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Therapist
Serena currently provides counseling services at a community mental health center as well as to private clients; she is also an active volunteer with Physicians for Human Rights providing psychological evaluations for asylum cases. She integrates traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with more holistic approaches to healing such as meditation, mindfulness and breath work and has found the latter to be highly effective in cross-cultural sessions. Serena received her Master of Social Work and Public Health from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Trauma
Serena has worked with survivors of torture, war trauma, trafficking and domestic violence for more than 15 years both domestically and abroad and completed a fellowship in ethno-political conflict at the University of Pennsylvania. She participated in disaster relief work abroad and on the Gulf Coast Post-Hurricane Katrina. She has also worked in collaboration with Jack Saul and the International Trauma Studies program housed at Columbia University in New York City.
Anxiety and Depression
Serena has worked with survivors of torture, war trauma, trafficking and domestic violence for more than 15 years both domestically and abroad and completed a fellowship in ethno-political conflict at the University of Pennsylvania. She participated in disaster relief work abroad and on the Gulf Coast Post-Hurricane Katrina. She has also worked in collaboration with Jack Saul and the International Trauma Studies program housed at Columbia University in New York City.
Holistic Healing
Serena is a trained yoga instructor and incorporates aspects of yoga including asana, breathing exercises and meditation into her clinical practice. She utilizes yoga in individual and group sessions. Serena was trained in and taught trauma sensitive yoga at Bessel van der Kolk’s Trauma Center in Boston. She has also attended trainings in Somatic Experiencing.
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