Dominique Kalata

LCSW (NY) /LICSW (MA)


Psychotherapist
Clinical Social Worker
Certified Life Coach
Certified Nutrition and Health Coach


I support you with making life and lifestyle changes to improve your mood, manage anxiety and stress better and enhance your daily functioning.Helping you manage the difficulties of your day to day, the holistic way.

I practice a holistic approach to psychotherapy and coaching. You and I will collaborate and find the unique stress management techniques that work best for how you're wired, that feel authentic and easy to implement in your life. We'll explore ways we can improve your mood, lessen your anxiety, manage your ADHD and emotions better, and overall improve your self esteem and sense of self. You will leave empowered to be the hero of your life's journey, having built skills and resilience to overcome obstacles.Understanding the role the body and our nervous system plays in our mood and sense of well being is essential in improving how we feel emotionally, how we handle stressful situations and how we react to everyday challenges. That is why my style incorporates somatic (body integrated) trauma therapies (like Somatic Experiencing and Sensorimotor therapy) and mindfulness, and I am heavily trauma informed. After all, trauma has a lasting effect not only on our minds but also on our bodies as well as our soul. Feeling safe with your therapist is at the cornerstone of successful therapy, and I work hard to tune into what you need in treatment.I am solution focused and don't shy from giving suggestions on how to approach a situation, or which specific tools would work well. I provide many resources for clients:
- book recommendations
- websites to explore
- handouts that inform
so that you can continue doing the work we start in session on your own time if you're willing.
My feedback is informed by CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Techniques) and behavioral interventions, as well as my knowledge of your history and patterns present in your life. While I don't fixate on the past, and our sessions will be focused on your future goals, your past influences your present, and we reflect on patterns when relevant, and their effect on your present life.I believe talking in therapy alone isn't enough - we must explore changes to routines and to our thinking in order to develop new improved habits. That said, it's also important to work with our own unique individual nature - not everyone is wired the same, and there is no "one size fits all approach." There are many great tools out there we can use to help you thrive.Exploring and unblocking the "behind the scenes" beliefs that are holding you back are valuable, and my psychodynamic and NLP (Nuero-Linguistic Programming) life coaching training supports us in exploring the unconscious patterns that stand in your way of achieving your goals.I vet my interventions to make sure they are evidence based and empirically supported, and regularly read peer reviewed journals and psychiatry articles to make sure my interventions are backed by strong scientific evidence.I am also a Certified Health Coach through Institute of Integrative Nutrition and when relevant, believe it's important to explore lifestyle changes when evaluating our mental health.

Education


MSW (Clinical Master's in Social Work)
Smith College, School for Social Work
Health Coaching Certification
Institute of Integrative Nutrition
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Life Coaching Certification
Master Coach, NLP Marin
MA (Master of Arts, Student Affairs Administration)
New York University

selectED additional training


Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) - Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - University of San Francisco
Internal Family Systems - IFS Circle
6 month fellowship in psychodynamic theory - Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
Somatic Experiencing - Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute
Hakomi Method: Mindfulness and the healing of trauma - Hakomi Institute
Mindfulness & Vipassana Meditation Training - Dhamma.org
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy - Fluence; Horizons
Guiding Psilocybin Therapy Sessions - Horizons
MDMA-assisted Therapy - Psykologvirke
Sex Educator Training (Human Sexuality; LGBTQ+ identities) - San Francisco Sex Information
Working with Sexually Marginalized Communities - Smith College


Rates: I am currently in-network with Aetna and BCBS, and have sliding scale appointments available starting at $125/session.

CONTACT

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I regularly post interesting resources on my Facebook pages.
Follow the page that best fits your individual interests:

  • How we treat our bodies affects our mood and how we feel and react to stress. I post interesting articles on the mind/body connection and uplifting graphics on my FB page Mind Body Therapy

  • If productivity and goal oriented strategies interest you, I post resources on my Activating Choices coaching FB page.

  • If relationship and sexuality resources interest you, I post relevant articles on my New York Sex and Intimacy Therapy FB page.

  • I also have a psychedelic resources FB page where I post relevant articles Psychedelic Medicine for Beginners.

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