About Me — Welcome
So glad we’ve crossed paths!
Susan Reis
Integrative Somatic Trauma Practitioner,
Certified Hypnotist, Psychosynthesis Guide
Rooted in contemplative depth and grounded in neuroscience, my work helps transform unconscious material into lasting change through body-heart-mind coherence.
Initially a meditation teacher, I came to somatic practice through the belief that healing is a slow, natural return to the body and present moment, where unconscious material is met with compassion and stillness arises naturally, not by force.
My approach integrates somatic depth, timeless contemplative wisdom, and the grounding of neuroscience and neuroplastic change. I attune to the pre-verbal unconscious seed patterns first imprinted in the body, from our earliest beginnings to inherited intergenerational echoes, where the ineffable roots of our experience quietly shape the inner world and become more activated at various stages of life.
My work is rooted in contemplation and also deeply personal. I know firsthand the patterns of disconnection, chronic pain, and freeze, and I meet each person with the compassion and presence I once yearned for.
I weave the personal, relational, and transpersonal. Through a relational lens, we can transform attachment patterns and connect more intimately with ourselves, others, and life. Through transpersonal integration, healing expands beyond just endless cycles of fixing into a renewed sense of meaning.
My integrative approach helps unravel defenses and fears, softening the body and shedding layers that cover the true self. My approach isn’t about fixing (you’re not broken!) but about presence: being with your inner experience. The modalities are resources, but the path is your unfolding.
The split between psychology and spirituality, and between mind and body, has left psychology without depth and spirituality without grounding. My work seeks to restore these alignments and offer a new path of transformation: the way is in the mysteries of the heart.
I live in New York City, I don’t belong to any one group, method, or tradition, and I’d be honored to support you on your journey.
-Susan Reis
Certifications & Trainings
MS in Applied Neuroscience (in process)
Certified Integrative Somatic Trauma Practitioner
Certified Hypnotist (NGH)
Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System Certified Practitioner (BBTRS)
Compassion-Based Resilience Training Certified Instructor (Nalanda Institute)
Brainspotting Practitioner (BS)
Certified Psychosynthesis Life Coach
Somatic Experiencing (SEP) Practitioner-in-Training
Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experiencing (DARe) Practitioner-in-Training
Certified Buteyko Breathing Instructor
Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher
Certified Primordial Sound Meditation Teacher
Contemplative Practice teacher (non-dogmatic Christian Mysticism rooted presence and spiritual practice)
Nejang Healing Yoga Teacher (non-dogmatic Tibetan Vajrayana practice of subtle energy-channel aligned somatic movement and breath)
Graduate Certificate in Jungian Studies & Analytical Psychology (Pacifica)
Archetypal & Evolutionary Astrologer
Death Doula
Hospice & Grief Volunteer
NOVA Crisis Response Trained & Volunteer
ICISF Individual & Group Crisis Intervention Trained
Values
Individuation & Self-Acceptance
Individuation, de-conditioning, and self-responsibility are essential to true transformation—not by becoming someone else, but by returning to who you’ve always been beneath the layers. I believe in deep self-acceptance and learning to trust your own organic path of becoming. Individuation means shedding the protective identities we’ve adopted, and in doing so, reclaiming the agency and inner authority rather than from patterns of reactivity or victimhood.
Not Just Healing, but Being
I don't want to get you stuck in a cycle of endlessly fixing and healing, which is far too common in the holistic space. And I’m not in the traditional therapy space, so I certainly don’t want to pathologize every quark about you. I want to get you to a place out of the endless need to fix or to be someone, so you can just be, unfolding who you are in real time, ever-evolving.
Compassionate Presence
I don’t just follow one modality or framework and claim it will heal you. I integrate a variety of tools so I can adapt to you and your present moment experience. I prioritize being present with you and what arises, rather than seeking to endlessly fix. It’s never the modality that heals but compassionate presence. Compassionate presence is how we heal and transform anything and is the foundation of my work philosophy (and life!). I prioritize compassionate presence and resilience.
Integrity & Care
I offer integrative services as a psychosynthesis and somatic practitioner, and my foundation is contemplative self-healing and the timeless spiritual wisdom of presence and healing, grounded with extensive training. I’m not a licensed talk therapist and do not offer that model. I take my care for clients seriously so am continuously learning and implement my own best practices and ethics which you can ask me about. I will always let you know with transparency and care if my work isn’t the best fit or out of my scope.
Mysticism as a Healing Art Again, not another Compulsion
I train continuously in modern neuroscience and trauma science and keep my philosophy practical, yet my roots are in mysticism—bridging timeless wisdom with contemporary research to meet the complexity of modern life. Mysticism has long taught the art of presence, resilience, surrender, and expanded consciousness—the original pathways of self-healing—long before modern models of trauma care have now affirmed them. Nearly every therapeutic approach and neuroscience finding of meaning now echoes this, while traditional mental health is only beginning to adapt. Healing is not about fixing but about peeling back the layers over the heart to return to the loving presence at its core.
Compulsiveness, future-fixing, and simplified ideas of self are the antithesis of both healing and spirituality. A true relationship to mysticism is rooted in the unknowing. The past and future leave their imprints on body, mind, and soul, but through heart–mind coherence, compassionate presence, and wisdom, we can reclaim our soulfulness and unfold whole into presence—with both a lightness of being and a depth of purpose.
For everything & always,
Susan Reis
