🌿 About Phoenix Bloom Therapy, Consulting & Coaching

At Phoenix Bloom Consulting & Coaching, our journey began with a profound desire to support individuals and families navigating life’s most challenging transitions.
Inspired by the resilience of the phoenix, our name reflects the belief that renewal and transformation are always possible — even in the face of loss, addiction, and the most painful human experiences.

Located in Kentucky via a telehealth platform, we provide Therapeutic and Consulting Services dedicated to trauma recovery, grief integration, and systemic healing.

My personal journey into this work began over 15 years ago, when my experiences as a mother first led me into the field of human services and domestic violence advocacy.
I spent years walking alongside families facing the toughest issues imaginable — birth trauma, mental health crises, addiction, and the quiet heartbreaks that unfold within systems not designed to hold them.

Despite my dedication to promoting family health and wellness, my path was profoundly shaped by the unimaginable — the loss of my own child to addiction.
That loss became both my deepest wound and my greatest teacher. It revealed the urgent need for compassion-driven systems of care that truly support families through crisis, recovery, and beyond.

Phoenix Bloom was born from that truth — a commitment to transforming pain into purpose, and to helping others find meaning, safety, and renewal in their own journeys.

Today, this practice stands as both a professional mission and a living tribute:
to every parent, family, and individual navigating the complexity of grief, recovery, and hope.

🌿 What does Casey's Law have to do with Phoenix Bloom?

Casey’s Law, formally The Matthew Casey Wethington Act for Substance Abuse Intervention, allows families in Kentucky to petition the court for involuntary treatment when a loved one is struggling with substance use disorder. While created from compassion, the law remains rooted in a coercive and dated system that often leaves families navigating trauma, confusion, and fragmented care on their own. Without coordination between courts, treatment providers, and families, the very process meant to save lives can unintentionally cause harm or deepen despair.

Phoenix Bloom Therapy & Consulting was born from that reality, from a preventable loss that revealed how systemic failures in communication, aftercare, and accountability can break families apart. Our mission is to help transform this outdated framework into a collaborative, trauma-informed network of care that values safety, transparency, and healing at every stage.

By continuing to honor the law’s original intention — saving lives through love and action — there must also be clinical growth: stronger communication between systems, trauma-informed case management, and harm-reduction safety planning that protect both individuals and families. When Casey’s Law is approached through an ongoing systemic Family Treatment Team lens, compliance becomes compassion in action, a shared effort rooted in dignity, recovery, and hope.

Because when systems open, families heal — and lives can begin again.

🌿 My Professional Journey

I am a Marriage and Family Therapy Associate in Kentucky and an MFT in Ohio, integrating lived experience with specialized clinical training to support individuals and families navigating trauma, grief, and addiction.

I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. in Medical Family Therapy, with a focus on systems reform, trauma-informed care, and addiction recovery. My future research will explore how family inclusion, aftercare coordination, and policy implementation can transform outcomes for those impacted by substance use disorders, particularly within frameworks such as Casey’s Law.

I earned my Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) with a specialization in Systemic–Trauma Informed therapy in 2023. I also hold advanced training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and am under ongoing consultation toward full EMDR certification, pending 2026.

In addition, I work full-time in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in Ohio as a Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor (LICDC). I am pending a supervisor designation in KY, LADC.

My academic journey began with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice with an emphasis in Human Services, where I first recognized the intersection between the justice system and the opioid epidemic. In 2018, I completed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training to expand my understanding of crisis response and healthcare systems.  This education has also been useful in face-to-face assessment. These combined experiences ultimately led me to graduate study in Marriage and Family Therapy — drawn by its systemic focus and emphasis on healing relationships, families, and communities as interconnected systems.

Across my career, I’ve witnessed how trauma, health, and family systems intersect — and how hidden systemic failures often amplify suffering. These experiences strengthened my commitment to addressing both individual healing and system-level reform, grounded in empathy, advocacy, and evidence-based practice.

Professional Experience

Over the past 15 years, I’ve served in diverse clinical and advocacy roles, including:

• Parent Advocate for families involved with Child Protective Services

• Medical Advocate for survivors presenting in emergency departments following domestic or sexual violence

• Counselor / Advocate in domestic violence shelters and outreach programs

• Case Manager in intimate partner violence (IPV) and specialty drug court programs

• Counselor in Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) for substance use disorders, inpatient, outpatient, and private practice.

• Special Populations & High-Risk Patient Support, including pregnant individuals using opioids and caregivers navigating addiction and trauma

These roles have provided extensive experience in domestic violence, trauma, and addiction, especially within complex intersections of family, community, and court systems. I also work closely with parents of children with special needs and chronic medical conditions, reflecting my passion for Medical Family Therapy and holistic systems-based care.

Additional clinical interests include:

• Casey’s Law and systemic reform in involuntary treatment

• Birth and medical trauma, and the systemic effects

• Chronic illness and addiction

• Holistic healing and energy psychology

I’ve completed two therapy externships — EMDR and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) — and continue to study in Integrative Nutrition, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Energy Psychology to enhance mind–body integration in trauma recovery.