Your Guide
Hi, I’m Raina LaGrand (she/her).
My ancestors found home on the lands we now call West Africa, Western Europe, and Turkey.
I live and work on the historic, ancestral, and contemporary lands and beautiful fresh waters of the Anishinaabe and Wyandot peoples.
My expertise and passion lands at the intersection of trauma, relationships, and belonging, because in many ways these have been the themes of my life. In addition to being mixed, I'm also Queer, cisgender, neurodivergent, and I live with chronic pain.
I bring over 15 years of experience in the health and wellness world, including nearly a decade as a dedicated trauma therapist. I own a private practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Mixed Race Belonging is my baby. It’s the support I would have wanted in the times when belonging felt most out of reach for me. I’m really so glad you’re here!
More About Me
My Training
Masters in Public Health, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, 2016
Masters in Social Work, Interpersonal Practice University of Michigan, 2016 - Licensed with Clinical focus in the State of Michigan
Women’s Studies and Social Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2012
Beyond my formal (read: colonial) education, I have studied somatic (body-based) approaches to healing trauma extensively. Some of my education includes:
Rest and Restore Protocol Certified Provider, 2025
Safe and Sound Protocol Certified Provider, 2025
Liberation Reiki Level II Certified Practitioner, 2025
NeuroAffective Touch Foundation Graduate, 2024
Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certificate, The Embody Lab, 2021
Gottman Method for Couples Therapy - Level One, 2021
Somatic Abolitionism, Resmaa Menakem, 2020
Movement for Trauma, Jane Clapp, Level One, 2020
Parts Work with Tom Holmes, 2020
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy - Level One, 2019
Certified Yoga Teacher, 200 hours, A2 Yoga, 2013
Trained in Hatha & Vinyasa styles