Mariya Javed-Payne, MSW, LICSW, LADC

Mariya Javed-Payne is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor and International Brainspotting Trainer and Consultant. She is a somatic psychotherapist and the owner of Awaken Consulting Services, a private practice and consultancy where she utilizes Brainspotting therapy and offers training and consultation on the treatment of trauma, somatic psychotherapies, psychedelic assisted therapy, anti-racism, and other relevant mental health topics. She also utilizes psychedelic medicines and non-ordinary states of consciousness such as ketamine, cannabis, shamanic tools, energy healing, and breathwork with somatic therapy and Brainspotting. She offers therapy intensives for complex PTSD and addictions, where clients work with her for multiple hours a day for a number of days to get to the root of traumatic experiences. Mariya has courageously supported and trained many teams of physicians, therapists, psychiatrists, and social workers to embody attunement and provide trauma-responsive, anti-oppressive counseling and addiction therapies to people and communities in need of healing. She is also a sought out speaker and trainer in the realms of working with trauma in the body, decolonizing, and returning to our Earth based wisdom traditions.