Lunden Abelson

(she/her)

Hi, I'm Lunden — a holistic somatic trauma therapist and healer.

I believe each of us is wired to survive, but all of us can learn how to thrive. The coping strategies that carry us through hardship are lifesaving in the moment — it's only later, when the threat has passed, that they can keep us stuck in survival rather than allowing us to thrive. When given the space to tend to our wounds, each of us can heal and return to our true nature.

I offer holistic, evidence-based trauma services to individuals, families, and groups — integrating mind, body, and spirit through a range of therapeutic approaches, with a strong emphasis on personal and creative expression.

I believe all things are interconnected. When individuals heal, relationships function better, families operate with more ease, and our communities become more whole.

What I believe

I believe we all are deserving of ease and wellness in our being. 

I believe in offering sound evidenced based treatment.

I believe in respecting boundaries and in clear communication. 

I believe we are each others keeper.

I believe that BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and PWD lives matter. 

History and Land Acknowledgment

We must honor the history of the land and of this country in order to disentangle our soles from the trauma and atrocities that have been committed here at the personal and systemic levels. I believe trauma therapy must be actively engaged in anti-racism and decolonization of our systems, techniques and language in our efforts to heal and no longer perpetuate the same trauma we try to heal from.  

I honor the Lenape and other Indigenous caretakers of the land, air and waters which I now have the deep honor to steward, live and work. To those who lived here before, those who reside here now, as well as the generations to come. I have signed the Treaty of Renewed Friendship committing myself to faithfully steward, celebrate, nurture and protect the spirit that resides as part of these lands.

Qualifications

Licensed Counselor in PA and NJ

All of my education is rooted in a mind, body, spirit approach so you can heal your whole self.

Mind

Interpersonal Neurobiology

Attachment Therapy

Parts Work

EFT and EMDR

Body

Authentic Movement

Somatic and Movement Therapy

Breath-work and Yoga

Mindfulness and Mindful Parenting

Spirit

Nature Therapy

Creative Arts Therapy

Sand Tray Therapy

Play therapy