My name is Victoria Kachinski, MSW, LICSW. I am a psychotherapist and owner of Shared Stories Counseling, LLC located in Wellesley MA. My hope is to support you while you identify your goals, deepen your understanding of your values, and work to take your power back from problems that try to get in your way.

With over seven years of experience providing trauma-informed care to adults in Boston & the Metro-West area, I have developed a great sense of gratitude for my ability to do this work. After receiving my MSW and LICSW, I have been able to care for individuals and couples in community, hospital and private practice settings who have been affected by developmental/ childhood trauma, sexual abuse/ exploitation, racial trauma, immigration-related trauma amongst asylum seekers, depression, anxiety, panic, phobias, attachment-based trauma and relationship issues.

I believe your inability to stay emotionally regulated in a toxic & oppressive system is NOT the problem…

In our conversations, we'll work to understand how your mental health, relationships and daily life are impacted by the larger systems you find yourself in. Overall, my stance as a clinician is rooted in social justice, feminist, intersectional and decolonized frameworks. My eclectic and integrative approach is generally informed by Attachment Theory, Systems Theory and Polyvagal Theory.

I am committed to building affirming, non-judgmental and culturally responsive relationships with all of my clients. It’s particularly important to me to commit to the on-going learning and unlearning needed to offer safe and effective care for those within LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities.