Uche Okolie, LCSW
Clinician • Educator • Founder of The Returning Place
Trauma-informed care, sound healing, and creative restoration for high impact individuals, teams, and communities.
About Uche
I‘m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, educator, and trauma specialist committed to helping people reconnect to their bodies, purpose, and power. With over a decade of experience supporting individuals, teams, and institutions, my work bridges psychology, mindfulness, and creative healing to support deeper belonging and restoration.
The Returning Place
A trauma informed, whole-person approach to healing mind, body, and system.
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Trauma-Informed Therapy
Reconnect to safety, self-trust, and belonging through a blend of integrative therapy that combines evidence based, somatic awareness, attachment repair, and narrative healing. We help you understand how stress, trauma, and identity shape the body— and guide you toward grounding change that lasts— mind, body, and soul.
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Sound Healing & Nervous System Regulation
Using frequency, vibration, and intention, sound healing helps regulate the nervous system and release stored stress. Each session supports relaxation, emotional reset, and deeper connection to the body’s innate rhythms. Enhance focus, sleep, and inner child connection.
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Creative Expression & Narrative Healing
Emotional expression through narrative exploration, artistic release and journaling, are powerful ways to process emotion and reclaim your story. Our creative restoration sessions integrate art, writing, and guided reflection to help you rediscover identity beyond survival.
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Corporate & Community Wellness
We partner with hospitals, corporations, military installations, and community organizations to create trauma-informed cultures that prioritize wellbeing and burnout prevention. Offerings include workshops, leadership trainings, and sound-based wellness events that support resilience and psychological safety for a more productive workforce.
 
Upcoming Gatherings & Experiences
From sound baths to creative workshops, our events invite restoration through connection, sound, and reflection. Each gathering is trauma-informed, community-rooted, and designed to help you connect with yourself and the world around you.
Ready to Begin Your Return?
Start your journey back to yourself through therapy, sound, or creative healing. Sessions are trauma-informed, somatic, and personalized to your needs.
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A 30 minute midweek pause to realign and restore through guided sound healing.
Designed to help you release tension, regulate the nervous system, and reconnect to presence before the week ends.
Wednesdays 8am PST / 11:00pam EST
Virtual — Sign up on Eventbrite
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A gentle close to the week. Reset your energy and ground before stepping into a new rhythm.
Includes a short reflection and intention setting practice to help you carry calm into the week ahead.
Sundays 9am PST / 12:00pm EST
Virtual — Sign up on Eventbrite
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Community Healing in Motion —
We’re curating something special — a collaborative wellness gathering designed to bring together a day of restoration, creativity, and connection, in collaboration with Coffee Confessionals in Hollywood.
This event invites you to slow down, reconnect, and restore through guided— through sound, movement, and community care.
Stay tuned for dates and registration details — we can’t wait to welcome you into this space.
 
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Contact
Have a question, collaboration idea, or workshop inquiry? Reach out using this form or email: info@thereturningplace.com
All inquiries are answered within 48 hours.