It’s lovely to meet you

I’ve always wanted to be a therapist. I feel the most “me” when I am sitting with another person, or in a small group, ears and heart wide open. I am not afraid of sitting in the darkness of another, and I’m learning to become more and more comfortable sitting with my own darkness as well.

I see the mind and body as inseparable, and I know that healing and well-being must include our whole system in order to understand ourselves fully. I support you in learning to listen to the wisdom of your body and nurture a loving, compassionate relationship with yourself and others. 

Raised in Washington D.C., I lived in Israel for 10 years but now call Brooklyn, NY home with my husband and young daughter. Motherhood is a new identity for me, and I’m still learning how to integrate it with the other identities I hold. I’ve been practicing yoga and meditation for the past 15 years - that’s what keeps me grounded and in my body. My dear friends would probably describe me as curious, expressive and playful. I am a feeler and a thinker and love to travel, eat, hike, and recently, to paint.

What makes somatic therapy different from talk therapy?

Traditional psychotherapy relies on cognition, analysis and “figuring it out” using words. Perhaps you’ve been through years of traditional talk therapy yourself or are just really analytical, and have come to discover that even though you’ve “figured it out” so to speak, you’re still suffering, and looking for something different.

Somatic therapy can go deeper, into a place beyond and before words.  These are the places that hold access to our deepest pain, and also our greatest potential.

While our mind can sometimes mislead or distract, the body doesn’t lie. When we’re anxious, we feel flutters in our chest. When we’re sad, we feel heaviness in our stomach. In our sessions, we will learn to connect the dots between your mind and body, and slowly open up to deeper inquiry and understanding.

What is the Hakomi Method?

Hakomi Mindful Somatic psychotherapy is described as assisted self-discovery. In the room, I listen both to the story and the storyteller, attuning to one’s verbal and non-verbal cues, including tension in the body, a certain tone of voice, a look, a hand gesture, or a loss of eye contact.

These somatic signals may be messages from the unconscious, that, when further explored and studied, point us towards deeply held beliefs that one has about themselves or the world. These beliefs may have been formed in one’s childhood, and while they operate outside of conscious awareness, they are likely causing unnecessary suffering and stuckness in one’s life. 

As a Hakomi therapist, I operate within the principles and hold a field of loving presence, non-violence and mindfulness.

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy

I am trained in ketamine assisted psychotherapy and psychedelic integration work in conjunction with long-term depth therapy. I am passionate about psychedelic assisted psychotherapy and view this as the much needed paradigm shift to our society’s current mental health crisis. These are sacred and oftentimes ancient tools that can connect us more deeply to ourselves, our community, and the planet.

To learn more, check out Brooklyn Psychedelic Therapy

Trainings and qualifications

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of New York; License # 013511

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 1 Certified - IFS Institute

  • Hakomi Method Levels 1 and 2 Certified Graduate - Hakomi Institute

  • Somatic Experiencing (SE) Beginnings I, II, III - Somatic Experiencing International

  • Certified Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapist - PRATI (Psychedelic Research and Training Institute)

  • Certified in Psychedelic Integration: Premise and promise - Fluence

  • Certified Trauma Conscious Yoga Teacher - Trauma Conscious Yoga Method (TCYM)

  • Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) - Kula Yoga in Brooklyn, NY

  • Trained in Applying Mindfulness to Clinical Work - National Institute for Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine

  • Masters in Mental Health Counseling from Fordham University, New York

  • Masters in Political Psychology and International Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (MALD)

“The body remembers, the bones remember, the joints remember, even the little finger remembers. Memory is lodged in pictures and feelings and the cells themselves. Like a sponge filled with water, anywhere the flesh is pressed, wrung, even touched lightly, a memory may flow out in a stream.” 

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

I hope you get in touch.