Somatic, trauma-informed holistic mental health care — for what your body is still holding, not just what your mind can explain.

Hi, I’m Kelly Janae (KJ).

If you’re living with depression, anxiety, mood swings, or thoughts that feel too heavy to carry alone — and you’re looking for something deeper than a diagnosis and a prescription — you’re in the right place.

Your body remembers everything. The patterns that keep you stuck aren’t character flaws. They’re strategies your body learned to keep you safe. These patterns can be understood, appreciated, and also changed. My work is somatic at its core: we go beneath the story to where the pain actually lives in the body, and work with these feelings directly.

P.S. If you’ve always felt like the odd one out, it’s not a coincidence…

Almost everyone I work with has spent their life feeling like the black sheep, the sensitive one, the one who never quite fit the mold of their family or society. Maybe you’ve got a small, close circle of support — but even that hasn’t always felt like enough.

That experience isn’t incidental to your pain. It’s often part of the pattern. Feeling like you have to shrink, mask, defend, or explain yourself just to be accepted takes a real toll on the nervous system over time — and it’s something we explore together.

Conventional mental health care often stops at a diagnosis and a prescription. That works for some people — but if it hasn’t worked for you, it doesn’t mean you’re doomed. It means no one has looked at what’s actually happening in your body, and how that’s impacting your mind. It means that you are highly sensitive, and need a deeper, more human form of healing.

My work sits at the intersection of somatic practice, developmental psychology, and energy work. In practice, that means:

🌿 Lived, not just studied. I’ve navigated significant mental health imbalances of my own for much of my life. Despite studying healing work for over a decade, this isn’t theoretical for me — I know what it feels like to be in it, and what it takes to come out the other side.

🌿 Somatic first. Your nervous system holds what your mind has (or hasn’t) moved past — grief, fear, shame, shock, rage. We work with the body directly, so you can actually feel your feelings, thereby releasing pent-up life force.

🌿 Developmentally informed. Many of the patterns we’re untangling — fawning, hiding, over-functioning, hyper-vigilance, staying small — were smart adaptations at the age you developed them. We look at where they came from so they stop running the show unconsciously.

🌿 Energy-informed. Some of what you’re carrying isn’t just yours — generational trauma, inherited beliefs, relationship cords that keep you tied to dynamics that no longer serve you. We work with these directly too.

🌿 Nature-inspired. Nature provides a blueprint for balance and connection. As we connect more deeply with our own bodies, we develop a deeper relationship to Who We Really Are, and our place in the Universe.

Your body is divinely intelligent. Long before you had words for what was happening to you, it was already finding ways to keep you safe — going underground, hiding, fawning, performing, over-achieving, going quiet. Those strategies made sense once. Now, they might be the thing keeping you stuck.

Ethereal Ecology describes my understanding of the human experience: a blend of the ethereal — the energetic, spiritual, unseen forces that shape us — and the ecology of our physical body living on this earth. I combine energy-based approaches with somatic, nature-based healing to curate a holistic healing modality that’s wholly human.

My work draws on over 10 years of study across somatic practice, nervous system regulation, energy work, and nature-based healing — all grounded in a trauma-informed, developmentally-aware approach. I’ve also lived with mental health imbalances of my own for much of my life. This work is as personal to me as it is professional.

My Healing Arts Training:
★ Barbara Brennan School of Healing (2 Years)
★ Crisis Counselor for 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (since 2026)
★ Archangelic Light (Master Level)
★ Theta Healing (Level 1)
★ Blackfoot (Native American) Healing Apprenticeship (1 Year)
★ Open Heart Channeling School (2 Years)
★ Ecotherapy (Level 1)
★ 8+ Years of Yogic Practice
★ 5+ Years Professional Practice with Clients

“I had been depressed for about 2 years prior to working with Kelly….I believe a big part of my emergence from depression into better balance were my sessions with Kelly. Now I am in a grand transition into the next chapter in my life. It’s not easy but it’s worth it. And I see that now.“
– Maximilian L.

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“Before working with Kelly Janae, I tried so many therapies and my mental health still struggled, but KJ’s style including energy work has been a game changer! Her way of getting my brain and body back in-line has helped me process so much trauma trapped in places talk therapy was never going to reach. She’s reassuring and professional, and most importantly she’s actually helped me make effective progress!!“
– Katrina K.

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“Kelly Janae is a very talented person and healer.  During the past 6 months of working together one on one, I have experienced profound personal growth. Each session we covered what I was going through or issues I wanted to tackle.  Kelly helped me get to the core issue and see these parts of myself in a new light. Kelly helped me to examine the parts of myself I didn’t want to look at in a safe and judgement-free space.  I highly recommend working with Kelly Janae.”
– Anna W.

I offer free 30-minute 1:1 conversations for black sheep & sensitive souls seeking professional support for mental health & life transformation. If you’d rather skip the free class and connect with me directly, I would love to meet you! Please email me at kelly@etherealecology.com to schedule a call.