Biography
Anna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Gestalt-Oriented Psychotherapist, and Yoga Teacher who specializes in integrating the body-mind connection in mental health treatment. Anna has worked with children, adolescents, adults, older adults with end-of-life issues, couples, and families, and adults with chronic and persistent mental illness.
She received her MSW at New York University, graduated from the Center for Somatic Studies, is completing her fourth year of post-graduate study at the Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy, and after 11 years of teaching yoga, is enrolled in the two-year Teacher Training at the Iyengar Yoga Institute. Combining her understanding of the body with clinical training in psychotherapy, she helps clients explore psychological patterns and how they manifest in holding patterns in the body.
Affiliations
National Association for Social Workers
New York Society for Clinical Social Workers
Downtown Clinicians Collective
International Association for Yoga Therapists
Employee Assistance Program: EAPrefer through the NASW
Certified Rape Crisis Counselor through St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital
Publications
Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. Volume 16, Number 1. 2008
Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. Volume 17, Number 3, 2009
Working with Anna has led to great growth in my life that couldn’t have happened on my own. Anna’s methods in helping me connect with my body translates well in other aspects of my life. Our experiments with yoga-type exercises lead to a conversation and reconnection between my body, mind and spirit.- Therapy Client
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