Counseling
Support that meets you where you are…
An integrative approach drawing on somatic, spiritual, and clinical wisdom — tailored to your unique path toward healing.
Rabbi Dr. Arielle addresses the human condition with great love and understanding. She is both aware of the worst of human suffering, while at the same time holding up a torch to light the way. Educated, culturally sensitive, and inclusive, she is an extraordinary listener — congruent and present in all ways possible — somatically, emotionally and spiritually. Even while going into the deep realm of the psyche with her, the effect tends to be uplifting. Rabbi Arielle especially understands the place of symbols and metaphors in healing. I trust her to earn your trust and to take you far into wellness.
Getting Oriented
How can therapy help?
Human beings are wired for connection, so we naturally seek support during times that feel especially difficult, unfamiliar, or filled with hopeful potential. Early experiences of relationship shape dimensions of our identity, worldview, and resilience — beginning even in the womb. Yet overwhelming experiences can challenge our whole system and shake up long-held beliefs about ourselves and the world, leaving us disoriented and disillusioned. Our work together is based in honoring your body's wisdom — your feelings, your aliveness, your intuition — to help you flourish.
How does it work?
Many people feel that spirituality is an essential feature of their experience, and they seek me out in order to be in a field where theirs is welcome, even if it is messy in the moment. Many also find that therapy that depends too much on thinking and reasoning leaves out the unspoken voice of the body. My expertise is in the integration of somatic modalities, spirituality, and traditional psychotherapy — so we can bring all of these into the room when we meet.
I am humbled to be able to share what I have learned from my inspiring mentors, leaders in the field of trauma healing: Dr. Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing), Dr. David Grand (Brainspotting), Dr. Aline LaPierre (NeuroAffective Touch), Laurel Parnell (Attachment-Focused EMDR), and Dr. Raja Selvam (Integral Somatic Psychology). Their mentorship infuses my learning, practice, and teaching.
Therapeutic Modalities
in which I am trained and which I may draw from in our work together
Somatic Experiencing®, NeuroAffective Touch®
The Body-Mind Connection
Somatic Experiencing® resolves symptoms of stress, shock, and trauma held in the body and nervous system — supporting gentle release and reintegration by facilitating completion of self-protective motor responses, without requiring detailed retelling of traumatic memories. Developed by Dr. Peter Levine, whom I have assisted in master classes for many years. NeuroAffective Touch® addresses attachment, emotional, and relational deficits that cannot be reached by verbal means alone, by integrating contact as a bridge to body-mind integration. Developed by Dr. Aline LaPierre, with whom I have trained for years.
Brainspotting®, Attachment-Focused EMDR®
Eyes — Window to the Soul
Brainspotting® uses natural eye positions to access subcortical brain regions and facilitate reprocessing of core neurophysiological reactions to trauma — allowing profound shifts through the brain's own cues. Developed by Dr. David Grand. Attachment-Focused EMDR, developed by Dr. Laurel Parnell, is a modified form of EMDR that uses bilateral sensory input to process traumatic memories until they no longer hold the same emotional charge, with particular attention to early attachment patterns.
Integral Somatic Psychology, Spiritual Counseling
Embodying Our Emotions
Integral Somatic Psychology® enhances our capacity for emotional experience in the body, finding and integrating physical and energetic resources that arise spontaneously — facilitating deeper healing in body and psyche. Developed by Raja Selvam, with whom I studied and whom I have assisted in teaching. Spiritual counseling draws on mindfulness, ritual, cultural traditions, and wisdom texts to support a framework of meaning in which to process and integrate experience.
Traditional Psychotherapy, Group Facilitation
Finding the Words…
Psychotherapy offers a space for mindful exploration of the present, deepening insight into relational patterns, and developing self-compassion. People describe my approach as: Culturally Sensitive, Existential, Feminist, Person-Centered, Relational, Strength-Based, Trauma-Informed, Humanistic, and Intersubjective. My role is as a supportive partner — a kind of doula to your intuition finding ways to emerge, to express itself, to grow in ways that enrich your life beyond our time together.
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