Dr. Silvia Birklein is a Clinical Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, Dance Movement Therapist, and Movement Analyst. She is the Founder and Clinical Director of SYNC Psychological Services, PLLC, and SYNC SOMATICS ™ (Embodied Psychotherapy and Supervision) a group private practice and training facility in New York City, Kingston, and Syracuse. Silvia has worked in various psychiatric hospitals, clinics, and counseling centers, as well as with Reality TV shows as a psychologist. Additionally, she serves as a clinical supervisor and faculty member at Pace University, The New School University, and the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP). Silvia’s research focuses on the inter-generational transmission of affect, and the body and movement in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis with an emphasis on trauma and PTSD and the nonverbal/non–semantic in the clinical setting. She specializes in Relational Psychoanalysis and in the Body and Movement/Somatics in psychoanalytic contexts. She is available to provide psychodynamic, relational psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis as well as movement–informed psychotherapy.
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Evolutionary Psychotherapy & Holistic Healing
Evolutionary Psychotherapy & Holistic Healing was thoughtfully designed to combine healing rituals and practices with psychotherapy by incorporating a multitude of non-traditional, holistic modalities into one’s therapeutic practice and mental health journey. We offer events and experiences to the community to inspire spiritual connectedness and mindfulness, thus providing opportunities to fully enhance wellness. Evolutionary Psychotherapy & Holistic Healing believes that embracing mind-body practices alongside the therapeutic process allows clients to explore healing beyond traditional psychotherapeutic talk-therapy. Our mission is to emphasize the importance of integrating mental health counseling with movement, music, aromatherapy, expressive arts, nature, and breathwork to establish equilibrium. Therein, inviting the body to join the mind in therapeutic attunement.
Fiona Malamen, LMT
Hi, I’m Fiona Malamen and I’m a lifelong student of the body. We don’t live our lives in a straight line but in cycles, in ups and downs, moments of clarity and truth or confusion and distress. Since I graduated from the Massage Therapy program at Columbia Greene Community College in 2006, I have been holding safe space for healing and the recovery of homeostasis, the body’s “happy place.” This healing work is a collaborative partnership that prioritizes deep listening, something that is all too scarce in our broken and unequal healthcare system.
After graduating from SUNY New Paltz with a degree in Biology and Psychology, a session with mentor and local luminary Nina Silverman, P.T. introduced me to the osteopathic modality of Counterstrain. In this Indirect Approach, the therapist follows the signals of the body and releases occur in the direction of ease, rather than going against the tension and the body/mind defenses, to effectively relieve pain and inflammation.
Other influences in my life that helped me recognize the value of this approach include dance, West African dance, Eastern medicine philosophy and Buddhist psychology, a passion for Anatomy and my own self-compassionate healing process.
When I’m not being humbled by this work, gardening, foraging and hiking the Catskill peaks are a great source of pleasure and perspective.
Happie Pomisel LMT
Happie has been a practitioner of bodywork for the over 24 years, working in some of the best medical, wellness offices and exclusive settings all over Long Island NY before establishing into her own serene studio in 2014 on the North Shore of Long Island.
Hassan Nagy, MD, MBA
Dr. Hassan Nagy is an international physician who got a chance to practice medicine in several countries like Egypt, Turkey, Russia, and finally the United States. Dr. Nagy worked with the United States government to battle the spread of COVID-19, pursuing his goals of achieving health equity, supporting marginalized population and eliminating health disparities. Dr. Nagy has particular passion for full spectrum Family Medicine practice, research and education, and strive to a health care leadership role where he can serve to fulfill his passion of teaching and high-quality healthcare delivery to those in need.
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Iara Sapoznikow, LMT
Biography: Iara (pronounced “Yara”) is a native New Yorker who recently moved back to the Hudson Valley after 13 years on the west coast. She brings a diverse background of studies and experiences to the massage table including training in midwifery, Traditional Thai bodywork, advanced prenatal bodywork, and Abdominal Therapy. Iara cares deeply about her clients’ experience and strives for them to leave the table feeling nourished, listened-to, and supported. Iara currently has a private massage practice in Ellenville.
Jen Fanning LAc
For more than 30 years, Jen has been practicing the art and science of health and wellness. Being a healer has been in her blood her entire life. Studying yoga and energy work at a young age set the stage for her B.A. in Dance with an emphasis in dance therapy and her Master’s in Chinese medicine. Her unique approach combines both Western and Eastern energy healing traditions. The result is one of the most effective bodywork modalities ever created. Jen is the developer of the Virtual Massage, a unique treatment harnessing energy medicine to improve your health and wellbeing, all done virtually over the phone. All you have to do is listen and allow your body to do the work of healing and releasing.
As a Certified Coach with 20+ years of experience, today, Jen shares her body of knowledge and wisdom from the magical Edgy ZEN Spa, which she created in Alexandria, VA, as well as with clients all over the world. Throughout her life, Jen has been using movement and healing to stay embodied and heal wounds for herself and others that occur on this journey called Life… come join her in the flow of living life on your terms and experience a session with her!
Caryn Challman
Small imbalances such as gas, bloating, congestion or acid reflux, may start as just annoyances, but if left unaddressed, have the potential to grow into more serious conditions with long-term health consequences.
What if there was a way to address both the smaller and larger imbalances right now? To pinpoint and remedy them at their source, instead of allowing them to progress into a disease or further along the disease pathway?
For more than 5,000 years, Ayurveda has done just that—providing a road map for healing that empowers the individual to reestablish health and balance in the body, instead of allowing a disease to progress to more debilitating stages.
Through the guidance of Ayurveda, Caryn helps her clients to understand the root causes of digestive imbalances and manifested diseases, and provides a path towards reversing those conditions, in order to promote health and healing for each individual.
Cindy Dern, LCSW. Holistic Psychotherapist
Mind Massage Hypnosis
Mind Massage is an effective form of NSDR (non-sleep-deep-rest), an evidence based practice that activates the healing effects of the parasympathetic nervous system. It is a one-on-one meditative hypnotic practice that uses the imagination to calm the mind and body, clearing and creating space to cultivate a grounded sense of hope, reimagining new pathways and possibilities for the greater good of ourselves, our community and the world. As a practitioner guides a person through their inner landscape, we will also show them how to work with their imagination as a tool for healing and hope. This experience is grounded in the spirit of collective healing and the virtues of connection, collaboration, creativity and community.
The Mind Massage Community Clinic is founded by The Divine Feminine School of Hypnosis and offered by a collective of board certified hypnosis practitioners. Practitioners for O+ include Shauna Cummins (founder and teacher), Matthew Devine, Dawn Eshelman, Isabel Milenski, Kate Minford, and Laura Siegel.
20 min sessions for deep relaxation and stress relief.
No experience necessary, dress comfortably, arrive 10 minutes early to fill out an intake form.