Dr. Natasha Holmes, Psy.D. (She/Her)

Executive Director

Dr. Holmes is a licensed psychologist, consultant, and life coach. Dr. Holmes is a psychoanalytically and trauma informed black feminist and womanist psychologist with training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and biofeedback-informed interventions. She works with adults providing both therapy and life coaching.

Dr. Holmes has completed two Bachelor of Arts degrees from Seattle University, a Master of Science degree from Pacific University, and a Doctorate of Psychology degree from Pacific University in Oregon. Her pre-doctoral internship was at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center and postdoctoral training was at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy where she studied psychoanalytic theory. She then graduated from the Postgraduate Fellowship Program at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis. Dr. Holmes is licensed to practice psychology in Massachusetts and Washington state. Dr. Holmes is also a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program and the United States of Women Accelerator Program.

Dr. Holmes serves on the steering committee for the Boston chapter of Reflective Spaces/Material Places. She has published and presented on the topics of race, class, gender, sexuality, intersectionality, intergenerational trauma, and engaging in difficult dialogues. Dr. Holmes is a recipient of the 2015 Pacific University Community Service Award and was a Multicultural Concerns Committee Scholar for the American Psychological Association’s Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (2019-2020). Her favorite past times include traveling to countries in the African diaspora, trying locally-owned restaurants, and spending time with her dog (Abebi).

Dr. Holmes is fluent in English..