Ariel Giarretto, MFT, is a body-oriented psychotherapist and trauma specialist. Trained in a wide variety of somatic therapies, her work is primarily informed by Somatic Experiencing (SE). She has been using SE with clients and students since 1999 and is known nationally and internationally as an expert trainer and clinician in the trauma field. She is a member of Peter Levine's teaching staff and helps develop curriculum and specialty classes for his Foundation for Human Enrichment. In 2005, motivated by the tsunami in Asia, she and three other colleagues developed a short-term trauma relief and first aid program for natural disaster survivors. It has since been successfully used in Thailand, New Orleans, and most recently in China, following the earthquake. She has a practice in Berkeley and Sebastopol, and frequently utilizes therapeutic touch and SE bodywork in her sessions.
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Ariel Giarretto
Ariel Giarretto, MFT, is a body-oriented psychotherapist and trauma specialist. Trained in a wide variety of somatic therapies, her work is primarily informed by Somatic Experiencing (SE). She has been using SE with clients and students since 1999 and is known nationally and internationally as an expert trainer and clinician in the trauma field. She […]