soma

navigate life with curiosity, compassion, and evidence-based psychotherapy.

Michelle Cusick, LCSW

“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health.”
— Bessel van der Kolk

Welcome,

I’m glad you’re here.

Therapy is a space to gently redirect, reconnect, and move toward a life that feels meaningful and whole. We are honored to walk alongside you in that process.

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Mental Health Services

We provide individual outpatient therapy for children (ages 7+), adolescents, and adults across North Carolina.

We offer evidence-based, compassionate care tailored to each person’s needs, helping clients build skills for emotional regulation, healthy relationships, and everyday functioning.

Our mission Soma Counseling & Wellness is to walking alongside you as you develop a life in which you can thrive. We emphasize safety, respect, and practical tools to support lasting change.


  • Children (ages 7+)

    Adolescents, Adults

    Military Service Members

    First Responders


  • Anxiety

    Depression

    ADHD

    Trauma and PTSD

    Life Transitions

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
    Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
    Psychodynamic Therapy
    Polyvagal- and Somatic-Informed Approaches
    Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

    Parent Collaboration

Michelle Cusick offers a grounded, trauma-informed approach to therapy that emphasizes nervous system regulation, mind-body awareness, and emotional safety. Her work supports clients in healing from stress, trauma, anxiety, depression and life transitions with care, steadiness, and intention.

She earned her bachelor’s degree from Point Loma Nazarene University and her master’s degree from California State University San Marcos. Michelle works with children (7+), teens, adults, military members, veterans, and first responders, with a clinical focus on trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and life transitions.

Her work draws from EMDR, CBT, and CPT, alongside psychodynamic and attachment-informed approaches, with attention to nervous-system regulation and safety. Therapy with Michelle is intentional, collaborative, and grounded in both science and compassion—supporting emotional regulation, resilience, and meaningful, lasting change.

Michelle Cusick

Owner and Therapist
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
EMDR Trained Therapist

Therapeutic Specializations

Tools and support to manage worry, rebuild emotional balance, and create a life that feels more sustainable and fulfilling.

Compassionate, neuroscience-informed, mind-body evidence based therapy to help you feel safe, regulated, and whole again.

Support for focus, emotional regulation, and executive functioning using evidence-based, neuroscience-informed therapy Helping you build structure, confidence, and sustainable strategies that work with your brain — not against it.