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About Me
Beth L. Haessig, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist, a certified somatic psychotherapist, and a certified Kripalu yoga teacher and Mindful Outdoor Leader. She is the former president of the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy.
Beth received her doctorate at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) Rutgers University, specializing in Schools. This was after a MA in educational psychology and a BA from Tufts University.
She trained 6 more years after the doctorate in somatic psychotherapy and now works with adults and children at the Core Energetics Institute in NYC, founded by John Pierrakos, MD, and one year post graduate with Radical Aliveness/Core Energetics in Mexico.
She works with adults and children with anxiety, depression, eating problems, trauma, and relationship/behavioral challenges using Mindfulness-based, cognitive/body-based awareness practices and techniques.
Dr. Haessig is MAPS and EMBARK trained in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. She works with a local medical provider to provide Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) in the office and will be providing MDMA-Assisted psychotherapy when it becomes legal.
I work to help my clients
Make contact and befriend their feelings and inner world.
Experience the peace and wonder of silence, with skills of listening, communication, and self-empowerment.
Feel connected to themselves and their bodies.
Awaken underutilized and under practiced perceptual skills and sensitivities.
Develop mindfulness skills to change their relationship with their thinking mind.