Kristan Baer
LMSW MSW SEP
Kristan Baer, LMSW, SEP: Trauma-Focused Therapist in Birmingham, AL
Integrative Mind-Body Approach to Healing
Kristan understands that healing must integrate both mind and body. In therapy with Kristan, you will not need to talk endlessly or complete worksheets. Instead, she will gently guide you as you tune in to what your body is telling you to release trapped traumatic energy and restore a sense of safety and connection with yourself and the world around you.
The core of Kristan’s practice is building a safe, supportive environment. She specializes in attachment repair, trauma, sexual trauma, women’s issues, PTSD, C-PTSD, anxiety, and depression. She works with the mind-body system to reintegrate traumatic memory and resolve the energy that becomes trapped after a traumatic event. This trapped energy can manifest as chronic illness, dissociation, revictimization, inability to hold big emotions, and repetitive unhealthy patterns in career performance, relationships, and parenting. Working with the whole mind-body system allows for rewiring of neural networks allowing for faster, long-term resolution of traumatic symptoms.
Learning the Difference in Intuition and Trauma
Kristan Baer is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) providing trauma-focused therapy in Birmingham, AL. She specializes in helping clients heal from PTSD, Complex PTSD, trauma (specifically sexual, medical, and relational trauma), anxiety, and depression. Kristan’s own lived experienced as a survivor of breast cancer allows her to understand working with people who are enduring challenging diagnoses and chronic illnesses. Kristan is also well-versed at helping working mothers trying to juggle being a professional and a mom, which she understands all too well.
Trauma-Focused Therapeutic Modalities
Kristan’s approach integrates both somatic practice and brain based medicine, guided by the pioneering work of trauma experts like Bessel van der Kolk, Janina Fisher, and Pete Walker (Complex PTSD), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing), and Peggy Pace (Lifespan Integration). Their books and modalities serve as key inspirations for her practice.
Kristan’s training in multiple therapy models allows her to customize the therapeutic experience to fit each client. Her trauma-focused somatic and experiential approach includes certification as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, level 3 training in Lifespan Integration (LI) Therapy, and training in trauma-informed yoga. SE and LI are two powerful modalities that go beyond talk therapy and cognitive therapy to resolve trauma. This unique blend of psychotherapy and body-centered therapy encourages nervous system regulation and a restored connection with the body and the intuitive self, leading to sustainable healing and a healthier way of living.
Kristan’s Specialties
○LGBT QIA+ Affirming ○Polyamory Affirming ○Somatic Experiencing
○Lifespan Integration Therapy
○Attachment Problems ○CBT and DBT Therapy ○Adult Children of Addiction ○Mindfulness Based Therapy ○Severe Trauma and CPTSD
○Teenage Counseling and Trauma in Teenagers ○Personal and Career Stagnation ○Parenting and Motherhood
Got a question for Kristan? Email: [email protected]
LMSW License # 6165G
In The Supervision of Joel Blackstock
Issues that Somatic Experiencing and Lifespan Integration Can Help
Academic and School Problems and Performance
Chronic Pain and Post Surgery Depression
Executive Coaching and Professional Burnout
Panic, Mania and Anxiety Disorders
Long COVID Somatic and Stress Support
Looking for a Therapist with a Sliding Scale in Alabama?
We understand that therapy is a significant investment. We strives to make her expert trauma-focused care accessible to individuals across Alabama through a sliding scale fee structure. This clinician is not in network with insurance. Their sliding scale rates are based on annual household income:
Sliding Scale Lifespan Integration and Somatic Experiencing Teletherapy in Alabama
Are you searching for an affordable lifespan integration therapist with a sliding scale in Alabama? Our practice offers accessible, trauma-focused teletherapy to individuals and families anywhere in the state.
Teletherapy Session Rates Based on Household Income
Teletherapy Rates Based on Annual Household Income
$30,999 and Under – Session Rate: $80
$31,000-$40,999 – Session Rate: $100
$41,000-$50,999 – Session Rate: $125
$51,000-$60,999 – Session Rate: $150
$61,000-$70,999 – Session Rate: $150
$71,000 and Above – Session Rate: $175
Our sliding scale teletherapy rates are not billable to insurance. We offer these reduced fees to make expert care more accessible to Alabamians paying out-of-pocket for trauma treatment.
This clinician reserves a limited number of sliding scale spots for adults who are uninsured, underinsured, or have financial need. Contact her to discuss whether a reduced rate is available. She does not want finances to be a barrier to receiving the support you deserve.
While this clinician is not in-network with insurance companies, she can provide monthly superbills that you may submit to your insurance for potential out-of-network reimbursement. Check with your provider to see if you have out-of-network mental health benefits.
Investing in your mental health is one of the most powerful gifts you can give yourself. This clinician offers a free 15-minute consultation to ensure her approach is a good fit for your needs before beginning therapy. Reach out today to start your journey to healing, resilience and renewed vitality. Virtual sessions are available to anyone located in Alabama.
We have multiple clinicians availible at Taproot Therapy Collective that treat a wide variety of issues and conditions with training in many techniques and modalities of therapy.