Aubrey Holden is a compassionate and experienced therapist at the Bellevue Trauma Recovery Center (BTRC), licensed in the states of Washington as an LMHC and Tennessee as an LPC-MHSP. Aubrey is deeply committed to supporting the queer community, with particular expertise in working with transgender clients across the lifespan, including teens, young adults, and adults. She also works broadly with LGBTQIA+ individuals navigating the impacts of trauma, complex emotional experiences, and mental health challenges.

Aubrey creates a warm, affirming space where queer and transgender clients can explore their identities, process painful relational experiences, and rebuild trust and emotional safety without fear of judgment. She is especially attuned to the ways minority stress, family rejection, and relational betrayal can compound trauma for LGBTQIA+ clients, and she works collaboratively with each person to strengthen their sense of identity, self trust, and authenticity. Her practice is also welcoming to neurodivergent clients, and she brings the same person centered care to those affected by sexual trauma, attachment trauma, betrayal trauma and infidelity, dissociation, depression, and anxiety.

Using a trauma informed, person centered approach, Aubrey integrates evidence based modalities such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Brainspotting to help clients process and heal from experiences stored in the mind and body. For clients with an established therapeutic relationship, she also offers EMDR and Brainspotting intensives, extended and focused sessions that accelerate trauma processing. Her work centers on nervous system regulation, identity development, and healing that is collaborative and tailored to each client’s goals, with particular sensitivity to the identity development needs of transgender and queer teens and adults as they navigate coming out, transition, and building a secure sense of self.

Aubrey’s path into psychotherapy was shaped by her background in the Nashville music industry and by her own healing journey, which inform her appreciation for authenticity, creativity, and self expression in therapeutic work.

Aubrey earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Belmont University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Advanced Clinical Practice (Psychotherapy), also at Belmont University.

Outside of client work, Aubrey enjoys attending concerts, discovering new music, reading fiction, exploring the Pacific Northwest, and spending time with friends and family.

Education and Credentials

PhD Student, Advanced Clinical Practice (Psychotherapy) Belmont University

Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Belmont University

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) – Washington

Licensed Professional Counselor–Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) – Tennessee

National Certified Counselor (NCC)

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Trained Therapist

Artificial Intimacy Recovery Therapist Candidate (AIRT-C)