Hello,
I'm Racheli.
I'm a queer, nonbinary, white Jewish somatic practitioner currently practicing and living in San Francisco, California, on occupied Ramaytush-Ohlone land.​ I use they/them pronouns. I firmly believe that the work we do on ourselves ripples out to affect the world we live in. I have had personal experiences with the power of somatics to heal attachment wounds, transform limiting beliefs, metabolize trauma, and support a sense of inner connection, resilience, and vitality, and I'm passionate about supporting people on their own healing journeys. I love working with issues related to trauma, attachment, queerness, gender, polyamory, perinatal mental health, political activism, grief, spirituality, and psychedelic integration.
Lineage and Education
I was born and raised in New York, on occupied Lenape territory, in an ultra- Orthodox Jewish community. My recent ancestors were Ashkenazi Jews, and come from Hungary and Romania. I am a descendant of four Holocaust-surviving grandparents, and I intimately understand the profound ways intergenerational trauma can impact one's orientation toward life. I am rooted in my Jewish ancestral lineage and I welcome working with folks from all lineages and traditions.
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I hold a masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Touro University. I also hold a doctoral degree in neuroscience from the University of California San Francisco, where I studied the neural circuitry underlying chronic pain and itch. Before becoming a somatic practitioner, I've been a researcher and educator, primarily teaching classes on the intersection of science, philosophy, bioethics, and society.
I am a certified Hakomi practitioner (CHP), I am trained in Relational Somatic Healing (RSH), Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, and Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP), and I am Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed. See below for a complete list of trainings & credentials.
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Trainings & Credentials
Ph.D in Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco
M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy, Touro University​
Certified Hakomi Practitioner (CHP), The Hakomi Institute
Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy, Certified Level 2, Psychedelic Somatic Institute
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RSH Foundations: The Art of Healthy Relating, Relational Somatic Healing
Relational Touch: Healing Relational Developmental Trauma, Relational Somatic Healing
Healing Childhood Trauma Advanced Training, Relational Somatic Healing
Developmental Map: Character, Movement, & Human Development, Relational Somatic Healing
From Trauma to Dharma, Levels 1-2, The Hakomi Institute
Hakomi Comprehensive Training, The Hakomi Institute
Internal Family Systems Introduction, Center for Consciousness Medicine
Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy Training, Parts A, B, C, Psychedelic Somatic Institute
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Training, Modules 1, 2, Music Module, Polaris Insight Center
Process-work year-long practicum, River's Way Community Clinic
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Foundational Training, Modules 1-6, Star Institute with Gary Peterson
UnTraining White Liberal Racism, Phase 1,2,3, The UnTraining​
