MY STORY
Hi, I’m Casey.
Therapist, fellow human, and someone whose life also took a few unexpected turns.
I’m Casey Luciano, a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and certified perinatal mental health provider. Outside the therapy room, I’m usually reading several books at once, finding room for another plant, or pretending the rescue cats aren’t running the house.
I work with individuals and couples navigating infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, reproductive trauma, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, and the life changes nobody hands you a guidebook for.
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Keep reading to learn a little more about what it is like to be in the room with me.
Some of this work is personal.
My own story includes infertility, endometriosis, a hysterectomy in 2024, and the heartbreak of first-trimester pregnancy loss.
Those experiences changed my relationship with my body, my expectations, and the future I had imagined. They taught me how disorienting it can feel when life moves in a direction you never would have chosen—and how lonely it can be when the world keeps going while you’re still trying to understand what happened.
My experiences don’t mean I know exactly how you feel. Your story is yours, and I want to understand it without assuming it looks like mine.
What I bring is a deep respect for the things people carry that others may never see. There can be grief alongside gratitude, love alongside anger, and hope alongside exhaustion. You don’t have to choose one feeling to make your experience easier to explain.
What it's actually like to be in the room with me
You’ll get a real person in the room.
I’m engaged, curious, and willing to sit with the hard stuff. I’ll ask questions, help you notice patterns, gently challenge you when it’s useful, and work with you to find practical ways forward.
There will also be room for your personality—and mine. Sometimes we’ll sit with tears. Sometimes we’ll celebrate something that once felt impossible. And sometimes we’ll laugh, because life can be deeply painful and a little ridiculous in the same afternoon.
You won’t be expected to arrive with an organized story or leave every session with a profound realization. We’ll check in about what’s helping, what isn’t, and what you need along the way.
Your experience shapes our work.
My approach draws from person-centered therapy, attachment theory, psychodynamic therapy, and Gottman Method techniques. That means we may explore how past experiences shape the present, how you connect with others, and what happens when familiar ways of coping no longer meet your needs.
We’ll also make room for practical tools you can use outside our sessions. Our work will be collaborative and tailored to your goals, relationships, circumstances, and pace.
For individuals, that might mean processing a loss, navigating reproductive experiences, understanding anxiety, or figuring out who you are in a season of change.
For couples, it might mean making sense of recurring conflict, talking about needs that have been difficult to express, or finding connection while each of you is carrying something different.
Why Unapologetic?
I created Unapologetic Counseling & Wellness because I believe you deserve somewhere you don’t have to edit your story to be welcome.
Somewhere you can talk about the loss people stopped asking about. Admit that you’re struggling with something you thought you wanted. Love your partner and feel frustrated with them. Feel hopeful about what’s next and still grieve what won’t be.
You can bring the messy, grieving, anxious, hopeful, overwhelmed, angry version of yourself—or whatever combination showed up today.
We’ll start there, with honest conversations and space for the whole story.
It’s okay to feel a little nervous.
Reaching out to someone new and sharing personal things can feel like a big step. A free consultation gives us a chance to get to know each other, answer your questions, and see whether you feel comfortable moving forward. You don’t need to know exactly what to say—we can start there, too.
Professional Credentials
Capella University
Master's of Science in Marriage & Family Therapy
King's College
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Postpartum Support International (PSI)
PMH-C
Pennsylvania
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Associate (LAMFT)
Clinical Approaches
Person-Centered Therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Gottman Method-informed Couples Therapy (Level 1 & 2 Trainings Completed)
Trauma-Informed Care
Special Interests
My practice focuses on supporting:
Infertility and family-building challenges
Miscarriage, stillbirth, and pregnancy or infant loss
Reproductive trauma and endometriosis-related emotional health
Perinatal mental health
Grief and bereavement
Anxiety and stress
Couples and relationship concerns
Major life transitions and identity shifts
Life Beyond Therapy
A few glimpses of the moments, places and simple joys that keep me grounded outside the counseling room.
