Reiki Healing
A gentle, trauma-informed Reiki experience supporting nervous system regulation, emotional balance, and whole-person healing.
Reiki is a gentle, hands-on or hands-off energy healing practice that encourages deep relaxation, stress reduction, and emotional well-being. At Bright Aura Therapy & Wellness, sessions are provided by trained practitioners in a safe, supportive environment that prioritizes comfort, consent, and individual needs.
Reiki is also offered in integrative healthcare programs at respected institutions, including Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins-affiliated hospitals, reflecting its growing role in supporting relaxation and patient well-being.
Clients often seek Reiki for stress, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, burnout, grief, sleep difficulties, and a deeper connection with their bodies and intuition.
Reiki can be experienced independently or alongside traditional mental health therapy, providing an opportunity to slow down, reconnect, and restore a sense of balance.
Whether you're new to Reiki or continuing your energy healing journey, we welcome you to explore the experience at your own pace.
Our Practitioners
When energy flows freely, the body remembers its wisdom. Reiki gently restores that flow.
Stephanie is a certified Reiki practitioner and veterinarian with over 20 years of experience in animal care and healing. Her passion for supporting well-being has expanded into energy healing, where she uses an intuitive, compassionate approach to encourage balance, relaxation, and healing on spiritual, emotional, and physical levels. Stephanie is currently accepting clients.
Reiki Practitioner
Sam Boehs
Sam is a certified Reiki practitioner who combines intuitive energy healing, chakra balancing, and a compassionate approach to wellness. Her sessions focus on releasing energetic blockages, encouraging deep relaxation, reducing stress, and restoring a sense of balance. She creates a supportive space for clients to reconnect with themselves, strengthen self-awareness, and explore personal growth. Sam is currently accepting clients.
Reiki Practitioner
Clinical Social Worker & Reiki MasterKalie Schmidt, LMSW
With over 10 years of clinical experience, she provides therapy for ages 16 and older, specializing in anxiety, depression, trauma, mood and personality disorders, autism, ADHD, LGBTQIA+ concerns, postpartum mental health, and life transitions. Her approach combines evidence-based therapy with optional Reiki integration. Kalie is currently only offering Reiki to therapy clients.
Stacia Fridley, LMSW
Dr. Stephanie Sainsbury, DVM
With a career in mental health spanning more than 30 years she provides personalized therapy for adults 18 and older, specializing in anxiety, depression, trauma, mood and personality disorders, postpartum mental health, ADHD, autism, LGBTQIA+ concerns, and life transitions. Her approach incorporates CBT, DBT, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Mindfulness, with optional Reiki integration.
Clinical Social Worker, Reiki Master & Co-Founder
What to expect in a Reiki session
Reiki at Bright Aura Therapy
A Reiki session at Bright Aura Therapy & Wellness is designed to feel calm, supportive, and respectful of your comfort and boundaries. Sessions take place in a quiet, welcoming space where clients remain fully clothed and may choose light touch or hands-off energy work.
Many clients describe feeling deeply relaxed, grounded, or more connected to their bodies during and after a session. Some notice a sense of emotional release, mental clarity, or gentle shifts in awareness. Others simply experience rest — which can be especially supportive during periods of stress, burnout, or emotional overwhelm.
Reiki sessions are client-led and consent-based. There is no expectation to talk, process, or “perform” in any way. You are welcome to rest, reflect, or simply receive support in a way that feels right for you.
Reiki and Mental Health — An Integrative Perspective
Reiki originated in Japan in the early 20th century as a gentle healing practice focused on balance, relaxation, and overall well-being. Often described as an energy-based practice, Reiki uses light touch or hands-off techniques to support deep relaxation and body awareness.
From a modern clinical perspective, Reiki is commonly understood as a practice that may help activate the body’s parasympathetic (rest-and-recovery) nervous system, which plays an important role in stress regulation and emotional balance. This connection has led to growing interest in Reiki as a complementary support within mental health and wellness settings.
Research examining Reiki has found associations with reduced stress and anxiety, sleep, reduced pain, improved mood, and enhanced quality of life in some clinical studies and reviews.