Rafael Perez

Rafael Perez, LCSWR, SEP (he/them/el) is a Psychotherapist in private practice utilizing an integrative somatic approach to address symptoms related to traumatic stress. He works with adults and couples in person and via telehealth with offices in Mid-town NYC and New Paltz, NY. He is a Bilingual (Eng/Span) Licensed Clinical Social Worker trained in the biopsychosocial framework. He has over 28 years of experience serving a diverse population in various settings, including emergency psychiatric rooms, intensive outpatient psychiatric stabilization programs, public schools, Community agencies, and group psychotherapy practices. Rafael integrates Somatic Experiencing with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Comprehensive Resource Management (CRM), Complicated Grief Therapy (CGT), Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning experience (DARe), Somatic Touch, and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.