Noah Veiga

We have the capacity to change. In psychotherapy, that possibility is truly there, though it takes work and a well-nurtured belief in oneself. That work often begins when we move away from asking, “What’s wrong with me?” and toward recognizing what’s right with me, which often becomes the starting point for recovery.

I earned my MSW from the University of Maryland School of Social Work, where I was a HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training BHWISE Fellow with a focus on co-occurring and integrated care. My clinical background includes work across education, community mental health, inpatient psychiatry, and residential treatment settings.

To further develop myself and better serve the clients I work with, I continue to seek out learning that helps me understand how people make sense of their experiences and move toward change in ways that feel grounded and personal. In recent years, this has included working with clinicians and thinkers such as Linda Thai, Terry Real, and Daniel Siegel, as well as engaging in integrative learning environments such as the Garrison Institute and annual postgraduate trauma-informed study and training at Oxford University. This learning has reinforced a respect for complexity and a humility about how deeply our nervous systems, relationships, and personal histories shape the stories we carry. As therapists, we are learning alongside the people we serve.

Much of my work focuses on helping people notice the patterns they developed for good reason and consider how those patterns may be shaping their present lives. From a narrative perspective, therapy becomes a space to make sense of your story with greater clarity and to explore how it might be held differently moving forward.

Many people arrive in therapy having encountered fragmented services or interventions, and for a variety of reasons, discouraging ideas about therapy itself or what it means to be in treatment, including feeling overly analyzed or reduced to a diagnosis. I aim to honor those experiences without assuming them, and to help create a more coherent and respectful therapeutic process, including the development of an aftercare plan that supports structure and continuity over time. At Tranquility Woods, I am grateful to be part of an environment that supports paced and integrative work, bringing together emotional insight, embodiment, relationships, and meaning.

Whether working with individuals or couples, I strive to offer a steady and collaborative space where exploration feels grounded, insight builds over time, and change can be felt in your day to day. For me, clarity is the real currency of change, not as a quick solution, but as an ongoing process that supports lasting recovery and growth.

“The best place to start is exactly where you are right now.”
— Ram Dass