Jessica Muñoz, LMHC
sexual assault, coercive control, PTSD
Trauma Therapist
EMDR certified
A HEALING SPACE INTENTIONALLY BUILT OUTSIDE OF SYSTEMS
The beauty of healing in my private practice is that we are on our time — not the behind-the-times pace of institutions or employee wellness models.No outside forces enter the healing space.It’s your agenda.
Your voice.
Together we set the pace.My role is to help conceptualize what’s happening, facilitate healing, and help you feel more alive, more at peace, and more connected to your mind-body day to day.Healing is not about checking boxes here.It’s real.
Using your voice -
raw and unedited - in a space we co-design.
I intentionally hold a smaller client load so I can show up fortified to do deep trauma work.There is time to read notes carefully, think intentionally, and continuously refine our treatment plans as we move forward together.
I specialize in the treatment of trauma/PTSD symptoms linked to sexual assault and/or coercive control/ psychological abuse.
I treat PTSD and trauma-related symptoms using evidence-based modalities including EMDR, CBT, and motivational interviewing, while integrating somatic interventions throughout treatment with a strong focus on mind-body reconnection.My approach moves beyond the Eurocentric American Cartesian split of mind and body — a philosophical framework introduced by 17th-century French philosopher René Descartes suggesting that emotional and physical suffering exist separately. This idea became deeply embedded within Western medicine and psychology. Instead, I incorporate perspectives long emphasized across Indigenous, Eastern, and other holistic healing traditions that recognize the deep interconnection between psychological and physical wellbeing.I believe PTSD and trauma symptoms may fade into the background when well managed, but often require lifelong awareness and intentional management. Together, we co-design a framework with this reality in mind.Our work will preemptively target known downstream health consequences of poorly managed trauma, including sleep disturbance, cardiovascular disease, chronic pain, substance misuse, metabolic dysfunction, and other stress-related conditions.
Expert in RetraumatizationThe second phase of harm that can occur after survivors seek help.
An expert in gender-based violence at large, I bring a rarely found emphasis and expertise in retraumatization — that second phase of abuse that can occur at the hands of systems after one seeks help, whether within courts, workplaces, schools, healthcare settings, or other institutional environments.
EMDR Certified (EMDRIA)
I also practice clinical work with persons carrying childhood trauma.
Clients don’t necessarily come to discuss life-threatening “Big T” traumas.
Many are here to discuss emotionally unavailable or psychologically abusive parental figures, physical abuse during childhood, sexual abuse, or non-consensual sexual experiences as a minor.
I enjoy working with any adult ready to step into my private practice.All genders are welcome, with an emphasis on welcoming men, who make up 60% of my client load, as well as the gender non-conforming.I deeply enjoy working with women navigating trauma recovery, identity, relationships, and reconnection to self.
BIO
Jessica Muñoz, LMHC is the founder of The Business of Healing™, a professional services firm helping hospitality brands increase revenue, strengthen guest experience, and reduce liability through hospitality-specific gender-based violence and trauma training that integrates clinical scope with real-world hospitality operations experience.She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and retraumatization expert, specializing in sexual assault, coercive control, and trauma-related symptom management. Her work focuses on identifying how institutional responses, environmental cues, and interpersonal dynamics re-activate trauma symptoms, escalate risk, and increase liability — and how early, informed intervention can prevent harm.Her background includes frontline clinical work in emergency departments, neurological pediatric intensive care, and inpatient psychiatry at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian (Columbia University Irving Medical Center). She has also worked in outpatient trauma treatment and conducted field work with individuals managing serious mental illness.Through Trauma-Informed Hospitality™, drawing on her roots in hospitality operations, Jessica helps hospitality brands unlock new revenue while reducing liability by operationalizing trauma literacy and translating awareness into real-time judgment across front desk, security, and management roles. Her work recognizes trauma as a widespread public health emergency that only recently gained language — and positions psychological safety as both an ethical and operational advantage.She is also a visible survivor-leader with Sanctuary for Families, the nation’s leading legal services provider for survivors.