About Me
Hi, I’m Devan Kennedy (they/them).
My role as a therapist is not to fix, correct, or push people through healing. It’s to offer steadiness, clarity, and collaboration — especially when emotions feel intense, confusing, or hard to contain.
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and trauma therapist based in Texas. My work is grounded in trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware care.
I’m drawn to this work because I care deeply about helping people make sense of their emotional experiences without shame, punishment, or punitive framing. That commitment is what guides how I show up in the therapy space.
How I Show Up in the Work
I work in a way that is consent-led, paced, and collaborative. Nothing is forced, rushed, or done without your agreement. You set the pace, the focus, and the depth, and we adjust together as your needs shift.
I pay close attention to the nervous system and to how past experiences continue to show up in the present — often through emotions, body sensations, or reactions that don’t feel fully under conscious control. My work is grounded in curiosity rather than judgment, and in understanding rather than control.
I work from a non-carceral, anti-oppressive framework that recognizes how systems, power, and lived experience shape mental health. Care is not one-size-fits-all, and healing does not require compliance.
What matters most to me is that therapy feels safe enough to be honest.
Training & Background
I am trained in EMDR and draw from trauma-informed, parts-based, and nervous-system-aware approaches. My work is informed by EMDR, DBT skills, ACT-informed values work, and somatic resourcing practices.
My Training emphasizes safety, consent, and pacing over productivity or emotional suppression. I do not work from a model that prioritizes “pushing through.”
I also do not expect people to perform therapy. You don’t need to show up regulated, insightful, or “ready.” Healing does not require compliance or endurance — it requires enough safety to be honest about what’s actually happening inside.
Alongside my therapy work, I also create gentle resources rooted in the same values that guide my clinical practice.
Beyond Therapy
The resources I create reflect the same principles I bring into therapy, with a focus on nervous system support.
They’re not a replacement for therapy or crisis care — they’re simply available as gentle support when steadiness feels helpful.
I believe that people make sense — even when their emotions don’t feel manageable yet.
My work is about helping you feel steadier, clearer, and less alone in your experience, without asking you to be different in order to be worthy of care.
Or, if you’re ready, you’re welcome to reach out.