BROOKLYN SOMATIC THERAPY
Meet the people you'd be working with
Every therapist here works somatically — with the body as well as the story.
Read a little about each of them, then book a free consultation with whoever feels like a fit.
Our Therapists
Listed by availability. Consultations are free and about 20 minutes, with no obligation to book after one.
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Jordyn Steifman
MHC-LP
Individual session: ~$200
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Jordyn (she/her) holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Naropa University, where she specialized in mindfulness-based transpersonal counseling and received training in Gestalt therapy. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and deeply relational — weaving together parts work, somatic techniques, and mindfulness to support clients in moving through the challenges that life brings.
Jordyn brings an anti-oppression lens to her work, recognizing how systems of injustice and collective trauma shape individual experience. At the heart of her practice is the belief that every person holds an inner well of wisdom, strength, and the capacity to heal, and she sees therapy as a space to reconnect with those innate qualities in service of a more authentic and meaningful life. Jordyn also values the healing power of nature, contemplative practice, and creative expression, and enjoys weaving these elements into her work with clients.
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Sarah Dohrmann
MFA, LMSW
Individual session: ~$230
Couples session: ~$250
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Sarah Dohrmann, MFA, LMSW, is a psychotherapist, educator, and writer. She graduated with honors from the Silberman School of Social Work at CUNY-Hunter College and is currently a Level IV Clinical Fellow at the Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy. Sarah is an EMDRIA-trained EMDR practitioner, specializing in treating individuals who have experienced complex and acute traumas, and has trained in Somatic Experiencing. Sarah integrates Gestalt, EMDR, and Somatic Experiencing approaches to offer active, experiential, and creative approaches to healing. In addition to her work at Brooklyn Somatic Therapy, Sarah has also worked with survivors of interpersonal and gender-based violence, LGBTQIA+ youth in shelters, mothers at risk of losing custody of their children, and terminally ill children and their caregivers.
After years dedicated to writing and teaching, Sarah has come to understand that stories and implicit memories reside in our bodies, not just our minds. Whether addressing depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, or relationship challenges, Sarah’s warm, relational style invites clients to stay present with their feelings and bodily sensations. Together, unconscious stories and old, self-world constructions are explored, allowing room for new, empowering stories to emerge.
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Lisa Piccininni
MHC-LP
Individual session: ~$200
Couples session: ~$250
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Lisa’s practice is integrative, trauma-informed, and grounded in psychodynamic psychotherapy. She has completed training in Emotion-Focused Therapy with attachment-based interventions for couples, somatic parts work, Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, and sensorimotor psychotherapy for complex trauma and PTSD. Lisa holds a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Baruch College, following a career in the fitness industry where her interest in the mind-body connection began. She has experience working with individuals and couples facing trauma, mood disorders, personality disorders, relationship challenges, peri- and post-natal issues, and body image concerns.
Through parts work, Lisa helps clients integrate all aspects of themselves, fostering self-compassion and a stronger sense of self. Her approach focuses on creating a safe, warm, and supportive environment for growth and healing.
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Kristine Mcginn
LMSW
Individual session: ~$200
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Kristine is a holistic psychotherapist and reiki practitioner. Her work focuses on accompanying clients in accessing unconscious material through breath, physical and subtle body, present moment awareness, bilateral stimulation, and, where appropriate, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy.
Kristine received her master’s in social work from Columbia University and is a graduate of the Psychedelic Therapy Training Program. She is trained in EMDR and completing consultation hours towards certification. Her therapeutic approach is informed by training in Buddhist-based contemplative care, other mindfulness modalities including Hakomi and MBSR, and her own spiritual practices.
Kristine works experientially and relationally to help those struggling with trauma/PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief/loss, and psychedelic integration. She also specializes in helping those with early wounds stemming from adoption and other events in early childhood. With a deep understanding of the challenges of nervous system dysregulation and being disconnected from the body, she aims to help clients expand their window of tolerance, regulate their nervous system, and reconnect to body, mind, and spirit.
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Kira Clark
MHC-LP
Individual session: ~$200
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Kira is a psychotherapist, musician, and writer with training in somatic IFS, Hakomi, Attachment-Focused EMDR, Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, and is a Level II Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) clinician. Kira has also completed the psychoanalytic psychotherapy program at the William Alanson White Institute and her work integrates Buddhist philosophy as well as psychoanalytic theory.
Kira views therapy as a collaborative space to explore what is unspeakable and unknown, addressing fears and desires within the therapeutic relationship. With warmth and curiosity, she helps clients uncover deeper patterns and unresolved pain, fostering self-compassion and broader ways of being. Her approach is non-pathologizing, existential, and deeply rooted in mindfulness and attunement to the body, allowing new possibilities to emerge. Kira emphasizes meaningful connection over symptom reduction, offering a path toward healing through presence and acceptance.
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Vaneela Ramgolam
MPH, LMFT-LP
Individual session: ~$200
Couples session: ~$250
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Vaneela Ramgolam is a Marriage and Family Therapist who graduated from Northwestern University and holds a Master of Public Health degree from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. Drawing on over 15 years of experience in healthcare, she brings a holistic understanding of the complex relationship between emotional, relational and physical well being.
Her clinical approach is grounded in integrative systemic therapy, viewing individuals within the broader context of their relationships, family systems and life experiences. Vaneela specializes in relationally focused work and has advanced training in Integrative Somatic Parts Work, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and Attachment Focused EMDR.
Vaneela believes that therapy is most effective when it’s a collaborative and authentic process. Her goal is to create a compassionate, supportive environment where clients feel empowered to explore patterns, beliefs, and relational dynamics that may no longer align with their truest selves. At the heart of her work is the belief that every person has the capacity for growth, healing and transformation. By cultivating self-awareness and mental flexibility, clients can become architects of their own lives- creating relationships, choices, and futures that reflect who they genuinely are.
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Sarah Khalbuss
Psychotherapy Intern
Individual session: ~$80
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Sarah believes in holistic healing that honors the emotional, physical, social, spiritual, and environmental dimensions of wellness. As a Syrian American who has spent the last ten years in refugee and immigrant support work, she carries forward the resilience, strength, and collective care she's witnessed through migration work—lessons in survival and healing that continue to guide her practice. She holds a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University with a focus on humanitarian work. She is currently pursuing her remote MSW at the University of Kentucky, specializing in clinical social work and trauma.
Sarah is happy to work with clients across the lifespan dealing with various concerns, and she's particularly drawn to supporting people navigating life transitions, chronic stress and burnout, boundary issues, and the experiences of immigrants/children of immigrants. She integrates tools from focusing orienting practices, parts work, mindfulness, breathwork, and nature-based practices through a collective liberation lens—understanding that personal healing and social justice are deeply intertwined. Her approach emphasizes intergenerational and ancestral healing, exploring how family patterns, cultural practices, and immigration experiences shape our present-day struggles and strengths.
Her ideal clients are those who are curious about the mind-body connection and interested in exploring how their identity and lived experience shape the way they move through the world. They're seeking deeper self-understanding, value a holistic approach to healing, and resonate with frameworks that connect the personal to the collective. Sarah's therapeutic presence is warm and enthusiastic, creating a safe container where she gently names patterns and helps clients reconnect with themselves in more embodied, authentic ways.
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Florentine Schreiber
LMHC
Individual session: ~$250
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Florentine Schreiber, LMHC, is currently accepting individuals and couples. She is a trauma-informed somatic psychotherapist whose work integrates mindfulness, somatic awareness, EMDR, and relational dialogue to support meaningful, lasting change. Her experiential, body-centered approach is especially well suited for clients who are motivated to explore underlying emotional patterns, deepen self-awareness, and strengthen their relationships.
Florentine believes that healing begins with the courage to know and express oneself more fully. She creates a warm, attuned space where individuals and couples can slow down, move beyond habitual reactions, and reconnect with themselves and one another through greater emotional awareness and embodied presence. Whether working with trauma, relationship challenges, or life transitions, she helps clients understand how emotional experiences are held in the body and supports them in developing new ways of relating with authenticity, resilience, and compassion.
Her approach is informed by advanced training in Core Energetics, a body-centered therapeutic modality, as well as EMDR for trauma processing. Florentine's background as a mental health counselor, art therapist, and developmental psychologist, along with her extensive experience supporting children, parents, and couples, allows her to understand each client within the broader relational and family systems that have shaped them.
Having lived and worked in Germany, Italy, the United States, and Argentina, Florentine brings a culturally sensitive and multilingual perspective to her practice. She speaks German, Spanish, and Italian, and is particularly attuned to multicultural relationships, cross-cultural identities, and the complexities of family systems. Drawing from multiple therapeutic modalities, she meets each client where they are, balancing compassionate support with thoughtful challenge to foster deeper connection, emotional healing, and lasting transformation.
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Olivia Krause
Psychotherapy Intern
Individual session: ~$80
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Olivia Krause is a graduate student in Mental Health Counseling and Wellness at New York University. Her work is grounded in a somatic and mindfulness-based approach, informed by psychosynthesis theory and intentional communication practices rooted in Buddhist philosophy.
Olivia has experience across corporate, wellness, and community settings, as well as several years working in yoga and movement-based practices with both children and adults. These experiences shape her relational style, which emphasizes attunement, presence, and meeting clients where they are.
She is particularly interested in supporting clients navigating anxiety, life transitions, and identity exploration. Olivia is also inspired by nature and creativity as pathways for grounding, expression, and healing; she enjoys reading, writing poetry, and crafting song lyrics in her free time.
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Paige believes the body holds profound wisdom about our experiences and how to heal—it’s our job to learn to listen. Trained in psychology at New York University and currently pursuing her master’s at City College in Manhattan, she integrates somatic-based approaches with Internal Family Systems, Gestalt, and Existential therapies to help clients reconnect with themselves in a more embodied way. She is also in the process of becoming certified in Internal Family Systems (IFS).
With years of experience in somatic therapy, Paige transitioned from the corporate world to direct client work, driven by a passion for deep, relational healing. She incorporates mindfulness and breathwork to support nervous system regulation, fostering greater presence and balance.
A core aspect of her work is relational therapy—using the therapeutic relationship to uncover patterns and dynamics that shape how clients engage with themselves and others. Through this exploration, clients develop more fulfilling and authentic connections.
Her approach is warm, collaborative, and deeply attuned to each client’s unique journey. With additional training in crisis work and Hakomi, she helps clients build self-awareness, resilience, and a greater sense of ease in both mind and body.
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Emily Rose Cannon, LCSW, transitioned into somatic psychotherapy after working for many years in dance, yoga, and other movement-based modalities. While she tailors her approach to best suit each person and their particular concerns, her aim is to work with you to liberate yourself from limiting beliefs, patterns, and behaviors that were born out of necessity but no longer serve you well.
She received her masters degree in social work from New York University. She completed her Two Year Comprehensive Training in the Hakomi Method and continues to teaching assist for Hakomi trainings, and is certified in Pain Reprocessing Therapy. She’s also received training in Internal Family Systems, psychoanalysis, Somatic Experiencing, and EMDR, all of which inform her approach.
She specializes in working with folks to resolve chronic pain, as well as many types of trauma, anxiety, codependency, and mood or relationship issues.
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Irene has been working as both a therapist and social worker for the past seven years, supporting individuals in gaining deeper self-awareness and fostering personal growth. Irene received her master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and is also trained in Neo Emotional Release Therapy. She specializes in complex trauma, sexual abuse, and addiction. She integrates a somatic, mindfulness-based approach to psychodynamic psychotherapy
Through Irene’s compassionate support, she strives to empower her clients, helping them harness their own strength to flourish. Her holistic approach underscores her belief in treating the whole person, not just the symptoms, and creating a safe space for clients to express themselves freely.
Individual session: ~$250
Individual session: ~$250
Individual session: ~$200
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Paige Steadman
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Irene Van Goor
Emily Rose Cannon
Psychotherapist
LCSW
MHC-LP
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Rebecca Stone, LCSW, is a somatic trauma therapist and couples therapist, and the founder of Brooklyn Somatic Therapy. Her work lives at the intersection of science and soul—where attachment wounds, ancestral legacies, and nervous system patterns meet the possibility of deep transformation.
Rebecca is certified in The Hakomi Method and Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy, and has served as a teacher for the Hakomi Institute’s comprehensive program. She has advanced training in Attachment-Focused EMDR, Family Constellations, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy and Somatic Experiencing. She has taught and facilitated workshops nationwide on trauma, intergenerational healing, and post-traumatic growth.
Rebecca’s approach is deeply informed by her ongoing work in restorative justice, psychedelic medicine and integration, and spiritual practice. She believes that true healing is about wholeness—reclaiming all parts of the self, including the ones we were taught to exile.
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Ali believes deeply in the warmth, safety, and collaboration of the therapeutic relationship. Her approach is relational, compassionate, and curious.
Ali is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and undergoing training in EMDR, Somatic Experiencing and Internal Family Systems. She specializes in working with individuals struggling with anxiety, mood, depression, relationship challenges, and perinatal mental health concerns. Ali is particularly passionate about supporting clients through these challenges by examining our deeper parts with curiosity and mindfulness.
In her work, Ali helps clients explore the mind–body connection with great care, helping them bring to the surface how thoughts, emotions, and lived experiences are held within the body. She supports clients in developing greater awareness of and empathy for their internal experiences, such as sensations, emotions, and patterns of response. Through this process, clients are supported in cultivating self-regulation, resilience, and a deeper sense of connection to themselves and others.
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Binny received a doctorate in clinical psychology from Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. He is a certified practitioner and former teacher of the Hakomi Method of Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy, which blends somatic and experiential therapy with mindfulness practices. Binny recieved training in Attachment Focused EMDR (AF-EMDR) at the Parnell Institute, and is certified in psychedelic-assisted therapy through the Integrative Psychiatry Institute.
He has worked as a clinician at public and veterans hospitals, university counseling centers, and private clinics, gaining experience with a diverse range of individuals. Binny is also a musician and a passionate student of philosophy, spirituality, and the arts, incorporating these interests into his work with clients.
Individual session: ~$350
Couples session: ~$375
Individual session: ~$80
ADHD Evaluation: ~$1,500
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Rebecca Stone
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Binny Kagedan
PSYD, CHT, PATP
Ali Hoxie
LCSW, FounderClinical Director
Psychotherapy Intern
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