Note: Many practitioners in this directory are white bodied folks. If you are seeking practitioners who are BIpoc, check out this NYC BIPOC Healing Circle, this NATIONAL QUEER AND TRANS THERAPISTS OF COLOR NETWORK, the loveland foundation, therapy for black girls, or therapy for black men.

Healing for activists

Started in 2014, this is a list of psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, somatically based practitioners & energy healers in the New York City area who believe that social and racial justice are an essential part of personal and community healing.

 

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We have agreed to reserve at least one free or low-fee weekly/biweekly slot in our practice for activists who are seeking counseling, somatic work, mental health support, and/or energy healing. We are committed to supporting the Movement for Black Lives in the work to support and demand power, freedom, and justice for all black lives. We are aware of the history of racism and other oppressions in the somatic and mental health care fields, that there is an innate power dynamic in the somatic and psychotherapeutic client-practitioner relationship, and that some people may not feel safe working with practitioners of a specific race, ethnicity, or gender. Please contact individual practitioners and therapists with questions about the services they are able to provide.

Laurie Dawson
LaurieDawsonNYC.com
917-514-5225
Upper West Side - Online
Somatic Experiencing-supporting trauma healing

Tracy Einstein
info@tracyeinstein.com
www.tracyeinstein.com
Flatiron, Manhattan
Alexander Technique

Meagan Johnson
mjohnsondirection@gmail.com
217-419-6914
www.sound-direction.com
Online
Alexander Technique

Josh Korda
Korda.Josh@gmail.com
917-399-7529
Dharmapunxnyc.com
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Buddhist counseling

Belinda Mello
bmello@AlexTechMotion.com
917-753-0624
www.AlexTechMotion.com
Online and in person: Chelsea/Midtown NYC
Alexander Technique, Movement Coaching

Rafael Perez, LCSWR
rafaelperezny@gmail.com
845-596-2764
rafaelperezlcswr.com
Midtown, Manhattan
Psychotherapy

Allyna Steinberg
www.AlexanderTechniqueForLiving.com
Upper West Side and Flatiron, Manhattan
Alexander Technique, Dynamic Mindfulness

Christina Marie Tobey, LCSW
ct@christinatobey.com
917-907-2052
http://www.christinatobey.com/
Financial District/Tribeca, Manhattan
Psychotherapy

Cathy Towle
revcathy@mindspring.com
917-817-7340
cathytowle.com
Sunset Park Brooklyn, and Flower District Manhattan
Reiki & Shamanic Healing
Healing family and intergenerational trauma. Sacred Activist mentoring

Orianna Webb, LCSW
orianna@owebblcsw.com
347-201-1515
https://www.owebblcsw.com/
Telehealth practice
LCSW/therapist

Kristin Wynn, LCSW
kristin.e.wynn@gmail.com
917-733-2899
https://www.tapestrymind.com
Union Square, Manhattan
Psychotherapy

Ariel Carson
ariel@wavesomatics.com
917-387-4931
www.wavesomatics.com
Union Square, NYC and Online
Somatic Experiencing, Alexander Technique

Sam Douglas     
samdouglas37@yahoo.com
617-290-1380
Psychology Today listing
Chelsea/Flatiron NYC
Psychotherapy

Liz Hartshorn
liz.hartshorn@gmail.com
212-445-0528
www.lizhartshorn.com
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Somatic Experiencing, Craniosacral Therapy, Energy Healing, & Realization Process meditation

Louise Ma
Desk@louisema.com
718-570-2224
www.Seebytouch.com
Lefferts Garden / Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Reiki, sound healing, deep listening+divination, guided meditation, and qigong

Jean Okie, PhD
jean.e.okie@gmail.com
718-855-3365
Website 
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
Psychotherapy

Bhavna Purswani
Purswanibh@gmail.com
514-668-9147
www.bhavnaenergyhealing.com
Online
Trauma informed energy healer

Kevon Simpson
KevonAdrianSimpson@gmail.com 
347.560.0186
www.kevonsimpson.com 
NY,NY
Mindfulness Meditation, Sound Healing, Therapuetic Writing, Healing Through Dance, Ancient Shamanic Practices 

Eddie Stern
eddiestern@me.com
646-509-4174
www.brooklynyogaclub.com
Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Yoga and Meditation classes
 

Olivia Weber ATR-BC, LCAT
oliviaolivia.art@gmail.com
917-740-5773
www.healingroots.weebly.com
Union Square and DUMBO, BK
Buddhist psychology, Transpersonal psychology, art therapy, and mindfulness

Julia Wittich
rosenbyj@ptd.net
570-470-0748
www.RosenbyJulia.com
Union Square, Manhattan
Upstate, the border of Sullivan County, NY, & Wayne County, PA
Rosen Method

 

IF YOU ARE IN CRISIS, PLEASE CONTACT 911 OR GO TO YOUR NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM. Healing for Activists and Wave Somatics LLC does not endorse, and is not responsible for, any therapist's/practitioner's competency, licensure status, or ethics, nor are we responsible for the content of this blog. Each therapist/practitioner shares their own opinion independent from the other contributors. The therapists/practitioners have not been evaluated and Healing For Activists NYC Area and Wave Somatics LLC are not responsible for the quality of treatment provided by the listed clinicians.

 

If you are a therapist, somatic practitioner, or energy healer who would like to join the list, please send an email to Ariel at ariel@wavesomatics.com with your name and contact info as you’d like it to appear.