Integrative Healing & Reiki
Return to Balance: Whole-Person Wellness & Nervous System Rest
A trauma-informed blend of somatic mindfulness, emotional grounding, and Reiki energy healing.
You know what it feels like to live entirely in your head. You can analyze your stress, describe your patterns, and talk through your past, but your body still carries a heavy, persistent tightness and inability to relax. True wellness means treating the mind and body as one interconnected system. If traditional talk therapy feels like it only goes halfway, integrative healing offers a gentle, non-verbal space to discharge stored tension, quiet a hypervigilant nervous system, and restore your natural energetic alignment.
What we address, together:
Somatic Stress
Releasing the physical tension, chest tightness, and fatigue that chronic stress leaves behind.
Hypervigilance & Nervous System Overload
Moving your body out of an active ‘fight or flight’ survival state into a deep, physiological rest.
Energetic Disconnection
Clearing emotional blocks and heavy, stagnant energy to help you feel fully anchored in your own skin.
Complementary Trauma Support
Providing a gentle somatic container to process feelings that words cannot fully capture.
A Holistic Approach
Our integrative session will blend somatic grounding exercises, mindfulness techniques, and Reiki energy healing. Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive practice that clears stagnant emotional patterns and encourages your body’s natural relaxation response. This whole-person approach bridges the gap between psychological insight and somatic peace, giving your nervous system the ultimate space to balance and restore.
Meet your provider
Dr. Shalandra Hollins (she/her)
PhD, LMFT, BC-TMH
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Level II Reiki Practitioner dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and families break cycles, process intergenerational trauma, and step into true alignment. My clinical approach integrates attachment-based, humanistic, and somatic/nervous system regulation frameworks, ensuring our work is deeply personalized, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive.
Whether you are navigating high-functioning burnout, healing family of origin wounds, or trying to understand why your body still feels stuck in survival mode, I provide an intentional space for you to slow down, exhale, integrate your experiences, and reclaim your emotional well-being.
Dr. Shalandra Hollins (she/her)
PhD, LMFT, BC-TMH
Frequently Asked Questions
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Serene Life Counseling & Wellness is currently in-network with BCBS, Aetna, Cigna, and United Healthcare.
Learn more about using out of network benefits on our expanded FAQ page on our website.
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All sessions are conducted via a HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform securely online.
You must be physically located within the state of North Carolina at the time of your appointment to meet licensing regulations.
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We require 24 hour notice for cancellations or modifications.
Sessions missed or canceled with less than 24 hours' notice will incur the full session fee.
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Standard sessions are 50 minutes.
We typically recommend starting with weekly sessions to build a consistent rhythm for nervous system regulation, which can later shift to bi-weekly as you meet your goals.
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Therapy focuses on mental health diagnoses and relationship dynamics using evidence-based clinical modalities such as Emotionally Focused Therapy, EMDR, attachment-based theory and humanistic frameworks.
Integrative healing and Reiki focus purely on somatic grounding and energetic alignment without clinical diagnosis or traditional psychological intervention.