Kiana Armstrong, LPC | EMDR-Trained & CPT Provider | Sentient Path PLLC
Kiana works with clients navigating:
Trauma and PTSD
Sexual violence and intimate partner violence
Anxiety and emotional overwhelm
Depression and mood-related concerns
Life transitions, identity, and self-worth
Crisis stabilization and safety planning
Kiana Armstrong is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over eight years of experience in behavioral health and crisis care. She specializes in trauma-informed therapy for survivors of trauma, sexual violence, and intimate partner violence, and works with individuals navigating anxiety, depression, and major life transitions.
Kiana brings advanced clinical training, deep compassion, and a grounded, empowering approach to her work. She creates a space where clients feel genuinely safe—not just to talk, but to heal.
Therapeutic Approach
Kiana practices from a trauma‑informed, client‑centered framework and is trained in some of the most evidence‑based trauma treatments available.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Trained through the EMDR International Association, Kiana uses EMDR to help clients access, process, and move through traumatic memories that feel stuck, overwhelming, or difficult to reach through talk therapy alone. EMDR can reduce the intensity of trauma responses, reorganize distressing memory networks, and support lasting symptom relief.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Certified through the STRONG STAR Training Initiative, Kiana provides CPT — a structured, evidence‑based treatment considered a gold standard for PTSD and trauma. CPT helps clients identify and challenge unhelpful beliefs and cognitive patterns related to their experiences, enabling healthier meaning‑making and reduced symptoms.
Complementary approaches and frameworks
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Kiana integrates CBT techniques to teach practical skills for managing anxiety, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, and mood symptoms.
Internal Family Systems (IFS): She draws on IFS to help clients explore internal parts, build self‑leadership, and heal protective patterns that developed in response to trauma.
Multicultural and intersectional frameworks: Kiana honors each client’s full identity and lived experience, attending to how culture, race, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic background, and other social contexts shape trauma responses and healing pathways.
Her approach is collaborative, paced to the client’s readiness, and focused on safety, stabilization, and empowerment—supporting clients to reclaim agency, resilience, and meaningful recovery.
Availability and Care Options
Works with children ages 6 and up, adolescents, and adults
Accepts select most major insurance plans including Medicare
Offers in-person and virtual sessions