Maya Severson, LMFT (she/her)
Expansive Relations Therapy
I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who loves working with queer individuals, couples/relationship systems, and people practicing non-monogamy. As a queer, non-monogamous person myself, I understand how meaningful it can be to have a therapist who genuinely gets the complexity, creativity, and joy that can come with building relationships outside of traditional norms.
My approach is experiential, relational, direct, and grounded in plenty of humor. With
individuals, I often draw from Internal Family Systems (IFS) and somatic approaches to
help you better understand yourself, connect with different parts of you, and feel more at
home in your body. I also have training in the NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model),
which can be especially helpful for people working through the effects of developmental
or relational trauma.
With couples and partners, I draw from Gottman Method, Pragmatic/Experiential
Couples Therapy (PET-C), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). I’m interested in
helping partners slow down stuck patterns, communicate more honestly, understand
what’s happening underneath conflict, and build relationships that feel more connected
and authentic.
Whether you’re navigating relationship challenges, exploring your identity or relationship
structure, working through old patterns, or simply wanting a deeper understanding of
yourself, I aim to create a space where you can be fully yourself, without judgment or
the expectation that you need to have everything figured out before you walk through
the door.
I also offer extended/deep dive sessions for both couples and individuals, starting at
90minutes and going up to 4 hours a day for those wanting to have more spaciousness
in the therapy space.
As a person outside of being a therapist I enjoy hanging out with my two cats, Chappell
and Florence, playing gay kickball on Sundays and I love all things astrology and tarot.