LeNaya Smith Crawford

LeNaya Smith Crawford, The Holistic Therapist™, is a licensed therapist, holistic mental health educator, business mentor, international teacher and wellness CEO. She is also an advanced certified yoga, breathwork and meditation teacher (ERYT-500+) and a sound healer. Her mission is to make holistic mental health and healing accessible, inclusive and relatable by training and empowering the therapists, healers and organizations who make this work possible.

Her work grows out of her own healing journey. She found yoga during a stressful time in her master's program, and in the year she graduated she also earned her yoga teacher training and trauma-sensitive yoga certifications. She went on to bring breathwork, sound healing and affirmations into her life. Raised in the church as the daughter of two pastors, she came to see holistic healing as aligned with her faith. She says it was taking a holistic approach, one that honored the physical, energetic, mental/emotional, spiritual and communal layers of self, that brought her deep healing, freedom, joy and authenticity. She defines holistic mental health and healing as "a return to wholeness through practices that nourish the mind, body, and spirit."

LeNaya earned her Bachelor's in Psychology with honors from Spelman College and holds a Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in trauma and spiritual integration. With more than a decade in the mental health and wellness space, she has been featured in The New York Times, Essence, The Huffington Post and Healthline, and on national television, including Bravo.

She created The Holistic Therapist™ Academy, a certification and immersion program that trains therapists, healers and mental health professionals to integrate trauma-informed modalities such as yoga, breathwork and sound healing. Through her company, LSC Wellness, she supports women therapists, healers, leaders and entrepreneurs in prioritizing self-care and building sustainable businesses. She also founded Kaleidoscope Therapy and Holistic Wellness, a trauma-informed group therapy practice, and co-founded Seviin Yoga Studio + Yoga School, a trauma-informed heated yoga studio in Atlanta. She leads The Healers Retreat for women who help and heal, hosts The Holistic Therapist Podcast, and speaks on topics such as stress and burnout, mindfulness and holistic mental health. When she is not holding space, she can often be found by the ocean.