About Me

My name is Courtney Baldwin. I am a licensed clinical social worker and trauma sensitive yoga facilitator. I live in Santa Cruz, California with my partner and our sweet pup Charlie.

I graduated with my Master’s Degree in Social Work from Fordham University in New York City. In my first few years in the social work field, I worked in foster care with teen mamas and their babies. There, I watched as the trauma of the foster care system was stored in my clients’ bodies and I felt helpless to heal them with the cognitive behavioral tools I’d learned in school.

This experience motivated me to keep learning and growing my expertise as a therapist with trainings on Embodiment, parts work, Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga and EMDR.

Outside my work as a therapist, I love reading, hiking, beach walks, dancing, and working on my abysmal watercolor skills.