Lumara Integrative Health
The Spark
As the founder of Lumara Integrative Health, Dr. Joel Muller is dedicated to reimagining what mental health care can be—integrative, relational, and truly whole.
In many settings, care remains fragmented:
- The body is overlooked.
- Identity is explored without context.
- Symptoms are addressed without systems.
- Healing is sought without meaning.
Lumara was created to disrupt that—to offer a model of care that is nervous system–attuned, integrative, and rooted in cultural humility. We believe healing must honor the fullness of human experience, where clinical depth and relational care are not luxuries, but essentials.
Rather than centering symptom reduction, Lumara addresses the deeper roots of distress: chronic disconnection, nervous system dysregulation, cultural erasure, environmental stress, chronic health burdens, and the internalization of systems never designed for our wholeness.
This vision is both professional and personal—shaped by my own chronic health journey and years of witnessing clients and clinicians alike be underserved by fast, fragmented systems. Lumara arose from a deep conviction: care can be more ethical, more embodied, and more human.
The Journey
My path into this work has been shaped by international experience—growing up in Australia, studying in Namibia, and living across four countries.
These formative experiences instilled in me a global lens and a deep respect for the interdependence of identity, history, health, and place.
Over the past decade, I’ve held clinical and administrative leadership roles across university counseling centers, group private practices, and interdisciplinary systems of care. These roles sharpened my commitment to integrating psychological depth with practical, systemic solutions.
The Philosophy
I believe healing isn’t about becoming someone new—it’s about returning to what is already within.
My approach is grounded in integrative, relational, and nervous-system-informed frameworks that honor the full person: mind, body, culture, and spirit. I work with people to explore and release the protective parts shaped by survival—those that have gone quiet, hardened, or fragmented——so they can reconnect to clarity, choice, and meaning.
This philosophy informs how I lead. At Lumara, clinicians are supported to work in ways that are developmentally responsive, ethically rooted, and aligned with their values. Leadership is relational. Supervision is spacious. Our work is slow where it needs to be, structured where it matters, and always shaped by deep listening.
We don’t just treat distress—we trace its origins, hold its complexity, and remain in relationship with what it teaches.
The Vision
Lumara is more than a private practice—it’s an evolving model for what mental health care can become.
We’re creating a space where evidence meets embodiment.
Where clinicians are treated as whole people.
Where healing is intentional, embodied, and relationally sustained.
Our services are designed for depth:
- Individual therapy
- Immersive supervision
- Community-informed consultation
- Future training programs that weave psychology with integrative health principles
We are not a supplement to the system—we are a root-level reimagining of how care begins, how it’s held, and who it truly serves.
Ready to Connect?
Whether you’re a client, clinician, or collaborator—you’re welcome here.