WELCOME to wandering heart collective where we believe:
HEALING DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION.
Healing is not something to achieve or master—it is something that unfolds in relationship—with ourselves, with others, and with the unknown. At Wandering Heart Collective, we do not see being lost as a problem to be solved, but as an experience to be met with curiosity. To be lost is simply to be in process, in the space between what has been and what is yet to come.
Our work is about relationship—with yourself, with those around you, with the parts of you that have long been exiled. Many of us have never had the experience of being truly met, of feeling safe enough to show up fully, to risk being known. Whether in individual therapy, group work, or psychedelic integration, we offer a space to explore what it means to be in real contact—to feel seen, to feel understood, to feel in connection rather than in defense.
We do not offer quick solutions or predetermined paths. We offer presence—a space to slow down, to listen, to notice what arises when there is enough safety to stop bracing against the world. Whether you are navigating trauma, grief, identity, or states of expanded awareness, we invite you to step into the unknown, not alone, but alongside another.
There is no roadmap. There is only the shared courage to wander, to make contact, and to discover what emerges in the space between us.
Who & Why
Wandering Heart Collective was dreamed into being by Katie Holz as a way to weave together a network of trusted, like-hearted practitioners across California. Born from a vision of connection, reciprocity, and care, our collective is grounded in shared values, relational depth, and a commitment to experiential, trauma-informed healing. Together, we hold space for transformation—not just for those we work with, but for one another.
While each of us works independently in our own practices, we come together for consultation, and collaboration—and, just as importantly, for connection and play. By working together, we ensure that those seeking support can be matched with practitioners who truly understand their needs and offer care that is thoughtful, informed, and deeply attuned.
Our Services
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Therapy is a process of turning toward—toward what has been avoided, toward what has been felt but not named. Using relational, somatic, and depth-oriented approaches, we explore the patterns that shape your experience, the emotions that have been stored in the body, and the ways you have learned to protect yourself. We do not impose solutions; we follow what emerges, making space for what has been long held in silence.
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Many of us have moved through life feeling alone in our experience—believing that our pain is something personal, something shameful, something to be hidden. But healing happens in relationship. In group work, relational process, and attachment-based exploration, we offer a space to engage with others in a way that is both safe and challenging—where old patterns of isolation, avoidance, or over-adaptation can be seen and explored in real time. Group work is not about performing connection; it is about learning, through experience, what it is to be met.
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Couples therapy is a process of turning toward one another—toward what’s been misunderstood, unspoken, or pushed aside in the relationship. Using relational and emotionally focused approaches, we explore the patterns that keep you disconnected, the underlying emotions that drive conflict, and the protective strategies each of you has learned to survive. We don’t assign blame or force solutions; instead, we slow down together, creating space to make contact, rebuild trust, and rediscover the connection beneath the conflict.
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Case management and recovery coaching are processes of turning toward what feels overwhelming, fragmented, or hard to hold alone—the missed appointments, the confusing systems, the patterns that keep pulling you off course. While therapy helps you explore your inner world—your history, emotions, and relationships—case management and coaching focus on the outer world: coordinating care, building supportive structures, and helping you follow through on what matters most.
Rooted in relational, strengths-based, and harm reduction approaches, this work supports both practical and emotional transformation. We explore the systems that shape your life, the barriers in your way, and the habits that no longer serve. We don’t offer rigid plans or one-size-fits-all solutions. Instead, we move at your pace—bringing clarity where there’s overwhelm, grounding where there’s chaos, and connection where there’s been isolation. Whether you’re navigating recovery, mental health care, or complex life transitions, you don’t have to do it alone.
Our values
If these values align with your work and you are a practitioner looking to build your community, please reach out. We would love to meet you.
Co-Creation of Safety
Safety is not something given; it is something formed in relationship. We do not assume safety—we build it together, in real time, through presence, attunement, and respect for your autonomy. Healing begins when there is enough ground beneath us to take a step into the unknown, and we are committed to creating that ground with you.
Healing Through Relationship
Our earliest experiences of selfhood are shaped in relation to others. Wounds form in relationship, and it is through relationship that they can be repaired. Therapy is not about fixing, but about making contact—contact with the self, contact with another, contact with what has been long buried or exiled. Whether in individual or group work, we hold space for the emergence of the relational self—the self that longs to be seen, met, and understood.
States of Expanded Awareness
Non-ordinary states—whether accessed through psychedelics, dream work, or deep relational presence—offer us a way of seeing beyond habitual patterns of self. These experiences can be destabilizing, illuminating, or both. What matters is not the experience itself, but how it is integrated—how we bring what was once outside of awareness into embodied life.
We do not see psychedelics as shortcuts to healing, but as tools that, when engaged with care, can reveal what is asking to be worked with.
Engagement with the Unknown
Growth is not about certainty. Healing does not come from erasing what is difficult, but from being willing to be with what arises. We invite exploration—not as a means to reach a predetermined outcome, but as a way of inhabiting life more fully. To be lost is not to be broken; it is to be in process - making room for discovery and reconnection.
The Body as the Ground of Experience
We do not experience the world through thought alone. Our histories live in the body—in sensation, in breath, in patterns of contraction and expansion. Healing is not about telling a different story; it is about feeling something different, inhabiting ourselves in a new way. Through somatic awareness and experiential work, we attend to what words cannot reach, making space for deeper integration, connection, and lasting change.
The Collective Field
Healing does not happen in isolation. To be human is to be shaped by the systems we live in, by the communities that hold us (or fail to), by the presence or absence of belonging. In group work, relational therapy, and shared exploration, we invite an awareness of the ways we exist in the collective field. The individual is never separate from the whole.
At Wandering Heart Collective, we do not offer answers. We offer presence, relationship, and a space to encounter yourself in a new way.