Hi, my name is Charlotte.

I’m passionate about using a depathologizing approach to support people to find and live from their authenticity and inner intelligence and heal from unresolved trauma. Through my own healing journey, I have personally discovered that the body is an amazing portal to access this intelligence. To support this aim, in addition to being a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, I’ve sought out various continuing education including becoming a NARM-informed practitioner (which focuses on developmental trauma), a certification in Process-Oriented Facilitation (David Bedrick’s ‘un-shaming’ approach) and am currently studying Inner Relationship Focusing (IRF), which is somatic parts work.

I am a 500 RYT yoga teacher and have studied and taught yin, hatha/ vinyasa and kundalini yoga for over 10 years. My background is also in dance and working for social justice organizations. I am part of two somatic anti-racism groups as I believes that somatic work isn’t for individual healing only, but also for collective transformation.

I have a private practice in the Hudson Valley, NY. Outside of work, some of my favorite things are being out in nature, getting cozy with a warm drink, dancing, connecting with community, and dreaming up possibilities for individual and collective healing and wholing with my love.

Additional Training and Education

  • Barnard College, Columbia University- BA, Latin American Studies. 2004

  • Alvin Ailey/ Fordham University- BFA Dance program. 1998-2000

Anti-Racism Commitments

  • Reparative Communal Consultations in Somatic Abolitionism with Resmaa Menakem. 2022- Present

  • Bi-Weekly somatic anti-racism meeting. 2020- Present

Trauma, Nervous System and Therapeutic Trainings and Certifications

  • Embodied Parts Work Academy With Maureen Gallagher. 2024-Present

  • NARM (The NeuroAffective Relational Model for Healing Complex Trauma) Online Basic Training. 2024 - Present

  • Pre and Perinatal Trauma (PPNT) Video Course. Online recording with Dr. Raja Selvam. 04/2023 - Present

  • Strategies for Working with Sexual Trauma and Sexuality. Online recording with Ariel Garretto. 04/2023 - 05/2023

  • Trauma Solutions Workshops. Online with Diane Poole Heller and Peter Levine including: Working with Complex Trauma and Somatic Interventions for Chronic Pain and Syndromes. 01/2023 - 01/2024

  • Jaguar Sessions. Online with Kimberly Ann Johnson including: Limits and Boundaries, Feminine Sexuality and Spirituality, Women’s Health and the Nervous System, Breathwork and the Nervous System. 12/22 - Present.

  • Somatic Experiencing® (“SE™”) Professional Training- 2022- 2024

  • Process-oriented Facilitation: 10 Month Certification- 2022

  • Nervous System and Restorative Yoga Online Training with Tiffany Cruikshank. 2022- Present

  • Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga with Arielle Schwartz. 2021-2022

Yoga Certifications

  • I am a 500-RYT Yoga Teacher with training in Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin and Kundalini yoga. Learn more about my extensive yoga background and training here.