I’m Cynthia St.Clair, MA, LPC, LCMHC, psychotherapist, and women’s mental health expert. My professional interests lie at the intersectionality of women’s hormones, moods, and trauma; I love supporting highly sensitive women having difficulties with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), the perimenopausal shift, and unprocessed trauma. My path in women’s health began because I, myself, am I PMDD survivor; and while I’ve had wonderful therapists over the years, no one ever asked me about my menstrual cycle or hormones; so I decided to be the therapist I could never find!

As the owner of Saint Clair Counseling and Consulting, I bring my values of feminism, meditation, and somatics into every aspect of my practice. Since 2018, I have had the privilege of supporting hundreds of women on their healing paths, which allowed me to develop a unique and effective Bio-Psycho-Social treatment model for PMDD. In 2022, I was honored to be a guest speaker on The PMDD Healing Podcast to discuss the role of DBT specifically in PMDD treatment protocols. More recently I presented my Hormone-Informed Treatment Model for PMDD at the North Carolina Counseling Association’s annual conference, and am currently researching PMDD for a scholarly article. I offer remote individual therapy through Women’s Counseling NC, as well as consultation for mental health professionals.

Before I was a psychotherapist, I was a modern dancer and choreographer, and while I no longer have an artistic practice in this way, I find that the creative lens still deeply colors my worldview. I found my way to psychotherapy through dance, as I studied yoga and became hungry to learn all I could about mind-body connection and healing. This brought me to enroll in a Dance/Movement Therapy program at Naropa University, which truly set me on the path I am on today. I now reside in the Asheville area of North Carolina where I can be found in my garden every chance I get.