Ava Dasya Rasa, MSW, MA, LCSW-C

Therapist, Coach & Consultant, Spiritual Director

Ava Dasya Rasa, LCSW-C is a Transpersonal Neuro-Somatic Psychotherapist & Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She is a Certified Brainspotting Therapist, Coach & Consultant, Leadership Coach, Trauma-Informed Spiritual Director, Author, and Innovative Entrepreneur. Ava Dasya is pursuing her doctoral degree in Transformative Leadership & Spiritual Formation. She is the Founder & CEO of Dragonfly Trauma Counseling Center and the Founder & Executive Director of R A S A Center For Healing & Spirituality. Her highly praised book, “TRANSFIGURATION 30 Meditations Inspired by Transforming Trauma & Spirituality,” is a blend of western psychology, relational neuroscience, poetics, and contemplative spirituality.

Prior to opening Dragonfly Trauma Counseling Center, Ava Dasya was engaged personally and professionally in mental health and clinical behavioral health services for over 20 years. Her professional clinical experience includes: Crisis Intervention, Interpersonal & Partner Violence, Child Abuse & Neglect, Military Sexual Trauma, PTSD/C-PTSD, Acute Suicidality & Self-Harm, Developmental Trauma, Complex Trauma, Complicated & Prolonged Grief, Bereavement & Loss, Depression, Anxiety, LGBTQIA+ Issues, Gender, Sexuality, & Religion, Addiction & Trauma, Religious Trauma & Spiritual Abuse, and Post-Traumatic Spiritual Growth. As Ava Dasya serves clients in Dragonfly Trauma Counseling Center, focusing on Trauma, Grief, and Spiritual Renewal, her calling has evolved into a sharper focus on the intersection of transformational healing and spirituality. It is out of her experiences of companioning clients as they undergo the “hero’s journey” that she founded R A S A Center for Healing & Spirituality.

R A S A Center For Healing & Spirituality is a heart-centered, soul-based global organization, offering Coaching, Consulting, and Counseling. This includes: Brainspotting Coaching & Consulting, Transformative Leadership Coaching, Trauma-Informed Spiritual Direction, and Contemplative Counseling. R A S A is rooted in Trauma-Informed Somatic and Spiritual Psychology, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Transformative Spirituality, and Contemplative Practices. R A S A supports leaders and persons who want to lead from within—with head and heart through transformational leadership. Ava Dasya’s own transformational healing journey gave birth to her vision to companion and inspire others distinguished by 4 C’s: Courage, Conviction, Curiosity, and Compassion. R A S A empowers leaders and professionals who yearn for a deeper inner life, holistic personal growth, and transformational leadership—who yearn to shift their personal relationship and leadership paradigm from that of “doing and fixing” to one of “being and becoming.” To interpersonally connect and build bridges of our shared human experiences and to transform personal and organizational challenges.

R A S A’s services reflect a brain-body and brain-spirituality approach to personal transformation and transformational leadership. R A S A wholeheartedly invests in cultivating transformational healing from the inside out because transformative healing gives birth to a spiritually grounded portal for becoming one’s authentic self. Ava Dasya affirms, “healing ourselves is formidable, intimate work--it invites us to radically accept our wounds, be rooted in humility, and practice gratitude for the gift of transformational, transfiguring healing!” In revisioning our personal and professional lives with meaning and purpose, global leaders align with their core values, leadership styles, unique giftedness, and authentic “soul selves.”