About
About Trudy
Trudy McMahon, LMFT (MFT 125455), is an integrative somatic psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals through deep healing and transformation. With a background as an addictions specialist and extensive training in bodywork, she brings a holistic approach to mental health care — honoring the profound connection between mind, body, and spirit.
She holds a Master’s degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University and a BA in Communications from the University of Sunderland (UK). Trudy integrates evidence-based treatments such as EMDR, DBT, CBT, mindfulness, and ketamine-assisted therapy with relational and somatic modalities. Her work is grounded in motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and crisis intervention — offering clients both depth and structure in the healing process.
She specializes in helping people navigate complex trauma — whether from developmental experiences, acute events, or chronic relational wounds — as well as anxiety, depression, substance misuse, eating disorders, body image concerns, co-dependency, and family dysfunction. As a somatically trained therapist and former bodyworker, Trudy attunes to the wisdom of the body and creates a supportive environment where clients can access insight, build skills, and reconnect with their sense of aliveness. She works with individuals, couples, and adolescents, and brings a non-judgmental, sex-positive, LGBTQ+ and kink-allied stance to relationship diversity and identity exploration.
In Her Own Words
A Personal Note from Trudy
My Approach to Therapy
I believe healing happens when we honor the whole person — not just the story in your mind, but what your nervous system and body have been carrying. As a somatically trained therapist and former bodyworker, I attune to the wisdom of the body and use it as a guide in our work together.
I integrate EMDR and exposure-based approaches to help reprocess traumatic memories and interrupt the emotional and cognitive patterns that keep you stuck. I also draw on DBT, CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and — when appropriate — ketamine-assisted therapy as a powerful adjunct for accessing deeper healing, reducing emotional reactivity, and reconnecting with inner clarity.
I understand that many of the patterns that feel painful now once served as survival strategies. Together we work to shift toward more adaptive ways of coping and relating — whether you are navigating complex trauma, anxiety, depression, substance misuse, disordered eating, co-dependency, or family dysfunction. I offer structured exercises, therapeutic homework, and mindfulness practices so you can build momentum between sessions.
My goal is to empower you to become an active participant in your healing journey — developing emotional resilience, self-compassion, and a renewed sense of agency. Therapy with me combines practical tools with compassionate presence, so you leave not only understood, but equipped.
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