Allie Kochert - depth psychologist and resiliency expert.
Allie Kochert - Root Grow Thrive

Healing is possible.

The change you seek is a journey worth taking.

What I’ve learned through the years is that we are more same than different, that we all yearn for connection, and we all have in us the tools for inner growth and transformation.

Sometimes, we just need some help getting there!

Here’s how I know you’re in the right place…

  • You know you are worth it but are stuck and need a space to breathe.

  • You are a helper at heart but have lost yourself in the process of giving to others.

  • You love what you do, but the inner seeker inside is concerned about spiritual stagnation.

  • Your vocation is serving others, one that you're finding can empty your cup fast.

  • You feel drained spiritually and seek a safe space to explore your spiritual life, with someone who "gets it."

  • You're looking for spiritual growth opportunities that nurture and grow your soul, deep and grounded.

I provide confidential online therapy in PA and soul care companioning worldwide for the helpers and leaders -- therapists, ministers, caretakers, healthcare workers -- those of us who have a calling to give back and take that call seriously.

Root Grow Thrive - Online therapy in PA and soul care companioning worldwide for helpers and leaders.

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Allie Kochert - Root Grow Thrive - Burnout Expert and Depth Psychotherapist
Allie Kochert - Root Grow Thrive - Burnout Expert and Depth Psychotherapist

I’m Allie Kochert, MA, LPC, CSD

Burnout Expert and Depth Psychotherapist

Throughout nearly 20 years in my therapy career, I’ve seen a lot: I’ve worked with persons in the justice system, supported women in ministry hosting soul care retreats, facilitated therapeutic groups for older adults in recovery, and conducted seminars on mindful parenting to meditation for wellness.

​It wasn’t until after I felt the strain of suffering painful personal losses, struggling with early motherhood, raising three children, and learning to balance life as a mother, wife, and clinician, that things had to change quickly or severe burnout was in the cards.

​I embarked on my own mind-body-soul quest, and through years of depth work I centered down into my wholeness, stripped away the layers that kept me from my authentic self, and emerged—albeit bruised, yet transformed, on the other side.

​Having been witness to how pain and loss can provide a wealth of potential for inner growth, I knew that offering healing space to nurture this awareness of other healers was my calling.

I support others on this path that I have walked myself and have witnessed countless times - that innate, core-borne desire for whole-hearted wellness.

With my work as a spiritual director informed by the Jungian mystical tradition, I know what it is to listen deeply to folx on all steps along the way.

​I am holistic, embodied, and curious and open to all expressions to the Sacred. As an intuitive and spiritual polyglot, I speak languages of archetypal astrology (evolutionary and esoteric), Enneagram, and dreams.

All spaces of awe and wonder are sources of mystery and invitation.

​I offer years of experience as a healer and listener of stories. As a poet and writer at The Sacred Deep, I attune my ear to listening deeply and understanding nuance and depth, even in the simplest of moments.

In therapy, I serve those in the helping and healing professions. As a facilitator of therapeutic, support and spiritual groups for decades, I know what it is to provide and protect trauma informed space.

As a lifelong seeker myself, I know what it is to devote myself to continually reflect on how Spirit is living in my life, and am grounded in my vocation embedded in understanding that growing edges and liminal spaces can be rich sources for opportunity and growth.

I know for sure we're not meant to do life alone, especially for those of us who serve others. Nourishing our connection to Spirit takes intention and calls for safe community.

Inner Compass Work

Helping the helper is at the core of what I do, and because of this, I know that my own inner compass must be front and center. I work regularly with archetypes both in my spiritual and personal practice such as the wounded healer and saviour/helper.

Inner work is necessary if we who support others are committed to ethical practice and personal and professional integrity. I seek my own therapy and spiritual direction to maintain focus on my own wellness--mind, body and spirit.

Within the past few years since the catastrophic pandemic, my own professional interests are focused on the traumas that have brought us to these moments in our lives that can be transformative, but also extremely scary--and without support, can cause serious pathology.

Addiction, depression, anxiety, panic is indeed ubiquitous in our society, and building every year, especially for those in heart-centered healing and spiritual care such as therapists, ministers, and caregiving professionals, like you.

This is my work.

Allie Kochert - Root Grow Thrive - Burnout Expert and Depth Psychotherapist
Work with Allie Kochert - Root Grow Thrive - Burnout Expert and Depth Psychotherapist

My Credentials & Certifications

Professional Education

Bachelors of Science in Psychology,

Magna Cum Laude, Psi Chi, Phi Beta Kappa

Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Summa Cum Laude

Haden Institute, Jungian-based Spiritual Direction, 2020

​Licensed Professional Counselor, PA, PC004602

Trainings / Certifications / Memberships

Somatic and Somatosensory Therapies and Trauma Informed Yoga

Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist

Mindfulness-Based Therapy (including Cognitive,

Stress-Relief, Parenting, and Sleep)

Certified EFT/tapping

Enneagram practitioner

Dreamwork practitioner

BFRB-trained professional

Maternal mental health practitioner

Sleep and parenting coach

LGBTQIA-informed/allied practitioner

Telemental Health certified

Clinical Group Psychotherapist

Privileged Identities

I am a cis/het white married middle-aged clinician raised in Pennsylvania and a settler in Susquehannock and Lenape lands. I was raised Catholic and am deconstructing myself and the patriarchal, German-Lutheran ancestry from which I come. I was raised with and have financial privilege. I understand that the work of decolonizing myself and my practice is a process, and I seek regular monthly consultation to continue to do this work. I seek to make my offerings as anti-oppressive as possible, learning all the time, and seeking genuine repair when I fail. I seek opportunities to work with people and organizations that are doing this work and understand the humility needed to do better and serve with more compassion, understanding, and justice.

Publications + Podcasts

  • Know Thyself: Cognitive Strategies for Resiliency

    Spring 2020, Central PA Medicine

    READ HERE

  • Be the Master of Your Stress Response: Three Simple Strategies for Relaxing

    Fall 2020 ed, Central PA Medicine

    READ HERE

  • Curiosity for the Emerging Spiritual Director

    Connections, Spiritual Directors International, 2021

    READ HERE

  • Burnout, Resiliency, and Navigating “The System"

    Something For You Podcast, June 2021

    LISTEN HERE

  • Spiritual Direction with Allie Kochert

    Abide in the Spirit Podcast, Mar 2023

    LISTEN HERE

  • Healers and Burnout: Healing Burnout and Trauma, Part 1 and 2

    Mind Body Detox Podcast, May 2023

    LISTEN HERE

  • Nurturing Gratitude: Sustaining Clergy Through the Challenges of Ministry

    Lower Susquehanna Synod, 2023

    READ HERE

What Folks Are Saying

  • “Allie is always so sensitive to the group and have a wonderful way of explaining your topics and making everyone feel safe and included.”

    — Chris L.

  • "Allie is very knowledgeable and a gifted circle leader."

    — Workshop Attendee

  • "I loved every minute of the workshop. It could not have come at a better time. I would have loved it to be longer. lol."

    — Ronette

  • "I would recommend any of Allie's workshops to anyone; I know they would be helpful and satisfying."

    — Jane F.

  • "Allie creates a space filled with gratitude for our sharing that helps to cultivate vulnerability even among strangers."

    — Sarah

  • "Allie is insightful and inviting."

    — Danielle

  • "Excellent resources. I enjoy Allie's wisdom-sharing - always a wealth of knowledge. She does a good job of creating openness on a space like zoom, which can often feel more content driven."

    — Workshop Attendee

  • "(I learned) how to really listen to another person and reflect spiritually on what they were saying. I think it taught me how to be a better pastor. I also feel like I grew from the wisdom others shared."

    — Bonnie B.

  • "Allie is wonderfully warm, wise, and insightful. I appreciate that the group feels casual and that everyone's thoughts and emotions are welcome in the space; it doesn't feel like Allie as the facilitator is "taking over" at all."

    — Amy L. Dream Circle Attendee

  • "Calm, clear, and straightforward. I loved Allie’s facilitation style!"

    — Amanda

  • "I love your style of leading and facilitating the group! You handled all the personality styles with grace and kindness and made it a safe place to share."

    — Chris

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