I have a decade of professional experience in the healing arts spanning counseling, coaching, psychotherapy, bodywork, energy-work, psychedelic psychotherapy & integration, group facilitation, and conflict meditation/engagement. I work with adults, parents, activists, artists, musicians, CEOs, students, professors.
I am an LCSW #096283 licensed in New York State. I received my Masters in Social Work (MSW) from the Silver School of Social Work at New York University.As an LMSW, I accrued hours towards my clinical licensure under supervision at Brooklyn Somatic Therapy, supporting clients in NYC navigating the challenges of high stress professions and personal lives with a focus on supporting clients to craft more fulfilling and balanced lives as well as process trauma stored and expressed in their bodies. I concurrently completed a two year post-graduate training in Hakomi, a mindfulness-centered Somatic Psychotherapy. I am trained in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and incorporate Psychedelic Psychotherapy & Integration into my work with some clients.
Prior to this I provided individual and group therapy as well as case management at the Lower Eastside Service Center in NYC, an outpatient/inpatient methadone clinic and drug treatment program. I supported women who struggle with opiate addiction and co-occurring PTSD. I worked at Blanton-Peale Institute and Counseling Center in NYC, supporting individuals with a wide array of challenges including attachment trauma, personality disorders, suicidality, and addiction.
I previously worked at The Lotus Collaborative and Mid-Peninsula Eating Disorder Clinic, in California, supporting individuals struggling with eating disorders and negative body image and leading groups for women seeking to find a stronger sense of self and embodiment.
I studied Counseling and Coaching at Interchange Counseling Institute in San Francisco. I was also a Certified Massage Practitioner (CMP) in California, trained in Polarity Therapy and Massage through the Cypress Health Institute in Santa Cruz, California. I received my BA in Philosophy, from University of California, Santa Cruz and studied Ecopsychology with Sierra Institute throughout the California wilderness.
I have participated in additional trainings/workshops/classes including:
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) supports healing from trauma by creating reparative attachment in the therapeutic relationship
Internal Family Systems (IFS) deepens one's connection with one's truest self as well as builds compassion with and mastery of one's inner parts
Creative Arts Therapies
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Re-evaluation Counseling (RC), Family Constellations
Trauma Aware Conflict Transformation
The Enneagram for Counselors: Transference and Countertransference
The Art of Facilitation, Power and Privilege with Miki Kashtan