Psychotherapy & Nervous System Care

Helping women reduce stress, break generational cycles, remember their worth & feel safe again after trauma.

Learn to Take Your Power Back from Chronic Stress & Trauma

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Whether you’re finishing school, growing your family, focusing on career, navigating caregiving roles, or exploring your identity… you deserve personalized mental health care that helps you move past survival mode & enjoy this chapter of life.

In-person in Wellesley Massachusetts

Online throughout Massachusetts & Connecticut

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Hi, I’m Victoria M. Kachinski, LICSW, psychotherapist and founder of Shared Stories Counseling, LLC in Wellesley MA. I’m passionate about supporting my clients as they learn to care for their mental health and nervous systems through affirming, somatic, trauma-informed, and non-judgmental practices.

In our sessions, we’ll work to understand how your past experience of trauma and stress may be causing present day mental and physical disturbance like anxiety, depression, fear, irritability, shut down, and emotional numbness.

With over a decade of clinical experience and through my own lived experience, I understand that it’s hard to get out of survival mode alone. Throughout the years, I’ve been so lucky to witness my clients overcome their pasts and thrive again after trauma and chronic stress.

I know the same is possible for you.

Empowering & Effective Psychotherapy for Women Impacted by:

Chronic Stress

Burn Out

Recent Trauma & PTSD

Complex Trauma

Early Childhood Trauma

Sexual Trauma

Generational, Historical Trauma

Medical Trauma, Cancer, Chronic Illness

Irritability, Overstimulation

Emotional Shut Down

Depression

Anxiety

Racial, Political & Gender-Based Violence

Attachment-Based or Relational Trauma

Dissociation

Marital or Relationship Issues

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Shared Stories Counseling is right for you if…

  • You’re exhausted from being stuck in survival mode day after day

  • You’re wanting to learn what it actually means to “turn inward and listen to your body”

  • You’re needing a safe place to share the stories that have gone untold so you can be known more authentically

  • You’re ready to heal from early attachment wounds that are negatively impacting your current relationships

  • You’re an adult who is ready to make sense of and process early childhood stress, trauma, neglect or abuse

  • You’re coping with a recent traumatic event and need immediate support

  • You’re tired of feeling SO activated, on edge, or fearful in situations where you “should” feel safe

  • You’re ready to interrupt generational cycles of stress, abuse or mental health struggles you observed as a child

  • You’re impacted by people-pleasing or struggle to set boundaries without guilt

  • You’re tired of feeling guilty or shameful when advocating for your own needs

  • You’re wanting not just to tolerate but actually ENJOY the life you’re building for yourself and your family

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Testimonials

  • "Victoria provides incredible care with a compassionate heart and a soft, calm voice. She is helping me to change my life for the better with self-awareness through Narrative Therapy. Victoria is stellar, I would highly recommend her to anyone seeking a female therapist."

    -Individual Therapy Client

  • "Victoria is a knowledgable, skilled and kind therapist with a gentle and effective approach to supporting her clients."

    - Boston Somatic Therapy, LLC

  • "Victoria is a genuine, welcoming, and skilled clinician. She compassionately integrates evidence-based therapeutic modalities with warm, person-centered care. Highly recommend!"

    - OCD Specialist & Integrative Therapy Colleague

  • "Victoria strives to create an inviting, warm, and collaborative space. She is a knowledgable, and grounded clinician and colleague. I highly recommend Victoria as a psychotherapist to support you in your therapeutic experience."

    - Integrative Therapy Colleague

Start Your Healing Journey Today

We can appreciate that you are carrying stories that deserve to be witnessed, honored, and rewritten in your preferred ways. Whether you’re ready to explore EMDR, Somatic Therapy, Narrative Therapy or just want to feel heard, we’re here to support you.

👉 Schedule a free 15-minute consultation

📍 In-person in Wellesley, MA | 💻 Online throughout Massachusetts & Connecticut

📞 Call us at 339-201-6994| 📧 Email us at vk@sharedstoriescounseling.com