Tatianah  Thunberg, LMSW

My Clinical Practice

I began my clinical practice 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 had the privilege of working 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.

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After 15 years of public service as a clinical social worker, I was laid off from my school social work position in 2011—alongside many others that year—and chose to see it as a turning point.  In that spacious pause, I deepened my exploration of 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 a full-time private practice in Ann Arbor, where I continue to offer holistic psychotherapy for adults and couples, along with somatic and expressive arts-based workshops and retreats.

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

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I am a lifelong learner, continually evolving through study and through relationship with my beloveds, clients, teachers, and the sacred. My practice is shaped by lived experience as well as decades of clinical training. I’m most inspired by how somatic psychotherapy, Polyvagal Theory, attachment theory, parts work (IFS), compassionate communication, and ecopsychology together meet 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, as well as many early and contemporary practitioners of inner child and parts work. These frameworks support my work with couples in cultivating secure attachment, navigating rupture and repair, and practicing consent-based intimacy. Katherine Woodward Thomas has been a particularly influential guide in supporting clients through the process of conscious uncoupling.

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

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Weaving Creativity, Connection, and Care

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

I take great joy in co-creating spaces where relational aliveness, tenderness, and creative expression thrive—where the sacred becomes tangible through our shared presence. Designing and facilitating innovative group counseling programs was foundational to my clinical social work in schools, hospitals, and community agencies, where cultivating connection among peers was often the most vital intervention.

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For over three decades, I’ve led experiential classes, groups, and retreats that awaken the body, soften protective patterns, and invite creativity and connection to reemerge. My facilitation experience 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 become potent teachers of trust, resilience, and transformation.

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In this chapter of my life, I design and co-lead community singing, vocal and movement improvisation workshops and retreats, and often integrate affirmative song into my clinical practice as a tool for emotional regulation, nervous system attunement, and creative empowerment.

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I center collaboration with a diverse 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.

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

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