutes to an hour while the patient relaxes comfortably in a chair. Treatments can be offered in a group setting or individually.
Acudetox Benefits
The benefits will begin to appear minutes after the needles are inserted. This is due to the stimulation of the particular sites in the ear, which causes a release of the feel-good chemicals called endorphins. The person will feel a sense of calm come over them almost immediately.
AcuDetox has shown several benefits related specifically to substance withdrawal support. These include:
- Reduces substance cravings
- Reduces the severity of withdrawal symptoms
- Reduces symptoms of anxiety
- Reduces substance dependency
- Improves sleep quality
- Improves concentration
- Improves substance treatment retention
Acudetox Mental Health Benefits
In addition to the substance recovery benefits, AcuDetox has some mental health benefits as well. Many in recovery also struggle with comorbid anxiety, PTSD, or ADHD, all conditions that can benefit to some extent from auricular acupuncture.
Certain insertion points in the ear help produce an inner sense of quiet and peacefulness. This assists people with these co-occurring conditions by reducing the following symptoms:
- Hyperactivity
- Insomnia
- Panic attacks
- Fear
- Sweating
- Mood swings
- Attention deficit disorders
Acudetox is a reset for the central nervous system It is nearly impossible for our bodies to work efficiently when we are living in fight or flight
What is a session like with me
Stepping into my office is stepping into sanctuary.
For 50 minutes, the world slows down — the diffuser hums softly, a hint of sage lingers in the air, crystals catch the light, and plants breathe alongside us. This is a space designed for your nervous system to settle and for your truth to rise.
Slip off your shoes.
Wrap up in a blanket if it helps your body soften.
The tea pot is warm and waiting.
And then… you talk.
I want to hear everything, all the parts you’ve spoken out loud and the parts you’ve never dared to, even to your closest friend.
Because the bond we build here matters.
It’s powerful.
It’s sacred.
It’s the foundation that allows real healing to unfold.
When you choose a therapist, you’re choosing someone to witness your shadows, your stories, your patterns, your becoming. That trust is not lost on me. It's important that we align. Vibe.
In our work together:
I will teach you how to understand your inner world.
I will guide you back into your body, back into safety, back into yourself.
I will listen deeply, fully, without judgment.
I will help you fall in love with yourself, in love with your life, and in love with the parts of you you thought were unlovable.
And yes, I will also ask you to face some truths.
I may hold up a mirror you don’t always want to look into… but on the other side of that reflection is the freedom you’ve been seeking.
My intention is simple:
For you to feel welcome, safe, and profoundly heard — and for your healing to be real, embodied, and lasting.
It is super easy!
Click the 'Book Now' button below which will take you to the online client portal and you can schedule now.
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913-488-3663
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Payment
Birdsong is a self pay provider, meaning she does NOT accept insurance as payment and you will be required to pay at the time of your appointment
Therapy can be short-term, navigating a tough transition, or ongoing self-development; either way, it's going to take time.
Please note that beginning 1/1/2021 clients will be required to pay via cash, Venmo or credit card at the time of the appointment. HSA cards are also accepted.
2026 Fee Update
Beginning in 2026, my standard session fee for new clients will be $180.
Current clients will continue at their existing rate as long as they remain active in care. Clients who go more than three months without scheduling will return at the current new-client rate when they resume.
Thank you for honoring the value of this work and the commitment it requires.
Payment due at time of appointment
Talk Therapy - Online or In Office: $180/50 min
Acudetox is an additional $25 (cash) add-on service
90 Minute Acudetox + Talk Therapy: $270
Hypnotherapy: $400/two hour session
EMDR $400/ two hour session
Psychedelic Integration session: $180/hr
Cash, Check Venmo & Credit Cards accepted
What clients are saying
Truly a light in the darkness!
I found Dawn at one of the darkest times of my life and she definitely helped me save myself. She is the only therapist I've ever felt comfortable enough with to fully open up. She listens to understand and she truly cares. She is kind and compassionate, yet awesome enough to push you in the right direction. I can't imagine where I would be if I hadn't have found her. If you're feeling lost and alone, reach out to Dawn. You will thank yourself that you did.
~Bob
As a young mom coming out of an abusive relationship 12 years ago I met Dawn. She was a student then. She changed my life. My favorite Dawn quote is you don't go all the way home because of a flat tire. You stop, change it and keep going. Now I live all the way in Ohio and my daughter is Dawn's patient. She is the most compassionate, insightful person I have ever known in my 35 years and now she is changing my daughter's life. If you are ready to get better, she is who you want.
~ RK
Dawn has a open, direct, conversational approach to counseling that immediately put me at ease. My life was unraveling, as bad as it could possibly get, and she gave me hope. She related to me personally, not clinically, providing a "safe" place in which to talk about some very painful things. Her insight and her ability to point out destructive patterns, and how to break those cycles has turned my life around.
~rmm
So many couples struggle behind closed doors in their marriages and don't want to ask for help. Dawn helped me through my divorce. She is not your "typical" counselor! She is...cool. Non-judgy. Comfortable. I am a better wife now because of her! So if you need some marriage maintenance, or you need help getting through/past a divorce (or any traumatic event), I hightly recommend her.
~vm
Deciding to open up to someone and share your deepest, scariest thoughts is not an easy thing to do. Within minutes of meeting Dawn, I knew that I had come to the right person who could help me at a time when I was not sure what to do. Dawn is not just a wonderful listener. She is very skilled and compassionate. She draws information out in a way that made getting started in therapy very comfortable which I didn’t think was possible for me. She has keen insight and has helped me see patterns of thought that have not been beneficial for my health. Working with Dawn has helped me see more clearly how to navigate deep grief that comes from losing loved ones and also losing a bit of myself. I feel like I’m on a healing path now because Dawn has helped me have hope when I wasn’t sure there that hope was possible.
~ R.S.
I will be forever grateful we found Dawn just weeks after our daughter was stillborn. Dawn has a naturally comforting presence that makes her so easy to open up to. Not only does she have the education and professional experience but she is also incredibly approachable and warm. Our sessions felt more like I was sitting down with a (very wise) friend than meeting with a professional. Dawn provided my husband and I with practical tools and advice that helped us get through our darkest days. I don't know where we would be without her.
~ JJ
