For all new friends who want to know who I am and what I do 🤍

I’m Aniela Sârbu, psychotherapist and founder of Mindful Healing TC -

Where awareness, compassion, and transformation meet.

For over 20 years as a clinical psychologist and trauma-informed therapist, I’ve walked beside people on their healing journeys - helping them understand their inner world, process emotional pain, and build lives that feel safe, connected, and whole.

I’m originally from Romania and now based in Traverse City, Michigan, where I offer both in-person and online sessions for adults who resonate with my approach and are ready for real change.

🌿 Who I Work With

I work with sensitive, thoughtful adults - many of them women - who have carried too much for too long.

They are the caregivers, the deep thinkers, the ones who keep going even when they’re running on empty.

On the outside, they look strong and capable.

Inside, they often feel anxious, lonely, overthinking, exhausted, or emotionally disconnected.

They struggle to rest, to stop analyzing, to feel present in their bodies. They long for peace, for love that feels safe, for a sense of belonging - yet they often feel tired, unseen, or empty inside.

Many come to therapy when they’ve realized that the strategies that once kept them safe - perfectionism, control, people-pleasing, staying busy - are no longer working.

They’re ready to heal from survival and begin living with more presence, ease, and truth.

💔 What I Help Heal

• Childhood and attachment trauma – emotional neglect, absent or critical parents, feeling “not enough”, or “too much”.

• Relationship and intimacy struggles – anxious or avoidant attachment, fear of rejection, people-pleasing, or self-abandonment.

• Anxiety, chronic stress, and burnout – difficulty resting, overthinking, constant alertness, emotional exhaustion.

• Sleep difficulties – when your mind doesn’t know how to turn off because your body still feels unsafe.

• Emptiness and disconnection – feeling lost, numb, or detached from your emotions, body, or purpose.

• Searching for love and belonging – repeating painful relationship patterns or attracting unavailable partners.

• Identity and life transitions – divorce, immigration, motherhood, loss, or rebuilding after major change.

• Hypersensitivity and emotional overwhelm – learning to see sensitivity as a gift, not a flaw.

My work also supports therapists, empaths, and caregivers who need a safe place to release the weight of holding others and reconnect with themselves.

🌸 How I Work

My approach is gentle but deep, integrating the wisdom of the body with the clarity of the mind.

I combine Compassionate Inquiry (Dr. Gabor Maté), mindfulness, somatic awareness, and relational therapy to guide clients from understanding why they feel the way they do to actually feeling safe inside themselves.

Together we:

• Slow down and listen to what the body remembers.

• Explore the emotional roots of anxiety, exhaustion, and emptiness.

• Learn to regulate the nervous system and create new emotional responses.

• Rebuild trust, safety, and connection in relationships.

• Practice boundaries, rest, and self-compassion.

Therapy with me is not about fixing or labeling yourself.

It’s a collaborative process of awareness, compassion, and truth - helping you meet every part of yourself with understanding instead of shame.

🌼 The Results My Clients Experience

• A calmer mind and better sleep.

• A regulated nervous system and fewer emotional crashes.

• Healthier, more secure relationships.

• The ability to rest without guilt and express needs without fear.

• A deeper connection to body, intuition, and self-worth.

• Freedom from old patterns of control, overthinking, or self-betrayal.

• A renewed sense of meaning, safety, and inner peace.

Clients often describe our work as “coming home to myself.”

That’s the heart of what I do - helping people remember who they are beyond trauma, roles, and expectations.

🌙 My Philosophy

Healing is not linear.

It’s the slow return to safety, truth, and love - within yourself first, and then in your relationships and life.

I believe in the power of awareness and compassion to create real change.

When we stop running from what hurts and learn to listen with curiosity instead of judgment, transformation begins to unfold naturally.

On this page, you’ll find reflections from my own journey, insights from two decades of therapeutic work, and gentle invitations to explore your own path of healing and becoming.

💫 Let’s Begin

If you’re ready to stop surviving and start living with presence, purpose, and peace, I’d be honored to walk beside you.

Together, we’ll create a space where you can finally breathe, rest, and begin to bloom.

🌿 Book a 1:1 session (in person or online)

🌸 Learn about my healing programs for women and sensitive souls

🤍 Or simply stay and receive what resonates

📍 Office: THE BOX – 425 Boardman Ave, Traverse City, MI

🌐 www.mindfultherapist.us

“The place where people bloom.”

You belong here.

Let this be your soft landing - your reminder that healing is possible, and your invitation to rise.

With presence and care,

Aniela 🤍

*please start with your need or intention for connection. I am not looking for dates or text buddies! 🙏🏻Thank you!