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R a c h e l  N a g e l b e r g

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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

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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 2 year PyschoNeuroEnergetics Teacher Training and a 100-hour certification to teach Mindfulness Meditation with renowned Buddhist scholar David Nictern via Dharma Moon & Tibet House. In addition to her private practice, Rachel runs a weekly somatic-focused recovery group in Los Angeles focusing on addiction and body-based self-regulation practices. 

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 - Dec 2022

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

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