Ariel (Ariel (She/her)) Shumaker-Hammond

Ariel is originally from North Carolina. After living for almost a decade out West, she missed the soft air, warm greens, and changing seasons, and convinced her husband to move back with her to the mountains. Her preferred pronouns are she/her. Ariel loves working with a variety of folx, but specializes in infertility challenges, reproductive trauma, perinatal mood and anxiety issues, people going through life-transitions, especially young adulthood, and couples counseling. Ariel’s work is largely shaped through an anti-racist/anti-oppression lens, and this often factors into sessions. She is comfortable with and experienced in working with BIPOC (Black Indigenous, People of Color)/people of the global majority, LGBTQI folx, and folx of any gender expression. She continues to work on her own anti-racist and decolonizing journey. She’s also a professional photographer, specializing in a documentary style for portraits, newborn/early childhood, and headshots/business. For photography, she donates a portion of all proceeds to BIPOC/global majority led organizations.