Athina Chiron, Student Intern

Hi! My name is Athina, and I’m overjoyed to be interning here at Flourish!  My pronouns are she/ her, and first and foremost, I seek to interact with my clients authentically, as fellow human beings, neither below nor above them. Your story, history, and struggles deserve to be listened to with respect and openness!

Life can be gut-wrenching and heartbreaking at times. As someone who has undergone a faith transition, divorce, and trauma, I get this at a lived-experience level. You don’t have to suffer in silence, nor alone.  Reaching out for help can sometimes be scary and vulnerable; I’m proud of you for making it to this brave step!

 I am a Clinical Mental Health Counseling intern and candidate for a Masters of Counseling at Saybrook University, expected graduation May 2025. I serve as the treasurer of my university’s Queer Alliance Collective, a group of LGBTQ+ folx and their allies and am passionate about advocacy for people of marginalized backgrounds, especially those living in poverty and indigenous peoples. I am trained in basic CCPT, Child Centered Play Therapy, and TF-CBT, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. 

 I am drawn to holistic, nature, and community-based healing modalities. I think that the Ancestors of this Land were much more capable at holding pain, sorrow, and conflict than their westernized counterparts; I am very interested in the decolonizing of therapy as well as culturally non appropriating modes of healing that have existed for thousands of years. After I am fully licensed, I hope to open a private practice primarily serving those who have undergone religious trauma and cultic or narcissistic abuse.

 Some of my favorite things include creative writing, weightlifting, dance, traveling, Bernese Mountain puppies, philosophy, reading, and spending time in nature. 

*Accepting New Clients*

Locations: Orem office, Telehealth

Areas of Interest:·   

• Post cult recovery

• Faith transitions

• Healthy spirituality

• Awe/ wonder

• Indigenous rights and wisdom

• Trauma/ PTSD

• Death, grief, and loneliness