Hello, I’m Iris Queen, LSWAIC, psychotherapist and practice owner of Root-based Healing, PLLC. I established Root-based Healing to fill a gap in mental health care—where trauma is acknowledged but not always met with the depth required for sustainable recovery, particularly for women navigating the long-term impact of trauma, relational strain, and emotional overwhelm.
My professional journey began in 1997 and spans nearly three decades of work across child welfare and advocacy, inpatient behavioral medicine, outpatient mental healthcare, mental health court program coordination, judicially supervised treatment oversight, and higher education instruction and curriculum development in human services and addictions counseling.
This work was followed by a nine-year personal sabbatical dedicated to my own trauma recovery while continuing to provide clinical consultation—an experience that ultimately shaped the philosophy behind Root-based Healing.