Michelle Cleary, LCSW, SEP
Somatic Psychotherapist, Educator, Writer & Speaker
Meet Michelle
Michelle Cleary, a licensed psychotherapist (she/her), is trained in EMDR and holds a certificate in Somatic Experiencing® (SE). She regularly assists at SE trainings across the country and serves as the lead assistant for the Manhattan in-person SE trainings. Additionally, she is an adjunct professor at SUNY Stony Brook, School of Social Welfare, where she teaches about the neurobiology and treatment of trauma.
Michelle maintains a full time private practice that focuses on treating trauma and eating disorders.
She is dedicated to discovering, understanding, and teaching others the way our nervous system and brain-body development contributes to our mood, behavior, relationships, mental health, productivity and sense of connection to self, others and our environment.
If you venture beyond words, you’ll find there is another level of healing.
~ Michelle Cleary
Somatic Experiencing Students
Case Consultation Groups:
General Case consultation Group for Somatic Experiencing Practitioners and SE students. (Fridays 9am - 10:30am est)
How to assess and address Disordered Eating through the Somatic Experiencing Lens. (Fridays 11am - 12:30pm est)
Please reach out for all of the details:
Individual Case Consultation
Somatic Experiencing Students who wish to schedule Individual Beginner level Case Consultation, please use the link below to request an appointment in person or virtually.
If you are looking for case consultation but are Intermediate or Advanced level, you can request an appointment but the sessions will not count toward your SEP requirements at this time.
*I am not able to offer Personal Education Sessions to new students at this time. If you are already seeing me for PES, please continue to schedule using the below link.
I see students on Mondays, if this is impossible for you or there’s a circumstance that requires you to schedule a time other than what is available, please email me at michelleclearylcsw@gmail.com.
The requested time must be made at least 48 hours in advance.
Sessions and consultations are $200.
Private Practice
Michelle sees clients in-person at her Brooklyn office and via Telehealth. She utilizes Somatic Experiencing, SE Touch, and EMDR.
Her practice and waiting list are currently full.
Please see my trusted referrals page for help finding a therapist who is right for you.
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“The brain-disease model overlooks four fundamental truths: (1) our capacity to destroy one another is matched by our capacity to heal one another. Restoring relationships and community is central to restoring well-being; (2) language gives us the power to change ourselves and others by communicating our experiences, helping us to define what we know, and finding a common sense of meaning; (3) we have the ability to regulate our own physiology, including some of the so-called involuntary functions of the body and brain, through such basic activities as breathing, moving, and touching; and (4) we can change social conditions to create environments in which children and adults can feel safe and where they can thrive.”
Excerpt From: "The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D