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Cybele Blood, LCSW

Somatic-informed LCSW focused on practical skills

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About Cybele

Cybele Blood is an LCSW who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and listens closely so clients feel heard. Cybele emphasizes respect for diversity and centers kindness in the work.

She offers online options from Utah and accepts international clients. Cybele draws on over 14 years of clinical experience and earlier work in massage therapy to attend to both the body and the mind.

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Background and approach

She uses somatic methods to notice how tension and emotion show up in the body, and Trauma-Focused approaches when past events continue to cause distress. Her work also incorporates elements from Internal Family Systems and existential thinking to address identity, meaning, and inner parts. Sessions focus on practical skills and steady changes people can use between meetings.

This can include breath and body awareness, grounding strategies, communication practice, and building a coping toolbox for daily life. She often supports those facing compassion fatigue and first responder stress with tools to reduce burnout. Cybele also offers guidance around relationship concerns, intimacy questions, non-monogamous dynamics, and sexual identity issues.

She helps people with sleep, eating, concentration, career stress, and ADHD-related challenges by breaking problems into manageable steps. Her approach is collaborative. She partners with each person to set goals and chooses methods that fit their needs.

People who prefer clear structure along with attention to body experience may find her style especially helpful.

Approaches that combine body awareness and meaning

Somatic Therapy pays attention to how emotions and stress show up in the body through breath, posture, and tension, and uses gentle body-focused practices to help regulate those responses. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on responses to past events and helps reduce the ways traumatic memories interrupt daily life and relationships. Internal Family Systems views the mind as made up of different parts with different needs and works to help those parts communicate and cooperate.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest methods that fit your situation. That collaborative process allows adjustments over time so the approach stays useful and practical.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to access regular support from home or while traveling, and let people pick the communication style that feels most manageable for them. Therapists can teach grounding and body-awareness exercises, guide trauma-focused conversations, and provide between-session tools through these remote formats.
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Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Cybele commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and post-traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, self-esteem, career strain, bipolar issues, ADHD, and LGBT-related concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
She blends somatic awareness with Trauma-Focused work and Internal Family Systems ideas, using straightforward, practical techniques and attention to body experience.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Cybele has 14 years of clinical psychotherapy experience and earlier experience in massage therapy, which informs her somatic focus.
What are her professional credentials and location?
She holds the LCSW credential with licence UT LCSW 8926508-3501 and practices from Utah.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Appointments can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

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Experience
14 years
Licensed
Utah
Languages
English