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The Holistic Therapist Conference 2026


A 4-day in-person experience for therapists, mental health professionals, and healers to learn integrative tools, reconnect to themselves, and expand their impact.

 

October 1st-4th, 2026  | Art Of Living Retreat Center

Boone, NC 

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We were taught that the mind is where healing happens. But we know…

 

...70% of the population has experienced trauma,
 
and the body stores trauma.
 
A regulated nervous system is essential for deep and true healing.
 
Practices like yoga, breathwork and sound healing help to regulate the nervous system.
 
Healing happens when we support all layers of the client: mind, body, and spirit.

Embodied Healing. Ethical Integration. Liberated Practice.

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More Than a Conference

This Is A Return to Wholeness

The Holistic Therapist Conference is a 3-day, in-person and virtual gathering for therapists, mental health professionals, and healers who are ready to shift the paradigm of mental health by integrating holistic, somatic, trauma-informed, and unconventional approaches into the way they live, practice, and lead.

This conference is designed to support the whole healer not just your clinical mind, but your body, your spirit, your mission, and your nervous system.

Over three intentional days, we will learn, restore, and connect in a space that honors both your personal transformation and your professional expansion. Come to be held. Come to be seen. Come to return to yourself.

The Pillars That Shape This Gathering 

SELF-CARE

Experience restorative practices and nervous system support for you, the healer

LEARNING

Integrate holistic, somatic, unconventional, & trauma-informed practices into your work

BUSINESS EXPANSION

Explore soul-aligned growth beyond the 1:1 model, in integrity and community

You’ll walk away with:

 

  • Holistic tools and frameworks you can ethically and confidently bring into your work

  • Restorative practices that nourish your nervous system and prioritize your self-care

  • New perspectives on how to expand your business beyond the therapy room

  • Connection with a community of therapists and healers doing this work in real time 

 

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Hear From Past Conference Attendees

Patrice Lanae Pickett, ACSW – California

“Hearing everyone’s experiences was inspiring. Learning more about breathwork, yoga, and holistic techniques will be applied in my practice. The speakers were excellent, and being in community with other holistic therapists felt amazing.”

Alix Amar, LCSW – GA & PA

“Opened my mind to new ideas for my practice. The conference was comprehensive and fun. Experiential sessions like Settle & Sound helped me see ways to increase these practices for myself and to introduce them to clients. I appreciated the interactive opportunities and the panel discussions."

Alexandria Stanton, LPC – Georgia

“I love how intimate this conference was. I felt comfortable meeting & networking with other therapists.”I would recommend this conference for the knowledge gained and also for the community & connection felt throughout the entire weekend.”

Meet the Founder

LeNaya Smith Crawford, The Holistic Therapist™, is a Licensed Therapist, Holistic Mental Health Educator, Business Mentor, and Wellness CEO with over a decade of experience. She helps therapists, healers, and leaders integrate holistic practices into their work, reclaim their wholeness, and build aligned, sustainable businesses.

Her passion stems from her own healing journey and is grounded in both clinical expertise and ancestral, somatic, spiritual, and holistic practices.

She is the creator of The Holistic Therapist™ Academy and founder of LSC Wellness, Kaleidoscope Therapy and Holistic Wellness, and co-founder of Seviin Yoga Studio + Yoga School. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Essence, and Bravo.

What You’ll Experience

 

Workshops on holistic, somatic, trauma-informed, and unconventional practices
→ Learn how to bring these tools into your therapy and healing work with integrity

Restorative self-care practices
→ Breathwork, yoga, and sound healing to tend to the healer within

Panel discussions with practicing holistic therapists and healing professionals
→ Real stories, real applications, real guidance

Conversations around burnout, boundaries, and business
→ Grow beyond the 1:1 model and reclaim joy and authenticity in how you serve

Optional VIP Mastermind Day 
→ Strategize how to implement what you've learned and map the next chapter of your business and brand

 Schedule Highlights

Thursday, October 1

Opening Workshop and Intention Setting

(6:00PM - 9:00PM)

Friday, October 2

Full-day of Interactive and experiential Workshops 

(9AM - 4PM)

Saturday, October 3

Full-day of Interactive and experiential Workshops and Evening Soul Care Session

(9AM - 4PM)

Sunday, October 4th

Closing Workshop and Panels

(9AM - 1PM)

VIP Mastermind (Optional)

Strategy + implementation day (For VIP Mastermind Ticket Holders ONLY).

(2PM - 5PM)

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" We're Ready For A New Paradigm Of Mental Health "

- LeNaya Smith Crawford, LMFT, The Holistic Therapist™

 

Mental health is evolving, and so must our approach to healing. In this powerful keynote, LeNaya Smith Crawford introduces The Holistic Therapist Method™, a signature framework that integrates trauma-informed care with evidence-based somatic practices like yoga, breathwork, and sound healing.Drawing from her decade of experience in the mental health and wellness space; as a licensed therapist, healer, and educator, LeNaya invites attendees to explore what it truly means to become a holistic therapist. This work goes far beyond learning new tools. It is a call to embody a new way of practicing that honors the nervous system, neuroscience, and the soul.Together, we will explore the shift from traditional models to a more embodied, expansive, and ethically aligned path. You will walk away understanding that becoming a holistic therapist is not just a professional decision. It is a paradigm shift rooted in deeper self-awareness, skill building, and community-centered care.Whether you are new to holistic work or deep in your integration journey, this keynote will expand your perspective, reaffirm your purpose, and offer a vision of mental health rooted in liberation, embodiment, and holistic expansion.

Speaker Line-Up 

 

Get ready to learn from and be guided by expert Holistic, Somatic, Trauma Informed and Unconventional Therapists!

LeNaya Smith Crawford, M.A., LMFT, ERYT‑500 

Session Title: Nourish: A Holistic Approach to Self‑Care II Session Title: Soma and Sound: Bringing the Science and Soul of Yoga, Breathwork, and Sound Healing into Clinical Practice

LeNaya Smith Crawford is a thought leader, speaker, educator, trauma-informed yoga, breathwork, and meditation teacher, sound healer, and licensed therapist helping redefine the future of mental health and healing. Through her holistic framework, she equips therapists, helping professionals, entrepreneurs, leaders, and organizations to move beyond fragmented approaches and return to wholeness by integrating every layer of who we are: physical, energetic, mental and emotional, spiritual, and communal. 

With over a decade of experience across the mental health, wellness, and entrepreneurial space, LeNaya blends her clinical expertise with evidence-informed, ancient, and holistic healing practices to bridge the worlds of science and soul. She expands the way people think about healing, leadership, self-care, and sustainable success through trauma-informed facilitation, holistic mental health education, consulting, and immersive learning experiences that inspire lasting personal and professional growth. 

Her work has been featured in The New York Times, HuffPost, Essence, and on Bravo TV. She is the founder of The Holistic Therapist, Kaleidoscope Therapy & Holistic Wellness, and Seviin Yoga & Yoga School. 

 

Dr. Shena J. Young, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist, Trauma‑Informed Yoga Teacher 

Session Title: Feel for You, Feel for Them | Embodied Presence: Bringing Trauma Informed Yoga into Therapy Practice 

Dr. Shena is a sacred being and embodiment-focused psychologist, trauma-informed yoga teacher & consultant, psychedelic-assisted therapist, and priestess. She intends to live freely and authentically; to embody her sovereignty; to be cherished and respected by her ancestors; and to honor the ritual of calling community-beloveds back into their bodies as a freedom practice. 

Her book, Body Rites: A Holistic Healing and Embodiment Workbook for Black Survivors of Sexual Trauma, is available wherever books are sold.

Gabrielle Juliano‑Villani, MSW, LCSW 

Session Title: From Freeze to Flow: Polyvagal Theory, the Chakra System, and the Body’s Path to Healing 

Gabrielle Juliano-Villani is a business mindset coach and consultant who helps therapy practice owners scale, sell, and thrive without burning out. After building and selling her own 7-figure group practice in 2021, she now combines her expertise as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Small Business Administration coach to help other entrepreneurs create sustainable, profitable businesses. 

Specializing in supporting practice owners as they navigate Medicare/Medicaid billing, Gabrielle brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and business strategy to her work. She's been featured on NBC News, Spruce Health, and speaks internationally about preventing burnout while building successful practices. 

Kimberley Small, MSW, LCSW, QS, CCTP 

Session Title: When Faith Feels Like Fear: Ethical Holistic Mental Health Approaches to Religious Rigidity, Spiritual Trauma, and Faith Deconstruction

Kimberley “Kim” Small, LCSW, QS, is a Certified Holistic Mental Health Therapist, trainer, and visionary strategist. Her work lives at the intersection of ancestral wisdom, neuroscience, intergenerational trauma healing, spirituality and decolonial leadership. 

She is the founder of multiple mental wellness businesses, most notably Healing Insight Therapy & Wellness Collective. Through therapy, wellness, intensives, community education, and training for therapists, Kim creates expansive pathways for healing, growth, and liberation. Her work supports cycle breakers, clinicians, and leaders as they release inherited patterns of trauma, isolation, and overwhelm and create new cycles of resilience, purpose, compassion, and possibility. 

Kim is known for blending brain-based modalities, somatics, spiritual integration, and liberation-centered care with a deeply human, culturally rooted approach. She is especially drawn to the sacred nuance of building new patterns of relating with ourselves, each other, the land, and the Divine. 

At the heart of her work is one invitation: to live, love, and lead openhearted and unbothered. 

Dr. Rasheeka Fogg, DPC, LCMHC, LCAS, CCS, QS 

Session Title: Integrating Human Design, Energetics, and Reiki into Clinical Practice 

Licensed Holistic Trauma Therapist, Certified Holistic Sexologist, and Human Design Educator. Founder of Faith, Prosperity, & Change, PLLC integrating trauma therapy with Human Design, Reiki, Sound Healing, Breathwork, and Yoga. 

Mimi Daraa, Breathwork Instructor

Session Title: Reconnecting to the human behind the healer

An immersive, sensory-led workshop designed to help participants reconnect with themselves through Palo Santo, breath, embodiment, and intentional presence. This experience weaves together education, nervous system regulation, sensory awareness, and guided practice.

Jeni Booker Senter, MS, LMHC, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist 

Session Title: The Healing Trance: An Experiential Journey into Spiritually Integrated Hypnosis and Embodied Resilience 

Jeni Booker Senter is a mental health clinician, researcher, educator, and doctoral scholar specializing in trauma, resilience, and integrative approaches to psychological healing. Her work bridges evidence-based psychotherapy with holistic and spiritually informed practices that support mind-body connection, emotional regulation, and post-traumatic growth. She utilizes modalities including CBT, EMDR, mindfulness-based interventions, somatic approaches, and clinical hypnosis to help clients navigate complex trauma, anxiety, and chronic stress. Her current research explores the impact of spiritually integrated hypnosis on stress resilience and

overall well-being. Passionate about ethical, embodied, and client-centered care, she is dedicated to advancing therapeutic practices that honor the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. She frequently speaks on trauma-informed healing, nervous system regulation, resilience, spirituality in psychotherapy, and innovative integrative approaches to mental health and wellness. 

Marlo Keenan, M.S., LPC, GC‑C 

Session Title: The Healing Power of Yoga Nidra: Rest, Regulation, and Inner Balance 

Marlo Keenan, LPC, is a Licensed Holistic Psychotherapist and founder of MMKG Counseling Services. She specializes in helping adults navigate chronic stress, anxiety, overthinking, and emotional overwhelm through an integrative and nervous system informed approach to healing. Marlo blends evidence-based psychotherapy with mindfulness, meditation, Yoga Nidra, breathwork, and sound healing to support emotional balance and sustainable transformation. 

In addition to her private practice, Marlo is the creator of the Mindful Meditation Course for Chronic Stress and Anxiety and the voice behind the YouTube channel, Transformative Guided Meditations, where she shares guided practices designed to calm the mind and restore inner peace. Her work is 

rooted in compassion, embodiment, and practical tools that help individuals move from survival mode into greater clarity, confidence, and intentional living.

Kanjana Hartshorne, MSW, LCSW, C‑IAYT 

Session Title: Integrating Simple Somatic Tools in the Therapy Room 

Kanjana Hartshorne takes therapy beyond the couch and into the world through nature, movement, art, and ritual. As a licensed psychotherapist, IAYT-certified yoga therapist, and Reiki Master, she helps clients and clinicians explore healing through insight, relationship, the body, the breath, and creative, spiritual, or ancestral practices that feel aligned. 

As founder of Healing Hearts Wellness, Kanjana leads a team of somatic therapists redefining modern healing as grounded in science and infused with spirit. Through Wanderhome Retreats, her continuing education and retreat brand for therapists and wellness professionals, she creates immersive learning experiences that invite clinicians to reconnect with their healing and bring the body and energy work their work. Her retreats, workshops, and CE programs explore the physical, energetic, emotional, intuitive, and spiritual layers of being. Known for her quirky, experiential teaching style, Kanjana invites participants to experience healing as evidence-based, embodied, and a little magical. 

 

Ashley Turner, M.A., LMFT, E‑RYT 500 

Session Title: Psychedelic Therapy and the Future of Mental Health 

Ashley Turner, M.A., LMFT, E‑RYT 500, is a holistic psychotherapist, yoga‑meditation teacher, and integrative mental health educator known for blending Eastern and Western approaches to emotional wellness. She specializes in supporting women and visionary leaders through major life transitions including fertility, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause, career pivots, and identity shifts using a mind‑body‑spirit framework. Her clinical work integrates somatic tools, meditation, spiritual psychology, and psychedelic‑assisted psychotherapy principles to help clients release emotional blocks, build resilience, and cultivate clarity and confidence. Ashley is also the founder of Yoga‑Psychology™, where she trains clinicians and wellness practitioners in embodied therapeutic practices.

 

 

 

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A space designed for healing:

 

Join us at the Art Of Living Center for this year's conference.

You’re craving a sacred, educational, and embodied space to gather with other healers who get it

You want to walk away with both knowledge and nourishment

You’re ready to expand how you serve without abandoning yourself in the process

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A Space Designed for Healing 

 

 📍  The Art of Living Center | Boone, NC

The Art of Living Retreat Center is a serene, immersive destination designed for reflection, wellness, and connection. Nestled in a lush natural environment, the campus offers a peaceful retreat from everyday life, combining comfortable accommodations, inspiring event spaces, and wellness-focused amenities.

We look forward to being in community with all of you this October at The Art Of Living Center.

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When you secure your spot for the conference. You will receive a follow-up email with a link to book your stay at the Art of Living Center.

*Your stay at the Art Of Living Center is NOT INCLUDED in your conference ticket.  

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General Admission Ticket

A full-access pass to the heart of the Holistic Therapist Conference.

Join us for three immersive days (October 1-4) of workshops, panels, keynotes, and  embodied practices designed to nourish, connect, and inspire.

    What’s included:

  • âś… Full real-time access to 3-day
  • âś… 17 CE credits 
  • âś… Digital certificate
General Admission: $797 $597
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 VIP Admission Ticket

An elevated conference experience for those who want more intention, access, and  magic.

     Includes everything in General Admission, plus:

  • ✅ General Admission Access
  • âś… Swag Bag (intentionally curated swag bag for holistic therapists, healers and wellness professionals.) 
  • âś… 6 Month Holistic Healing Circle membership
  • ✅ Koya Webb Wellbeing Rituals Book 

 

VIP Admission: $997 $797

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 VIP Mastermind Ticket

A premium experience designed for healing-centered leaders and entrepreneurs. Includes everything in the VIP Ticket, plus access to our exclusive Mastermind Retreat Sunday, October 4th a high-touch, intimate gathering with limited seats available.

Includes everything in VIP Admission plus:


  • âś… 3-Hour Mastermind Integration with LeNaya (business mentorship + post-conference support)
  
VIP Mastermind Admission: $1997 $1597
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Haruna Nail, LMHC – FL

“I enjoyed some amazing interactions and being in a space with like-minded professionals. The conference felt aligned with my values and practice. Incredible sense of community with other holistic, unconventional therapists and healers. I’m on the right path and inspired to continue."

Maya DeNola, LCSW – CA & CO

 “A highly crafted, thoughtful, and nourishing experience. The crew behind the effort were phenomenal and truly created a welcoming, healing space. Learned many practical skills and met phenomenal humans. Felt personal and dedicated, with a size that allowed connection. A unique opportunity to nurture both self and practice.”

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 This is not just a conference.

It’s a return to wholeness.

A reconnection to your body and your spirit.
A re commitment to your mission, and to nourishing yourself along the way.

Come to learn. Come to realign. Come to be in the community.

 

Healer, it’s time.
Join us in Boone, North Carolina this October for a weekend of healing, learning, and community.

 

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