Jacqueline Casumbal
Jacqueline Casumbal
Clinical social worker, hilot practitioner & Reiki practitioner
Gender
Female
Ethnicity/Nationality
Filipina American
Language / Dialect
English
community
Body Positivity / Health at Every Size
Disability / Person with Disability
LGBTQIAA+ / Queer Allied
Neurodivergent Friendly
Racial Justice Allied
Sex Positive / Kink Friendly
Transgender Competent
Familiarity with Faith
Interfaith
Multifaith
Catholicism
Focus
Attachment
Colonial Mentality
Cultural & Systemic Oppression
Historical / Intergenerational Trauma
Internalized Oppression
Microaggressions
Racial Identity
Spirituality
Trauma and PTSD
Women's Issues
Treatment
Brainspotting
Hilot
Psychodynamic Therapy
Reiki & Other Energy Work
Relational Therapy
Trauma Focused
Modality
Individual
About
My practice centers Women of Color and is rooted in nature, attachment theory, and deep mindfulness from a decolonial perspective. My background is in working with clients who have survived intimate partner violence, and childhood abuse and neglect. I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP-I) and Certified Brainspotting Practitioner, which helps inform the work I do to support survivors of complex trauma. I received my Masters in Social Work at The Catholic University of America. I am also trained in Reiki and Hilot.
I identify as a progressive, including around issues that affect Filipinos in the Philippines. I value the abolitionist-informed and anti-oppressive positions of mutual aid, community care, and decentralization of services over policing. I incorporate the work of Tricia Hersey of The Nap Ministry, Sonya Renee Taylor, and adrienne marie brown in my personal and professional life to unlearn the harms of grind culture, colonial mentality, ableism, the patriarchy, and white supremacy, and reconnect to my inherent wisdom so as to help others do the same. As someone who experiences chronic illness, I also value disability justice. I center humor, pleasure, and boundaries to help me and my clients connect more deeply with our intuition. In addition to those in my community who I feel supported and loved by, I also turn to and receive care from my animal and nature kin, like my sweet, spicy, and floofy cat, Annie, and the various trees, flowers, and animals that are in or around my neighborhood and beyond.
My ideal client: 1) wants to or is curious about connecting to their racial, cultural, and or ethnic roots outside of white supremacy and the patriarchy, 2) is open to talking about the impact of systemic oppression, 3) appreciates exploring their relationship to nature and spirituality, the metaphysical and mysterious, 4) open to my relaxed, conversational, and sometimes humorous therapeutic approach (as opposed to a highly structured approach with exercises and homework).
Qualifications
LCSW-C #29431 (Maryland)
LICSW #LC50082530 (DC)
LCSW #0904013434 (Virginia)
Years in Practice: 5
School: MSW, The Catholic University of America
Location
9841 Washingtonian Blvd, Suite 200-1048
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Online / remote services available
Pricing
$230 — $460 per session
Accepted Insurance
Out of Network
