Edna is a licensed Creative Arts Therapist who trusts the wisdom of the body to inform and guide the healing process. As a Dance/Movement Therapist, Edna integrates the understanding of how our bodies hold onto stress and trauma and weaves together somatic practices with EMDR to foster healing. Edna meets her clients where they are at and supports them in their personal healing journey.

During sessions, Edna incorporates grounding techniques and practices from somatics, mindfulness, and yoga to soothe the nervous system. This allows individuals to explore emotions and behaviors and recognize where they hold trauma. EMDR is an evidence-based therapeutic approach that resolves and reduces symptoms and distressing emotions associated with trauma and loss. Edna believes that with the learned ability to recognize and regulate behavioral and emotional responses and reduce the presence of distressing symptoms, individuals will be able to reach their full potential and live their lives with greater ease. 

Edna began her journey as a professional dancer and ballet teacher in New York and Israel. She graduated from Hunter College with a Masters in Dance/Movement Therapy. Upon her retirement from dancing professionally, Edna began practicing yoga. She found that this work assisted her in her personal healing journey. Edna received her 500-hr teacher training from Yoga Flow Studio and incorporates the wisdom of yoga into her therapeutic practice. 

Watch Edna’s Mindbody Insights interview - “Small Traumas Can Leave Big Scars”

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EDUCATION

SUNY Empire College BA - Dance
Hunter College MS - Dance/Movement Therapy

Additional Education: TICTI - EMDR training, Trauma Informed Yoga | Mindfulness Schools - Mindfulness Training | 500-YTT - Yoga Flow Studio

SPECIALTIES

EMDR therapy integrated with somatic practices, mindfulness and trauma informed yoga

PRONOUNS

She/Her

HOMETOWN

Westbury, New York

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