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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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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Becca Jacobs
Yoga Instructor & Ripple.Affect Founder
Becca is a yoga instructor and founder of Ripple. Affect, a well-being community based on music, movement, and nature. Amidst her competitive figure skating career she was introduced to yoga, and discovered the magic of movement beyond structured routines. Her connection to free movement deepened as she witnessed music’s ability to move not just bodies but souls at live music shows.
Her classes go beyond mere postures, embracing the structure of music and the freedom to explore within your body, guiding students into a harmonious flow state. Becca teaches traditional vinyasa flows as well as Deadhead & Jam Flows carrying on the spirit of The Grateful Dead and supporting women in the live music community.
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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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