LANDEN MOTYKA

Landen A. Motyka, M.S.W., LCSW (they/them)

Clinical Supervisor & Psychotherapist

Landen views therapy as one among many pathways to explore, examine and be curious about ourselves and our lives. What is the story you tell yourself about who you are? What are the stories that have been written and told about you without your consent? Landen believes our mental health is deeply impacted by these collective narratives, particularly in the context of our environment (home, community, land), our access to resources, our experiences of privilege and oppression, and our relationships to our families and communities. Your work together with Landen will be centered in your wholeness, examining and holding how all of these positions and experiences have shaped, and continue to shape, your life story.

In your sessions Landen welcomes you to release the pressure to be “fixed” or “cured.” They invite you to embrace a spectrum of wellness that can be embodied and practiced, without an expectation of perfection. Landen believes this practice of reconnecting to your body is vital in dismantling the harms of white supremacy. Depending on your goals, this may look like learning or strengthening techniques to reconnect to and soothe your body, developing firm and loving boundaries, and/or discovering how to co-create relationships with friends, family and community that feel nurturing and fulfilling.

Landen’s therapy practice is trauma-informed and pulls from a variety of models and theories, including abolitionist, feminist, and anti-racist frameworks, Narrative, Liberation Health, and body-based therapies and rituals. Landen is a white (Polish, Slovak, English, Welsh), queer, trans and non-binary social worker, survivor, plant dad and devoted cat parent. They strive to be authentic, honest, open-minded, and non-judgmental, and often integrate humor in their practice.

Education

M.S.W., Social Work, Simmons University School of Social Work
B.F.A., Illustration, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Licensure

Licensed Clinical Social Worker