Our
Community
The Held Space Collective is grounded in a collaborative community of therapists, mindfulness/healing practitioners, and creatives with integrity-guided offerings.
Each member of our network shares common core values: anti-racist, LGBTQIA+ identified/allied, sex-positive, and body neutral.
Laura Temple
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Laura is an ANCC board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) and the founder of Held Space. She provides mindful therapy and prescribes medication for the treatment of a wide range of mental health disorders, including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and PTSD.
Laura specializes in providing trauma-informed care and working with people who have experienced sexual assault.
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Natalie Linnea
Held Space's Designer & Marketing manager
Natalie is an intuitive branding and web designer currently residing in Southern Germany. Her signature approach fuses science-backed strategies and color psychology with human design and clairsentience. She collaborates closely with female entrepreneurs in the wellness and creative industries, helping them bring their essence to life and translate it into a compelling online presence, enabling them to confidently showcase their unique positive impact on the world.
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Brittany Johnston
creative arts therapist
Brittany is a licensed creative arts therapist specialized in treating clients with anxiety, depression and PTSD. With additional training in yoga therapy and EMDR, Brittany uniquely combines a psychodynamic approach with creative practices, mind-body connection and mindfulness meditation.
Therapy with Brittany is holistic, compassionate and direct. She supports her clients and their journey by empowering them to pursue deep truths and to face the challenges of recovery.
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Alessandra Fabris-Tantawi
Psychotherapist
Alessandra Fabris-Tantawi LCSW, M.Ed, RYT (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker, holistic psychotherapist, integrative trauma specialist, sex therapist, educator and yoga teacher. Alessandra supports predominately BIPOC and LGBTQ+ couples, women, individuals and families to navigate life with more ease and consciousness. Alessandra encourages people to unlearn binary thinking, linear cultural narratives, and ascribed societal labels that hinder happiness and a sense of social connection.
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Renisse Baiden
Mental health counselor
Renisse is a licensed mental health counselor utilizing a strengths-based and person-centered approach to support individuals through the changes and challenges that life can bring. She believes that individuals are the expert on their own lives and is here to help navigate the GPS of their journeys. She is perfect for those seeking support through a particular situation or need assistance identifying the impact of patterns. Renisse enjoys working interactively in therapy with those committed to their personal growth while providing a safe and nonjudgmental environment to process your emotions and life experiences.
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Grace Mennell
Designer & Artist
Grace Mennell is a designer and visual artist with exhibition lighting design credits in museums and galleries across the country. Grace has earned degrees in art history, interior design, and theatrical design, all while exploring various visual art mediums.
At Held Space, Grace hosts zine-making workshops and open studio hours for creatives looking to connect and commune with other artists. Forever on a mission to choose and spread joy, she can't wait to help you get in touch with your creative side and try something new with some paper, markers, and glue!
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Nicole Quintana-Wolf
Breathwork Facilitator
Nicole Quintana-Wolf is a trauma-informed breathwork guide, somatic coach, and writer. She's dedicated to helping you reconnect with the innate wisdom of your body and intuition so that you can move from a heart-centered place—and feel the divine magic of life as you do so.
As a former teacher, she's worked with hundreds of NYC educators and students, bringing holistic wellness and emotional regulation tools into public schools. When she's not skipping around Prospect Park or tending to her plants, you can catch her on Instagram for upcoming events, breathwork practices, a weekly newsletter, and general silliness.
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Lisa Klimkiewicz
Intuitive Tarot Reader & Channeler
Lisa K // Middle Sister Tarot is an intuitive Tarot reader, multidimensional channel, teacher, and facilitator dedicated to helping people remember and reconnect to their own inner wisdom and guidance. She offers spiritual development workshops, channeled messages for the collective, small group experiences, and one-on-one readings.
Lisa is an Aquarius with a Leo Moon and Cancer Rising, and her Tarot soul card is The Lovers.
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Francesca Aborn
Psychotherapist
Francesca is a LCSW psychotherapist trained and certified in EMDR, IFS, EFT, and guided visualizations. Francesca offers a holistic approach to therapy that empowers clients to heal past traumas, explore root issues, and develop personalized coping strategies for lasting change.
Therapy with Francesca goes beyond traditional talk therapy, bringing in humor, connection, and moments of joy, while still honoring and sitting with the difficult emotions that are part of the healing process.
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