The HOLISTIC Team
Vanessa Blanchette, LCSW
Clinical Director
Vanessa specializes in trauma recovery, nervous system regulation, and the treatment of anxiety and depression. She is trained and certified in somatic and trauma-focused approaches, including Brainspotting and EMDR, and integrates these techniques with a compassionate, individualized approach to therapy.
With a calm, grounded, and attuned presence, Vanessa helps clients better understand the connection between their past experiences, nervous system, emotions, and current patterns. Her work focuses on creating a safe space for clients to reconnect with their bodies, process unresolved wounds, and develop practical tools for emotional regulation and resilience.
Vanessa believes meaningful healing goes beyond simply managing symptoms. Her approach helps clients build greater self-awareness, strengthen their connection to themselves, and move beyond patterns that may no longer serve them. Her goal is to help clients feel more regulated, empowered, and able to experience greater ease, authenticity, and connection in their lives.
Ronda Stevens MA, LMFT
Lead Therapist
Ronda Stevens is a Licensed Mental Health Therapist with 23 years of experience, in various mental health settings, supporting adults through a variety of mental health challenges and life transitions. Through additional training in holistic approaches and her own healing journey, she has developed a deep understanding of the importance of treating the whole person—mind, body, and emotional well-being. She recognizes that healing is unique to each individual and that there is no one-size-fits-all approach.
She specializes in depression, anxiety, life transitions, personal growth, self-esteem, confidence, and women’s mental health. Her approach is collaborative, holistic, gentle, and compassionate while also encouraging and holding clients accountable to their healing and the goals they want to accomplish.
Her therapeutic approaches include CBT, IFS, positive psychology, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. She is also completing EMDR training and working toward certification.
Her goal is to create a safe, supportive environment where clients feel heard, empowered, andequipped to create meaningful and lasting change
Brett LaBar
Owner
Brett LaBar is the Founder and Owner of Holistic Therapy Co., a mental health and wellness center created from both personal experience and a desire to help others build healthier, more fulfilling lives.
After going through one of the most difficult seasons of his own life, Brett experienced firsthand how powerful therapy can be—and also learned that healing often extends beyond the therapy room. His journey included therapy, physical wellness, meditation, faith, community, self-reflection, and rediscovering a sense of purpose. Those experiences ultimately became the inspiration behind Holistic Therapy Co.
While Brett is not a therapist, he brings an extensive background in business, operations, leadership, and entrepreneurship to Holistic. He spent more than a decade with Skullcandy before serving in a global leadership role with Meta Reality Labs.
Brett’s goal is to help create the kind of place he once needed himself—a welcoming, modern, judgment-free environment where people can receive professional mental health support while also discovering additional tools to help them grow, heal, and become the best version of themselves.
For Brett, Holistic Therapy Co. is more than a business. It’s a purpose born from his own journey and an opportunity to use that experience to help others.