About Our Mosaic Self
Our Mosaic Self was created as a sanctuary for healing—a place where every identity, story, and part of self is welcomed home.
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Founded by therapist and educator Elle Kahn (she/they), Our Mosaic Self was created to meet the unique needs of LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and trauma-impacted individuals who have too often felt unseen in traditional therapy spaces. Rooted in intersectional, anti-oppressive, and body-based approaches, this practice integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and somatic trauma work to help people reclaim the wisdom that’s been buried beneath survival.
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This practice challenges the idea that therapy should look one way or move at one pace. Instead, it honors the rhythms of real people—those navigating identity, relationships, and the deep work of becoming. Our Mosaic Self offers immersive trauma-healing intensives, affirming relationship therapy for couples and polycules, and identity-centered support that celebrates complexity rather than pathologizing it.
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Drawing on queer resilience, neurodivergent creativity, and trauma-informed compassion, Our Mosaic Self is reimagining what therapy can be: a collaborative, embodied, and liberatory process of coming home to yourself.
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Why “Our Mosaic Self”
The name Our Mosaic Self reflects a core truth: healing is not about erasing what’s fractured, but honoring the art within it. Every identity, memory, and emotion forms part of a larger pattern—a living mosaic that tells the truth of who we are. This practice was born from the conviction that we are never beyond repair; we are already whole, even in our fragmentation.
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Therapy here isn’t about perfection or performance. It’s about remembering our inherent worth, reclaiming what was once silenced, and allowing every part of the self to belong.
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Our Commitments
Liberation & Justice
Healing is inseparable from justice. We actively challenge systems that silence or harm, centering the voices and experiences of those who have been marginalized.
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Body Wisdom
The body is not the problem—it’s the portal. Through somatic and nervous-system-informed practices, we help clients reconnect with the body’s innate intelligence and truth.
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Multiplicity
Every part of you is welcome here. Through IFS and relational attunement, we honor the complexity, creativity, and contradictions that make you human.
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Community & Connection
Healing unfolds in relationship. We value collaboration, transparency, and trust, creating spaces where people feel safe, seen, and celebrated.
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Rest & Renewal
As Tricia Hersey, founder of the organization The Nap Ministry, writes, "Rest is resistance." We honor the body’s need for stillness, joy, and replenishment as sacred acts of self-preservation and collective care.
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Land & Lineage
Our Mosaic Self exists on the ancestral lands of the Lenni-Lenape people, the rightful caretakers of this land. Their presence, wisdom, and stewardship endure far beyond colonization, and it is with humility that we acknowledge this lineage.
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We honor the invaluable contributions of Indigenous knowledge and practice to modern healing—teachings that center interconnectedness, balance, and community care. These ways of knowing continue to inform how we understand well-being, resilience, and collective restoration.
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With deep gratitude, we commit to respecting Indigenous wisdom and to practicing in ways that align with justice, inclusion, and repair. For us, this means continually examining the systems we participate in, the privileges we hold, and the ways we can show up in solidarity with Indigenous, Black, and other marginalized communities.
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This acknowledgment matters deeply because the work of Our Mosaic Self is about returning home—to ourselves, to one another, and to the Earth. We cannot invite others into wholeness without honoring the histories and harms that have fractured our collective belonging. Recognizing this land and its original caretakers is one small act of remembrance and responsibility—an ongoing commitment to grounding healing in truth, accountability, and connection.
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An Invitation
If you’ve ever felt unseen, unheard, or “too much,” this space was built with you in mind. Here, you don’t have to perform healing—you get to live it.
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We’ll move at the pace your nervous system allows, listen for the wisdom in every part of you, and remember that becoming whole isn’t a destination. It’s a practice. A returning. A lifelong unfolding.
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You are already the art you’ve been trying to create.
