Hello
I am a trauma-informed therapist with a focus on nervous-system regulation, early shock, and complex trauma. My work is grounded in helping people stabilize and integrate experiences that were overwhelming at the time they occurred.
About the Therapist/Author
Nathanael “Nando” Schlecht is a Licensed Associate Counselor based in Tucson, Arizona. My work focuses on helping people understand how trauma, chronic stress, and life experiences shape the nervous system and the ways people relate to themselves and others.
Many of the individuals I work with are capable and thoughtful people who continue to function in daily life, yet feel disconnected, numb, or stuck in patterns they can clearly recognize but struggle to change. Therapy focuses on helping the nervous system process and reorganize these patterns so that life can feel more present and internally coherent.
My approach integrates several trauma-informed methods that work with both the mind and the nervous system. Rather than focusing only on insight or coping strategies, the work aims to help the internal system gradually reorganize so that regulation, clarity, and personal agency can return.
Alongside clinical work, I write about the intersection of trauma, the nervous system, identity, and meaning. My essays explore how psychological patterns develop and how people gradually recover a sense of personhood beneath the roles and responsibilities that often shape adult life.
Credentials
Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC), Arizona
Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Specialized training in trauma-informed therapy, including:
• Ego State Therapy
• Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)
• Clinical Hypnotherapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Prior to entering the counseling field, I served in the U.S. Army as a combat veteran during the Afghanistan conflict from 2011-2015.
Orientation
Therapy focuses on helping the nervous system and internal psychological system reorganize after stress, trauma, or prolonged adaptation to difficult environments.
Many people can understand their experiences intellectually but still feel trapped in the same emotional responses or behavioral patterns. This often occurs because the nervous system has learned protective responses that were originally helpful but remain active long after the circumstances have changed.
Treatment integrates several approaches that work with both cognitive understanding and deeper nervous system responses, including parts-oriented work, trauma processing, and somatic awareness.
The goal of therapy is not only symptom relief, but greater internal coordination so that individuals can experience life with more clarity, flexibility, and personal agency.