Veronica Mugi
MA, LPCC, MFTC

Hi! My name is Veronica Mugi. I am a licensed professional counselor candidate and a marriage and family therapist candidate. I care deeply about providing a space for you to show up fully as you, and to feel seen, heard, and held right where you are in your journey. Your story is an important one and we’ll work together to deepen your connection with yourself and those you love. I believe in your ability to heal and to live wholeheartedly, even in the ongoing tensions and

difficulties of life.

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I enjoy working with couples, families, and individuals through various life issues. I have helped couples build security and safety in their relationships, work through relationship injuries and ruptures, and deepen their relational authenticity and vulnerability. I have worked with families to help strengthen their relationship bonds and create support within their systems. I have also helped individuals work through trauma, anxiety, and life transitions among others. Additionally, I am passionate about working with interracial/intercultural relationships, the BIPOC community, women, transracial adoptive families, and with people of/struggling with faith and

spirituality.

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My therapeutic approach is systemic and integrative and is centered in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). EFT is an incredibly powerful evidence-based modality that empowers clients to live freely, authentically, and from the heart. I use a systemic lens to contextualize your experiences and expand the work we do together in a meaningful way. I look forward to knowing you and being a part of your story.

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Who I work with

- Couples: building security and safety in your relationship, healthy communication,

increasing authenticity & vulnerability, healing and repairing relational wounds/ruptures.

- Families: strengthening bonds within the family unit, helping parents and children

connect and communicate, empowering family members to access and share underlying

feelings and experiences, creating safety and support within the family.

- Individuals: processing trauma, growing in self-awareness, family of origin issues &

exploration, life transitions, views of self.

Other Interests

- Interracial couple work: strengthening the relational bond through a systemic lens.

- BIPOC: processing and healing through racial trauma and experiences.

- Women: processing infertility, body image issues, friendships.

- Transracial adoptive families: strengthening the family unit and facilitating space for

important conversations.

- Faith and spirituality: healing from spiritual abuse, connecting with spirituality, building

an aligned community.

 

Previous Work

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The work I enjoy the most is emotionally focused therapy (EFT) focused. In this work, I’ve seen

couples, families and individuals deepen their vulnerability with self and others, access

underlying emotional experiences and share them courageously with themselves and those they

love. EFT is an incredibly powerful evidence based therapeutic modality that has empowered so

many to live freely, authentically, and from the heart (me included). I have helped couples work

through infidelity, intercultural differences/experiences, communication, and parenting among

other issues. I’ve also worked with families to create safe spaces for all members to be held in

their unique experiences. My work with individuals has ranged from processing shame, grief,

and trauma, to navigating life transitions. I am truly gifted by this work that I get to do and the

amazing people I get to encounter.

 

Things that fill my heart

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- Quality time with my husband and son

- Quiet time alone

- Reading and writing poetry, reading African literature & fiction (with a warm cup of

green tea)

- My family and few closest friends

- Live music

- Movement (running, going to the gym, hiking and being outside)

- Finding special clothes at thrift stores

 

I’m looking forward to knowing you and being a part of your story.