Mindfulness-based Therapy

After years trying to uncover & undo the effects of trauma, I turned to the science of well-being. I quickly learned that like trauma, flourishing need not occur through profound significant events, but through the tiniest equally profound changes in how a body takes in information. I became a positive psychology practitioner & mindfulness & meditation teacher to help you and I rewire for flourishing. I move fluidly between diagnosing trauma & prescribing birth meditations or a dance party.

I use an approach called Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). MBCT combines principles of cognitive behavioral therapy with classical mindfulness techniques to help interrupt patterns of negative thinking and increase body based present focused awareness. This helps to slow things down, feel more grounded, and consider life events with greater focus, clarity, curiosity, empathy, and insight.

With years of personal practice, I have first had experience of the variety of mental and physical benefits of mindfulness practice. Additionally, I have completed Jon Kabat-Zins 8 week training program, Search Inside Yourself mindfulness and leadership course together with various mindful schools trainings including mindful communication & mindfulness of emotions. I currently have a daily meditation practice and am excited to be completing my first 10 day silent meditation retreat in July.

I work with clients who have used various forms of dissociation to control their overwhelming experience. When the body has been a source of pain – physical and/or emotional – we retreat into one escape and another. Mindfulness is a set of tools for reconnecting with our present experience and gaining vital information about what it is to be alive and uniquely ourselves. And as we learn to tune in to our beingness in all its messiness, we begin to get in touch with joy and meaning and purpose.

I incorporate mindfulness based practices into my work because I believe everyone can benefit from it. I believe that learning how to be more present focused and grounded in ones body is tremendously helpful in tackling all of life's ups and downs.

What we pay attention to shapes our experience. By working with my clients to notice their minds, their attention, they work with attention and mindfulness to show improvements in mental health and wellness outcomes, feel more equipped to manage stressful or anxiety-provoking events, and are able to more adaptively manage unwanted sensations between session.

"Mindfulness" is a state of being aware of your internal states and surroundings, on what you're feeling and sensing, without judgement or reactivity. I draw on my background in mindfulness and contemplative practice of over 20 years, as I support clients in cultivating a more meditative, objective relationship to what they're going through. We say, "Awareness is the first step," because without being aware, we can't take the steps to improve our well-being and enhance our lives.

Mindfulness-based approaches to therapy lead with mindfulness, promoting the practice as an important part of good mental health. Mindfulness is the psychological process of bringing one's attention to the internal and external experiences occurring in the present moment, which can be developed through the practice of meditation and other training. Simply put, mindfulness encourages and teaches us to fully live in the present moment with with our thoughts, emotions, relationships, and problems.

Are you feeling stressed, anxious or depressed? Mindfulness therapy can help. I enjoy leading clients in brief guided meditations at the beginning of sessions in order to help them feel grounded for session. I am a certified yoga instructor and have been practicing yoga and meditation for about 20 years. I'd be happy to teach you the skills that I have learned so that you can have some tools under your belt that will help you feel more balanced in your daily life.

When you feel anxious or depressed because things are not going as you planned, it's important to develop insight and identify your default automatic unhealthy thinking patterns which impacts your mood, actions and behavior. Stress recovery and resilience building with the implementation of mindfulness exercises has strong research evidence that helps in improving symptoms of anxiety and depression.

After years in the trauma field, I found the science of well-being. Like trauma, flourishing isn’t about significant events. It’s shaped through tiny profound changes in our felt sense of taking in information from moment to moment. I became a positive psychology practitioner & mindfulness teacher to help us both pay attention to those moments & consistently rewire ourselves for well-being. I will diagnose PTSD when needed & I’m just as likely to prescribe birth meditations or dance parties.

Psychotherapy approach that uses cognitive behavior therapy methods with mindfulness and meditative practices.

Mindfulness is being fully present with awareness of what you're doing and feeling without being overly reactive. I believe we all practice mindfulness to a certain degree, but that it can be cultivated and used regularly and even naturally. It requires practicing meditation; think of it as learning a new language of communication with your self.

After years in the trauma field, I found the science of well-being. Like trauma, flourishing doesn’t come through significant events. It’s shaped through tiny profound changes in our embodied sensing of information from moment to moment. I became a positive psychology practitioner & mindfulness teacher to help us both pay attention to those moments & consistently rewire ourselves for well-being. I will diagnose PTSD when needed. I’m just as likely to prescribe birth meditations or dance parties

I have a personal practice of nearly 15 years, and have been implementing it into my work for a decade. I have completed MBSR and am currently completing the MBSR teacher training track. I have also completed training to teach mindfulness through Mindful Schools.

Rita often incorporates mindfulness techniques to help Clients improve their emotional regulation and develop distress tolerance.

I specialize in Mindfulness-Based Therapy, which helps clients develop self-awareness, emotional regulation, and resilience. By combining mindfulness with therapeutic techniques, this approach helps clients stay grounded, reduce stress, and overcome challenges. Effective for managing anxiety, depression, and ADHD, Mindfulness-Based Therapy promotes lasting well-being. My goal is to guide clients in cultivating mindfulness skills to enhance mental health and overall quality of life.

Claudia identifies as a Buddhist and a Catholic and completed The New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care - Foundations Program, where she offered spiritual care and counsel for the sick, dying and their families. Her approach is spiritually Informed, Buddhist Informed and makes use of Mindfulness-Based practices.

Mindfulness therapy helps clients develop a deeper awareness of their thoughts, emotions, feelings, surroundings, and situations. Mindfulness-based therapies use meditation, relaxation, and awareness exercises to help focus on the present moment, aiming over time to experience everyday situations and stressors in nonjudgmental and non-reactionary ways.