Stefanie Wolf
LCSW
Certified Hakomi Therapist, Certified EMDR therapist
Thank you for visiting my site. I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker located in Santa Cruz, Ca. I hold a Master of Social Work degree from San Jose State University. I provide therapy to individuals dealing with a variety of challenges including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss and various life stressors. I routinely spend time in nature and find this to be a critical part of my own support and spiritual development.
I believe the best therapy involves slowing down our habitual process and developing a deeper understanding of how we truly want to respond to ourselves, our friends and partners, and our world. I look forward to supporting you to develop a deeper friendship with yourself.
Modalities
My focus is on mindfulness-based, experiential therapy, somatic therapy. This means that in sessions I focus on assisting you in increasing awareness of thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and body sensations in order to develop a better sense of where you might be getting stuck or limiting yourself. I work with whatever you bring into the room. I’m a Certified Hakomi Therapist, Certified EMDR therapist, and Certified Compassion Cultivation Teacher. The Hakomi Method is an efficient and gentle mode of therapy for helping you explore your inner world and connect with your own pacing and flow so you can move with more ease in the world. The Hakomi method is a somatic, mindfulness based therapy that allows people to get to know more aspects of themselves and clarifies limiting beliefs and promotes more expansive ones. EMDR therapy uses bilateral stimulation and can be supportive in working with the impacts of trauma. I am also trained in the Re-Creating the Self Model.
I’m currently completing teacher training in the Feldenkrais Method. The Feldenkrais Method is a system of self -awareness that supports people in moving in themselves with more ease and fluidity and promotes people in having more possibilities for how they move in their body, in relationship to self and others.
“You can’t do what you want until you know what you’re doing”