R a c h e l N a g e l b e r g
Rachel specializes in codependency, relationships, depression & anxiety, panic attacks & panic disorder, dissociation, CPTSD, substance abuse, sexual trauma, accident trauma, Self realization / embodiment & psychedelic integration.
Degrees
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
University of San Francisco
Aug 2009 - Aug 2012
Bachelor of Arts in English Writing
University of Pittsburgh
Dec 2006 - Dec 2009
Rachel is a writer turned somatics practitioner & educator. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco, and has integrative certifications in Somatic Release Technique (SRT), The Points Holding Process & PsychoNeuroEnergetic (PNE) therapeutic modalities from the Somatic Institute in Los Angeles. Her debut novel, The Fifth Wall, was published by Black Sparrow Books in 2017 and was deemed by Chris Kraus in i-D Magazine as “falling within a new and exciting tradition of female philosophical fiction.”
Rachel incorporates her continued studies and exploration of consciousness and non-duality as well as the mindfulness practices of Tibetan Buddhism into her facilitation approach, alongside polyvagal regulation techniques taught by Dr. Stanley Rosenberg and his protege, Thor Philipsen, DO & the somatic-based practices of Dr. Peter A. Levine & Dr. Gabor Maté, offering a deeper dual spiritual + scientific component to the work. She most recently completed a 100-hour certification to teach Mindfulness Meditation with renown Buddhist scholar David Nictern via Dharma Moon & Tibet House and is currently completing a PNE Teacher Training program. In addition to her private practice, Rachel runs a weekly somatic-focused recovery group in Los Angeles.
A devoted dreamworker, Rachel studies Jungian Dream Analysis and is developing a Somatic Dreamwork practice, currently offered as 1-hour sessions over Zoom.
It is her honor to be in a position to hold space for others on their journeys to realignment and attunement to Self.
Training/Certificates
PsychoNeuroEnergetics Teacher Training
Somatic Institute, Los Angeles
Aug 2021 - Present
Somatic Release Technique, Points Holding Process & PsychoNeuroEnergetics Certifications
Somatic Institute, Los Angeles
Jan 2020-Aug 2021
100-Hour Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Certification
Dharma Moon & Tibet House
Nov 2021 - Feb 2022
Polyvagal Theory: Neural Exercises for Safety & Connection
w/ Stephen Porges
Oct 2021 - Nov 2021
This Jungian Life Dream School
Oct 2020 - Feb 2022
Mindfulness & Stress Reduction Course
Mindfulness & Trauma Course
Mindfulness Care Center, San Francisco
2013