Psychotherapy for Women & Mind Body Healing | NYC & Nearby Areas
It's time to stop saying you’re "fine" and start feeling at home in your own body.
Somatic Psychotherapy • Movement Therapy • Embodied Consulting
Empowering women and groups as they untangle old dynamics, rebuild self-trust, recalibrate their inner knowing and remember the rhythm of who they really are.
Break the cycle of doubt, fear and overgiving so you can show up aligned, unedited, embodied, and grounded in liberation.
You've learned how to hold it all together, while inside it feels like you're barely holding on....
You've learned how to mask you’re fears, insecurities and chronic worry.
You second guess you’re words, choices, even you’re instincts.
You give more than you have to partners, work or school, family, friends just hoping it might make it easier or feel more rewarding
Yet the more you give, the more invisible you feel.
Every “yes” feels safer than risking conflict or rejection, and every “yes” leaves you more disconnected from yourself and what matters most to you.
The emotional toll is heavy: resentment, loneliness, grief, sadness and the deep belief that maybe you really are not “good enough”.
Your body is living this story: the chronic tension in your neck or shoulders; the feeling like you can’t get a deep enough breath; the upset or nauseous stomach; the restlessness deep in your bones or the pervasive low mood you’ve just learned to live with.
It’s time to sense, move, recalibrate and listen closely to the language of the body
Embodiment is about reclaiming the connection between your mind and body– learning to sense, honor, and trust the wisdom within. It’s about placing YOU in the role of leader, whether in your personal growth, professional ambitions, team’s dynamics, or your creative endeavors.
I aim to create a space, a container that helps you build the most powerful tool you’ll ever need: the relationship you have with yourself. Through this relationship, you’ll learn to attune to your body’s cues, recalibrate the patterns that no longer serve you or your relationships; and move through the world knowing you’re deserving of what you long for.
You get to redefine what success means to you.
NO MORE accommodating, people-pleasing, or over-giving for fleeting approval.
You get to be it all.
Whether you’re here for therapy, consulting, retreats, or creative direction, this work invites you to sense, move, and recalibrate, to listen deeply to the voice within and create a life that aligns with your truth. It’s time to listen
You can’t out-think what your body has been carrying for years.
These patterns have roots, in old dynamics, past hurts, and the ways you learned to stay safe. They live in your muscles, breath, and reflexes. Letting them soften takes time, courage, and support.
This is where embodiment meets real change because the way you move influences your thoughts, emotions and choices. And how you sense your body naturally shows up in your presence and in your relationships.
I combine the practices of Somatic Psychotherapy, EMDR, and Dance/Movement Therapy to help you release what your body has been carrying, so transformation isn’t just an idea it’s something you feel.
I bridge the practical and the creative, blending deep nervous system work with expressive, movement-based processes to create lasting, embodied growth.
Instead of pushing you to be “stronger,” I help you listen closely to your body’s cues and find more grounded ways of moving through stress and discomfort.
Instead of handing you generic tools, I collaborate with you to discover what actually works with you small, sustainable shifts that build real freedom, not quick fixes that fade.
Instead of only offering comfort, I’ll also challenge you when it serves your growth.
I’ll help to create the conditions for your system to restore balance, integrate experiences, and grow in a way that helps build resilience from the inside out.
My approach carries both heart and spine. That balance comes from my training at Naropa University, rooted in contemplative, body-centered psychology being both direct and gentle, compassionate and clear, so we can meet the work with honesty, depth, and presence.
Drawing from multiple somatic, relational, and experiential therapies and movement-based practices, I weave together an approach that honors your body’s innate wisdom and supports the way you show up in your life, your relationships, your work, and your world.
The Principles that Guide My Work are practical and creative, rooted in science, informed by clinical intuition, and deeply connected to the inherent wisdom of the body.
Your Body is Your Power
By grounding in your physical self, you tap into a source of wisdom, resilience, and clarity that fuels transformation.
Growth Starts with Self-Compassion
Meeting yourself with kindness, especially in moments of struggle, cultivates the safety and strength needed to confront your truths and grow into your fullness.
Awareness Creates Possibility
What you notice, you can shift. Change begins by paying attention. Noticing where your attention goes, how you react, and what you hold onto allows you to shift your focus and create new possibilities.
Letting Go Creates Space
Growth requires space. Shedding old stories, expectations, and unhelpful patterns allows you to move forward with peace, creativity, and authentic connection.
Embodiment Shapes Experience
How you move through the world changes how you feel in it. Our physical state is the lens through which we think, act, and connect. Your posture, breath, and movement influence your emotions, relationships, and self-perception. Presence isn’t just a state of mind, it’s a full-body experience.
Clarity Lives Beyond Fear
Your truest self is beyond doubt. By quieting the noise of self-judgment and fear, you can reconnect to your deeper truths and the vibrancy of being fully present.
Service Offerings
Individual Somatic Psychotherapy & Dance Movement Therapy
Embodied care for women carrying the quiet weight of relationship wounds and attachment harm, and the pressures of cultural expectations and oppressive systems. This goes beyond talk to reach patterns held in the body through somatic psychotherapy, EMDR, and movement. For women who want to stop surviving, start trusting themselves, and feel alive again in their bodies, their lives, and their relationships.
Clinical Consultation & Supervision (EMDR & Somatic)
For therapists and helping professionals seeking case consults, EMDR consultation hours, or support integrating somatic work. We’ll focus on the embodied practice of therapy so your clients (and your nervous system) can build more capacity and resilience
Movement & Theatre Workshops
Custom workshops for productions and creative educational spaces that center embodiment, consent, communication and authentic expression. These workshops help production teams, creatives and performers reduce off-stage conflict, strengthen trust, and create safer, clearer and braver collaboration.
Trauma-Responsive Organizational Consulting, Embodied Coaching & Creative Facilitation
Non-clinical support for individuals, teams, and creative spaces ready to move differently. Whether you're reorganizing structure, navigating burnout or compassion fatigue, or building a culture rooted in trust and presence, we'll use body-based practices to shift old patterns and create sustainable change.
How it works
Reach Out Fill out the contact form or book a free consultation. Share what's bringing you here.
Connect
We'll meet for a discovery call to talk through your needs, answer questions, and see if we're the right fit.
Begin
If it feels aligned, we'll start the work moving at your rhythm, honoring your pace, creating space for real change.
Having trouble keeping your cool when things feel out of control?
Download my free guided audio: “From ‘I’m Fine’ to Finding Enough: A Somatic and Embodiment Practice for Complex Days
Do you ever feel like there’s just too much going on inside, tension in your body, emotions you can’t name, a mind that won’t stop, and a spirit that feels far away leaving you so overwhelmed that you disconnect from yourself just to get through the day?
Hey there, I’m Stefanie Raccuglia
Clinically, I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor (CO), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (NY), Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, and EMDRIA Certified EMDR therapist.
I firmly believe that healing isn’t about erasing the past or becoming perfect, it’s about becoming more yourself, trusting that the resources you need are already inside you, ready to support you in moving through the world with grace, clarity, and personal power.
I started this work because I know what it’s like to push and achieve while feeling disconnected, unsatisfied, and never good enough. I’ve always felt called to work with women, shaped by a lineage of strong yet silenced women, and inspired by the sisterhoods that have carried me through.
Originally from New York City, I spent over a decade in the Colorado Rockies before returning back to the city, carrying both grounded spaciousness and practical hustle into every space I serve.
Testimonials
“Your ability to make all around you feel so seen, at ease and loved– at the same time seeing the humor and laughter amongst seriousness.”
Anonymous
“Stefanie Raccuglia is a warm vibrant soul. She worked with my son for many years using movement to facilitate his own self-expression. In the process, she helped him experience himself as beautiful & talented, and supported me as the parent of a talented neuro-atypical child. She’s made a huge difference in our family’s life.“
LFR, Minister, Group Leader
“Stefanie hosted a ‘Getting Grounded’ Workshop for the Women in Engineering at my company. This was held via Zoom Meeting due to the pandemic. Despite the challenges that virtual meetings present, Stefanie was extremely professional, knowledgeable, and creative with her delivery. The content was relatable and allowed for our team to engage from start to finish. We cannot wait to schedule the next workshop!”
Cristin Johnson, PE
"I have worked with Stefanie personally and professionally and am such a fan of all the gifts she has to offer! She is insightful and kind, has helped me so deeply with only a few words, hugs or quick offering of strategy. I highly recommend working with her for all that she has to offer!"
Christina Monsolino, Production Manager
“Stefanie brings her incredible dance and choreography skills to the show process wrapped in the spirit of inclusion, empowerment and creativity for the actors and artistic team. A truly authentic and invested teacher and artist.”
Melissa Williams, teacher, artist, director
“Stefanie has a natural talent and expertise for facilitating groups and memorable experiences! She has an amazing ability to create a fun and playful environment while also making you feel safe and able to be vulnerable. I highly recommend working with Stefanie. She is absolutely amazing!”
Sam Field, LPC
“Stefanie works with our agency in a few spaces... she does a group with our care coordinators to talk about client work and support for the care team in what they need to do their best work. She also facilitates a group of our team supervisors. We love the mindfulness she brings to the groups and does a great job holding space for what is needed in each moment. We all love the work Stefanie does and looking forward to continuing with her in 2022!“
Shelly Gainsley, Operations Director, The Health Partnership
"The manner in which all things came to a screeching halt in Covid shutdown for my student was mind blowing. She is a TAG, 2E empathic who feels so deeply when in most situations especially given crisis situations. Stefanie's weekly Zoom group meeting to support my student and others alike, was an incredibly helpful experience! She took time for each student, had mindful convos and fun exercises!”
Anonymous
"The manner in which all things came to a screeching halt in Covid shutdown for my student was mind blowing. She is a TAG, 2E empathic who feels so deeply when in most situations especially given crisis situations. Stefanie's weekly Zoom group meeting to support my student and others alike, was an incredibly helpful experience! She took time for each student, had mindful convos and fun exercises!”
Anonymous
“I work for a fast-paced, innovative, and diverse tech company in Los Angeles. Stefanie has facilitated a few classes for our employees and clients. It is enough that Stefanie so intimately understands her areas of expertise and is able to deliver information that not only changes the here and now but truly the future of her listeners - what is more exceptional is how Stefanie can talk to a room full of people and somehow manage to deliver her message in a way that every single person in the room, despite differences, receives it as if they are alone with her in deep conversation. Stefanie's points of view and conviction result in her driving impact every single time she joins us on many different topics.”
Nick Belardo, Regional Relationship Manager
“Your ability to make all around you feel so seen, at ease and loved– at the same time seeing the humor and laughter amongst seriousness.”
Anonymous
“Stefanie Raccuglia is a warm vibrant soul. She worked with my son for many years using movement to facilitate his own self-expression. In the process, she helped him experience himself as beautiful & talented, and supported me as the parent of a talented neuro-atypical child. She’s made a huge difference in our family’s life.“
LFR, Minister, Group Leader
Messy, tired, hopeful, or unsure-all of you belongs here. I gotchu.
This is your space to exhale, find your footing and slowly begin to move again, remembering the rhythm of your own truth.