A Healing Space To Just BE
You’re Strong. Independent. But Running on Empty.
You keep showing up for everyone else, even when it’s taking a toll. It doesn’t have to stay this way.
Start feeling more like yourself again.
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to talk through what’s going on and see if this my approach feels right for you.
How I Can Help You
Therapy with me is collaborative, grounded, and paced to meet you where you are.
You won’t be rushed—but you also won’t stay stuck. Together, we’ll explore what’s coming up, build insight, and support meaningful, lasting change.
I offer in-person therapy in Riverside, CA and online therapy across California, giving you flexibility in how you access support.
No matter the format, our work is centered on helping you feel more understood, more steady, and more connected to yourself.
You might be here because something inside feels heavier than what others can see.
On the outside, life may look “fine,” but internally you’re dealing with exhaustion, overwhelm, or emotional strain that is difficult to name or explain. Not because anything is wrong with you, but because you’ve likely been carrying more than most people can see.
You may notice:
Running on empty while still pushing through daily demands
Difficulty focusing, organizing thoughts, or following through
Repeating emotional cycles like anxiety, shutdown, or overwhelm
Long-standing family or relational patterns that still affect you today
Many people describe this as “functioning, but barely.” And from the outside, it often goes unnoticed.
This often reflects a nervous system that has been in survival mode for too long without enough space to reset.
Therapy can help not just by managing symptoms, but by working with what is happening underneath them so patterns can begin to shift at the root.
If this resonates, you do not have to carry it alone. I would be glad to connect and help you take the next step.
Cindy Lee Collins (she/her)
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC #22053)
In Practice for 5 years
California Baptist University, M.S. Counseling Psychology
Start feeling better — book your free 15-minute consultation
My Story
My path to this work began through my own healing process. I understand what it is like to carry the impact of past experiences while still showing up and functioning on the outside.
For a long time, I knew what it meant to appear composed internally while privately struggling with overwhelm, emotional weight, and patterns that were difficult to shift alone.
Therapy became a turning point in my life. It gave me a different way of understanding myself and created space for real change to take root. That experience deeply shaped how I practice today.
I don’t approach this work only from training or theory. I also bring a lived understanding of what it takes to begin feeling safe enough internally to slow down, turn inward, and reconnect with yourself in a meaningful way.
I have seen what becomes possible when that shift happens. It is often quiet at first, but deeply meaningful—people begin to relate to themselves and their lives in new ways that feel more grounded and sustainable.
Therapy That Meets You Where You Are
My Approach
My approach is trauma-informed and focused on how the nervous system holds and organizes experience. Rather than only talking through what has happened, we work with the patterns in your emotional and physiological responses that keep those experiences active in the present.
Many of the challenges people bring to therapy are not just cognitive or insight-based problems. They are patterns that live in the nervous system, shaping how you react, relate, shut down, or overextend even when you understand the pattern logically.
In our work together, we look at what has shaped those responses over time and begin creating conditions for your system to shift out of survival-based patterns and into something more flexible, grounded, and sustainable.
With 5 years of clinical experience, I support adults who are wanting to:
Understand and shift long-standing emotional and relational patterns
Experience less reactivity and more capacity to pause and respond with intention
Reduce the sense of being pulled back into the same cycles, even with insight
Process unresolved experiences that continue to show up emotionally or somatically
Build a more stable and connected relationship with themselves and others
To support this process, I integrate evidence-based modalities including EMDR, IFS, CRM, and EFT. These approaches allow us to work directly with how experiences are stored and processed in the nervous system, rather than relying on insight alone.
I also offer neurodivergent-affirming and LGBTQ+-affirming care. This means you are not expected to mask, over-explain, or translate your identity in the therapy room. The work is shaped to support your full experience as it is.
“If you continue to carry bricks from your past, you will end up building the same house.” - Unknown
Providing therapy in Riverside, CA, with secure online sessions available to clients throughout California.
What You Can Expect Working With Me
When we work together, the focus is on both immediate relief and deeper understanding:
We build emotional awareness and regulation at your pace.
We strengthen your nervous system’s ability to stay present and grounded.
We explore patterns that developed in response to past experiences — so they no longer unconsciously direct your life.
This isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about sustainable transformation and feeling more connected to yourself and others.
Professional Trainings
I invest in advanced training so I can offer you the most effective, evidence-based care.
2021 - Cognitive Processing Therapy (13 hours) - Medical University of South Carolina
2022 - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)(40 hours) - Thrive Training and Publications, an EMDRIA approved training
2023 - The Comprehensive Resource Model(20 hours) - Life Source Affordable Counseling and Training Institute
2023 - Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship (29 hours) - Arizona Externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy, an ICEEFT approved training
2024 - Emotionally Focused Therapy Core Skills (52 hours) - Arizona EFT Core Skills, an ICEEFT approved training
2024 - The Comprehensive Resource Model Basic Training (40 hours) - Lisa Schwarz, creator of the model