Angela Sastry, PhD, LPC, RYT

Angela Sastry, LPC is a licensed professional counselor specializing in EMDR therapy, practicing a whole-person approach to long-lasting wellness. "I believe providing encouragement and acceptance are important to the therapeutic process. Therefore, I apply an integrative, contextually client-centered approach to helping individuals achieve their goals and maintain personal wellness. Mixing conventional and alternative approaches, I draw on various styles and techniques to incorporate what will be most helpful. By working toward identifying and fortifying unique strengths, you can better attain lasting personal empowerment and overall joyful health". Among Angela's areas of practice are counseling for chronic stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic pain, PTSD, eating disorders, relationship issues, work-related stress, and everyday life challenges. Somatic therapy is a type of therapy that focuses on the connection between the mind and body to promote emotional and physical healing. This type of therapy is based on the idea that our bodies hold onto and express emotions and that by becoming more aware of our bodily sensations and movements, we can better understand and process our emotions. Often, people who have experienced trauma or other difficult experiences may disconnect from their bodies as a way to cope with the overwhelming emotions they are experiencing. By becoming more aware of bodily sensations, individuals can begin to reconnect with their bodies and process their emotions in a more integrated way. By utilizing Beyond Healing Center's Somatic Integration Processing conceptualization model, Angela provides a whole person-centered approach to health. Another of Angela's areas of practice includes utilizing somatic practices and the intuitive eating philosophy to help individuals achieve a healthy relationship with food and body image.