About
Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald, LCMHCS, is a Licensed Holistic Therapist, yoga teacher, author, and educator based in North Carolina. She is the founder of Path to Hope Counseling, a group virtual practice offering holistic therapy for anxiety, trauma, grief, life transitions, and burnout.
Chris is passionate about helping therapists integrate trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness, and holistic approaches into clinical practice safely and ethically. Through her trainings, consultations, resources, and membership community, she supports mental health professionals in expanding their therapeutic toolkit while staying grounded in nervous system-informed care.
She is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher and incorporates gentle yoga, meditation, Brainspotting, and somatic practices into her individual therapy and therapy intensives with clients, workshops, retreats, and therapist education. Chris also offers grief yoga retreats and healing experiences designed to help women process emotions, reconnect with themselves, and find support through movement, mindfulness, and community.
She is also the author of Self-Care for the Counselor and the Companion Workbook. In 2021, she launched The Holistic Counseling Podcast, later rebranding it to Yoga in the Therapy Room: The Nontraditional Therapist’s Guide to Integrating Yoga into Your Therapy Practice to reflect her passion for teaching therapists how to integrate yoga into sessions with confidence and integrity. The podcast continues to serve as a resource for therapists interested in holistic and integrative approaches to mental health care.
When she’s not working, Chris enjoys yoga, meditation, nature, and creating spaces that help others reconnect with themselves through healing, rest, and self-care.
Yoga in the Therapy Room podcast was created by Chris McDonald to help mental health therapists integrate yoga and holistic approaches into clinical work safely, ethically, and confidently.
Through conversations on trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, grief, self-care, and holistic therapy practices, the podcast became a trusted resource for therapists looking to deepen their clinical skills while staying connected to their own well-being.
Episodes explore practical techniques, research, yoga philosophy, and accessible ways to incorporate mind-body practices into therapy sessions for clients of all backgrounds and abilities. The podcast also highlights how holistic practices can support therapists themselves in reducing burnout, increasing resilience, and creating more sustainable practices.
Originally launched in 2021 as The Holistic Counseling Podcast, Chris later rebranded the show to Yoga in the Therapy Room to reflect her passion for helping therapists confidently integrate yoga into treatment.
Today, the podcast continues alongside Chris’s broader work through trainings, consultations, resources for therapists, and grief yoga groups & retreats designed to support healing through movement, mindfulness, and community.
Integrate Yoga into Therapy with Confidence
Yoga in the Therapy Room was created by Chris McDonald to help mental health therapists integrate yoga and holistic approaches into clinical work safely, ethically, and confidently.
Through conversations on trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, grief, self-care, and holistic therapy practices, the podcast has become a trusted resource for therapists seeking to expand their clinical skills while supporting their own well-being.
Each episode explores practical strategies, current research, yoga philosophy, and accessible ways to incorporate mind-body practices into therapy with clients of all backgrounds and abilities. You’ll also discover how these practices can help reduce burnout, build resilience, and create a more sustainable and fulfilling career as a therapist.
Originally launched in 2021 as The Holistic Counseling Podcast, the show evolved into Yoga in the Therapy Room to reflect Chris’s mission of helping therapists confidently integrate yoga into mental health treatment.
Whether you’re just beginning your journey or looking to deepen your knowledge, you’ll find practical insights and conversations you can apply in your work right away.
Beyond the podcast, Chris offers professional trainings, individual consultations, therapist resources, and Grief Yoga® groups and retreats to support both clinicians and the clients they serve.
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Podcast Reviews From Listeners Like You
The podcast is like the spiritual love child of my favorite podcasts the Practice of the Practice and Super Soul Sunday. Thank you so much. Only discovered it recently and have already felt so supported.
Excited to learn what a robust embrace of holistic mental health there is lately. I especially loved episode 40 How Thoughts Become Reality with Cassidy Rey and continue to be inspired by her on IG. Joanna Sapir’s episode on marketing a holistic practice literally helped inform an intake that day, which resulted in welcoming my ideal client to my practice.
I’ve been a Reiki Master since 2000 and started reading Tarot in 1999, but there was such little understanding and awareness. I only “came out’ with these alternative offerings for my otherwise classical psychotherapy practice a few years ago.
It’s really nice to feel like I’m not alone in encouraging my clients deepen their spiritual connectivity while also offering traditional mental health guidance.
Love this podcast!! As a group practice owner, I am always grateful to have a podcast to point my clinicians to in order to learn about integrating holistic modalities.
Chris does such a great job at breaking it down and giving practical ideas on how to not only integrate these practices into your practice, but also into your own life. She is enjoyable to listen too and has a friendly, welcoming energy.
As a Retired Holistic Psychotherapist myself, I’m always thrilled to see the conversation of holistic therapies being made available far and wide. I’m honored and grateful to be invited as a guest on Chris’ podcast and for her willingness to focus on holistic modalities and have the voices of many guests who can validate perspectives beyond the mainstream. This is necessary and helpful for us as clinicians and also the healing of our clients.