Meet Our Team
Wild Geese Counseling Collective is a private counseling and coaching practice grounded in honest, non-judgmental care. We believe real connection is the foundation of treatment, and we’re here to support you in confronting your hardest moments and pursuing your greatest hopes.
We work together with you, stepping into your world to find the best path forward. Our therapists offer individual virtual services to clients nationwide. Reach out anytime for a free consultation.
Maddie Nutt, MS, LPC
Founder + Therapist
Maddie Nutt is a therapist, writer, and founder of Wild Geese Counseling Collective. Her work bridges philosophy, mental health, and community care, grounded in abolitionist and trauma-informed practice, and shaped by a critical engagement with the culture that surrounds us.
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She believes therapy is not only about managing symptoms, but about exploring meaning, identity, and the ways we live in the world together. Maddie is especially drawn to people who are questioning—faith, relationships, cultural expectations, or the stories they’ve been told about themselves. She works often with neurodivergent people and those who have been labeled with personality disorders, inviting curiosity and care to help people find space for their voice, values, and imagination. She also has a particular interest in supporting women processing complicated health journeys, using EMDR and EMDR intensives to help the body and mind integrate experiences of medical trauma and loss.
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Beyond the therapy room, Maddie writes and experiments with collective practices of healing rooted in justice, creativity, and belonging.
Adilah Zafor, MS, LPC
Therapist
Adilah Zafor is a person-centered, experiential therapist with a warm and grounded approach to trauma healing. She integrates evidence-based methods such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to help clients reprocess painful experiences and move toward emotional freedom.
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Her work centers on connection—helping people rebuild trust in themselves, their relationships, and the world around them. Adilah believes therapy is a collaborative space where clients can explore meaning, safety, and change at their own pace.
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She is especially attuned to the impact of trauma on the body and mind, and works with individuals navigating relational abuse, anxiety, depression, and neurodivergence. Her practice is inclusive and affirming, with particular care for LGBTQ+ communities and those exploring intimacy, sexuality, and recovery.
Nicholas Garig
Therapist + Performing Arts Specialist
Nicholas Garig is a therapist and intimacy director whose work bridges mental health, sexuality, and the performing arts. They are completing advanced training in family and couples therapy at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in New York City.
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They bring a deep commitment to creating healing and consent-centered spaces for people processing complex experiences—depression, anxiety, sexual trauma, PTSD, and questions of gender or sexuality. Their therapeutic approach is collaborative and embodied, inviting curiosity, safety, and agency in the process of healing.
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As an intimacy director, Nicholas brings the same principles to creative environments, fostering communication, respect, and psychological safety in performance work. Across all contexts, they strive to cultivate spaces where people can explore connection and expression with honesty and care.