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.
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 therapist (CHT), 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.
Trainings & Credentials
Ph.D in Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco
M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy, Touro University
Certified Hakomi Therapist (CHT), The Hakomi Institute
Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy, Certified Level 2, Psychedelic Somatic Institute
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
