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Professional Consultation

We want to stay excited about the very thing we love to do! As therapists, yoga teachers, activists, agency workers or healers we want to stay excited about the very thing we love to do. We want to avoid hating what we do to make this a better world for all. It might be difficult …

Psychotherapy

The Process... In the work of healing from traumatic experiences, we might want to learn what you have done to cope with the experience so far. Knowing that the experience of abuse might be a very sensitive experience to share, we will discuss it with you respectfully knowing this is your story and it is …

Public Speaking

​We are currently available to present on the following topics: In depth, psychodynamic and relational approaches to psychotherapy.Self care for therapists, healers and activists.Integrating yoga into your clinical practice.Building a therapeutic relationships with abused survivors.Race, immigration and ethnicity in the therapeutic encounter.Merari has presented and moderated on the following topics:The Individuated Dividual or What is …

Specialties

Yoga for Mood Regulation

Traumatic experiences such as sexual abuse, domestic violence, sexual harassment, racism, and discrimination can have a profound effect on our relationship with our bodies.

Healing from Trauma and Abuse

Healing from Trauma and Abuse You are probably here because you have been looking for ways to relief profound experiences of pain nobody understands such as rape, domestic violence, ongoing sexual abuse with someone you know or love and the aftermaths results and implications of these experiences in your life.It has been difficult because you …

Creating Authentic Relationships

Creating Authentic Relationships Life is not meant to live in isolation. Our brains are wired to be in relationships with others. This is the reason why when we run into difficulties in relationships, we have our first glimpse to look for help. When relationships fail, we develop symptoms of anxiety and depression and sometimes we …

Race & Immigration

Race I invite clients to discuss current troubling societal and systemic issues such as race and racism. Many clients come to therapy wondering if this is the right setting to discuss these experiences as our therapy modalities have been circumscribed to only deal with traditional clinical symptoms of depression and anxiety. Psychotherapists barely explore or …

LGBTTQA Affirming 

LGBTTQA Affirming ​Life has proven to be hard for those who's sexual orientation or sexual identity are different from the "norm". It takes courage and self appreciation to take a step forward to be one self in the midst of pressures to align with the mainstream regarding sexual orientation and identity "normalcy". It was not …