Therapy for Individuals & Couples+
Integrative & INNOVATIVE
trauma-responsive
somatic
relational
expanded-state approaches
Hello, I'm Giulia.
I support adults, young adults, and relationships moving through anxiety, depression, PTSD and complex trauma, relationship and attachment challenges, eating disorders and body image challenges, substance use and recovery, immigration and multicultural transitions, sexuality and gender exploration, existential and spiritual questions, eco-grief/eco-anxiety, and the experience of being a highly sensitive person (HSP).
As an integrative therapist with specialized training in mind-body practices, I invite into the session a deeper level of awareness of the nervous system's role in healing. My work is grounded in a blend of evidence-based modalities—including Internal Family System (IFS), Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), and Ecotherapy—all aimed at helping you better understand your responses to stress and trauma, while opening space for meaningful and lasting change.
At its core, my therapy practice is trauma-responsive, LGBTQ+ affirming, culturally sensitive, neurodivergent-affirming, and rooted in anti-oppressive care. I pay close attention to the cultural, systemic, and intergenerational forces that shape your lived experience.
Together, we’ll listen for what’s stirring beneath the surface, gently untangle what’s been carried too long, and root into what feels most alive, aligned, and possible.
Giulia Defant, LMFT #155238
I currently offer sessions both via telehealth and in person, meeting in East Bay’s beautiful parks and trails.
I honor that this work takes place on the ancestral, unceded land of the Lisjan Oholone people.
Wildly Connected Therapy is a private psychotherapy practice rooted in the belief that healing doesn’t happen in isolation—it unfolds in relationship: with ourselves, one another, the land beneath our feet, and the vibrant world around us.
Whether you’re moving through trauma, relationship struggles, disconnection, identity shifts, grief, or the challenge of these uncertain times, you are welcome here. This is a space that honors the full spectrum of your experience: the pain and the possibility, the tenderness and the transformation. Healing, as I see it, is both personal and collective—a return to right-relationship with your body, your story, and the world that holds you.
Together, we’ll explore your story, develop practical tools, and create lasting change that aligns with your values and needs. This isn’t about self-improvement—it’s about self-inclusion. Through honest reflection and gentle attention to what’s present, we’ll explore what it means to meet yourself with enough compassion to include it all—the doubt, the joy, the tension, the ease. Wholeness and healing don’t wait for perfection.
Come as you are: messy, curious, and real. It's all welcome here.
Therapy Services
Trauma-responsive and LGBTQ+ affirming therapy for individuals and couples+, grounded in a collaborative and strengths-based approach.
“The more we can cultivate curiosity and compassion towards ourselves, the more we can heal our wounds.”
Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D