Phoenix Jackson Licensed Somatic Therapist . She Provides remote therapy services. She is an African American masculine of center woman with medium brown complexion. She has almond eyes and a closed mouth smile. She's wearing a white button down.

What Remote Therapy with Phoenix is Like:

While having our sessions remotely, in the comfort of your own home or office we will co-create a space with you that feels warm, inviting, and safe—a space where you can show up fully, without judgment. Together, we’ll explore what’s working and what isn’t, staying present with the parts of you that long to heal. 

I listen deeply, ask thoughtful questions, and meet you where you are. My role isn’t to fix you—it’s to witness, collaborate, and support as we tend to the parts of you that have felt unseen, unheard, or alone. 

I integrate holistic therapies—including talk, play, art, movement and somatic interventions —to help you reconnect with yourself in ways that feel intuitive and right for you. With a background in research, I balance evidence-based, body-oriented, and relational approaches with liberation work and spiritual concepts, bringing awareness to wounds, choices, and the possibilities for healing. 

You get to decide what elements we explore. This is your journey, and I’m honored to walk it with you. 

Here are some of the ways I support my clients on their holistic healing process:

  • Holding space – Providing deep, attuned listening and somatic presence

  • Trauma-Informed Processing – Guiding clients through nervous system regulation, self-compassion, and negative-belief reframing and clearing.

  • Reflective Guidance – Supporting clients in gaining clarity, self-trust, and legacy-level resilience in their own journeys.

  • Conditioning - Refining the ability to recognize bodily signals, interpret their meaning, expand capacity for discomfort, and intentionally choose responses that are aligned with well-being and growth.

You can do this. I’m so excited to be with you.

Education:

I earned a graduate degree in Somatic Psychotherapy at John F. Kennedy University in 2015, which honored me as Outstanding Student of the Year. I’ve offered instruction in emergency preparedness, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and volunteered as a rape crisis counselor. I taught as an adjunct professor at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in their somatic psychotherapy department and engage in ongoing study in mindfulness and meditation practices, as well as, Somatic Abolition, and Relational Somatic Healing to activate healing potentials. My superpowers are gratitude, kindness, and love.

Therapeutic Trainings:

  • Certified Rape Crisis Counselor, DeKalb County, GA, 2006 & Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR), Alameda County, CA, 2007

  • Certified Disaster Services Instructor, City of Oakland, Communities of Oakland Respond to Emergencies, 2010

  • Master of Arts in Somatic Psychotherapy from John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, 2015

  • Ultimate Couples Therapy Toolkit, Gay Couples Center / Couples Training Center Academy, 2022

  • Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional (CIMHP) Training Course: Nutritional and Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Professionals, Leslie Korn, Ph.D., November 2022

  • Affirmative Therapy with Trans/gender Expansive Clients, Melle Browning, MFT, RECAMFT, 2023

  • Therapy with South Asian American Women, Shipra Maurya, PsyD, RECAMFT, 2023

  • Narcissistic Relationships, Emotional Abuse & Gaslighting: Treating and Empowering Survivors of Relational Trauma, Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, 2023

  • Intuition: It's Your Birthright!, Dr. Stella Park, ND, 2023, 2024

My Journey:

Even when I had everyone else fooled, I couldn’t fool myself. I have been through a lot. As a child, I witnessed things I didn’t know how to heal for a long time into adulthood. That pain shaped how I moved through the world—unsure how to care for myself, how to cultivate healthy relationships, how to set boundaries, and most of all, how to love and honor myself.

I know what it’s like to not want to go home. I know what it’s like to not want to leave home. I know what it’s like to feel outcast.

The nightmares weren’t “real,” but the insomnia was. I trudged through work that drained me, my body carrying the weight of exhaustion and unprocessed wounds. I lived at the intersections of my personal history, my Blackness, and my visible queerness, constantly aware of how I was perceived. Trauma pressed heavy on me, and for a long time, I felt hopeless. Sometimes, I still don’t know where I found the strength to choose healing. But I knew I couldn’t keep wandering in lost uncertainty.

So I turned inward. I immersed myself in daily movement practices, though it took time to find balance. I committed to healing—not just for survival, but as a gift to myself and the world. This journey led me to study martial arts, healing arts, Eastern and Western spiritual traditions, and somatic psychotherapy. Through this path, I cultivated healing gifts that I now have the privilege to share with those who seek me out. I have emerged from the grip of a painful past, and today, I stand in gratitude—for my life, for my journey, and for the opportunity to be here with you.

If you’re ready to shed the heaviness of the past, please reach out. I genuinely want to know what’s going on for you.

A Little More About Me:

Among other identities—Black American, Creole, queer, intermittently able-bodied and embodied, festival hippie-punk, lightworker, and wayshower—I’m a somatic psychotherapist working remotely.

I love growing my own food and making herbal salves. I’m passionate about writing, living well, loving well, and being well.