Dominique Kalata, LICSW
Psychotherapist
Clinical Social Worker
Certified Life Coach
Certified Nutrition and Health Coach
I support you with making life and lifestyle changes to improve your mood, manage anxiety and stress better and enhance your daily functioning.Helping you manage the difficulties of your day to day, the holistic way.
I practice a integrated approach to psychotherapy and coaching. We will find the unique stress management techniques that work best for how you're wired, that feel authentic and easy to implement in your life. We'll explore ways we can improve your mood, lessen your anxiety, manage your ADHD and emotions better, and improve your self esteem and sense of self. You will leave empowered to be the hero of your life's journey, having built skills and resilience to overcome obstacles.Feeling safe with your therapist is at the cornerstone of successful therapy, and I work hard to tune into what you need in treatment.I am solution focused and our sessions are informed by CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Techniques) and behavioral interventions, mindfulness, somatic perspectives (based on Somatic Experiencing and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy) as well as my knowledge of your history and patterns present in your life. We must explore changes to routines and to our thinking in order to develop new improved habits. I am also heavily trauma informed and influenced by EMDR and IFS psychotherapy. Our conversations will be focused on your future goals, the those past influences that affect your present reality.Exploring and unblocking the "behind the scenes" beliefs that are holding you back are valuable, and my psychodynamic and NLP (Nuero-Linguistic Programming) life coaching training supports us in exploring the unconscious patterns that stand in your way of achieving your goals.I vet my interventions to make sure they are evidence based and empirically supported, and regularly read peer reviewed journals and psychiatry articles to make sure my interventions are backed by strong scientific evidence.I am also a Certified Health Coach through Institute of Integrative Nutrition and when relevant, incorporate holistic health interventions and lifestyle changes to improve your mental health.
Licenses
LICSW (Massachusetts)
LCSW (New York)
Education
MSW (Clinical Master's in Social Work)
Smith College, School for Social WorkHealth Coaching Certification
Institute of Integrative NutritionNeuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Life Coaching Certification
Master Coach, NLP MarinMA (Master of Arts, Student Affairs Administration)
New York University
selectED additional training
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) - Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - University of San FranciscoInternal Family Systems - IFS Circle
6 month fellowship in psychodynamic theory - Massachusetts Institute for PsychoanalysisSomatic Experiencing - Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute
Hakomi Method: Mindfulness and the healing of trauma - Hakomi Institute
Mindfulness & Vipassana Meditation Training - Dhamma.orgKetamine Assisted Psychotherapy - Fluence; Horizons
Guiding Psilocybin Therapy Sessions - Horizons
MDMA-assisted Therapy - PsykologvirkeSex Educator Training (Human Sexuality; LGBTQ+ identities) - San Francisco Sex Information
Working with Sexually Marginalized Communities - Smith College
Rates: I am currently in network with BCBS, with my OON rate being $165/session. I also have sliding scale sessions starting at $100 session.
CONTACT
I regularly post interesting resources on my Facebook pages.
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How we treat our bodies affects our mood and how we feel and react to stress. I post interesting articles on the mind/body connection and uplifting graphics on my FB page Mind Body Therapy
If productivity and goal oriented strategies interest you, I post resources on my Activating Choices coaching FB page.
If relationship and sexuality resources interest you, I post relevant articles on my New York Sex and Intimacy Therapy FB page.
I also have a psychedelic resources FB page where I post relevant articles Psychedelic Medicine for Beginners.
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