Odile McKenzie is a cultural and trauma-responsive Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Holistic Life Coach with over 15 years of experience. Born in St. Lucia, she immigrated to the United States in her teens and identifies as Afro-Caribbean. Odile practices through a lens of compassion, culture, and self-affirmation.

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Odile specializes in relational complex trauma, chronic shame, and somatic approaches, working primarily with Black women. Research on the Strong Black Woman schema shows that the cultural pressure to appear unbreakable is linked to self-silencing, depression, and barriers to seeking care. Her work creates space for Black women to move beyond the performance of strength and into healing that is honest, embodied, and sustainable.

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She believes that relationships are vital to our emotional and physical well-being. You get hurt in relationships, and you can heal in them too. Therapy can be that safe relationship, the place where healing becomes possible.

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Odile helps clients identify the roots of maladaptive patterns in relationships and guides them toward healing. Her goal is to equip you with tools to understand how trauma shows up as anxiety, depression, avoidance, perfectionism, low self-esteem, people-pleasing, and fear. From working with Odile, you will learn to improve your relationship with yourself, set boundaries, cultivate more nurturing connections, and manage challenging emotions with greater ease.

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All are welcome.