Rafael Perez, LCSWR, SEP

Rafael Perez is a bilingual (English/Spanish) Licensed Clinical Social Worker and psychotherapist in private practice who utilizes an integrative somatic approach to address symptoms of traumatic stress. With 30 years of clinical experience, he has served diverse populations in settings including emergency psychiatric departments, intensive outpatient programs, public schools, community agencies, and private group practices. Rafael integrates Somatic Experiencing with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Exposure Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM), Complicated Grief Therapy (CGT), Ambiguous Loss interventions, Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning Experience (DARe), Somatic Touch, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. He works with adult individuals, couples, and groups both in person and via telehealth, with offices in Midtown Manhattan and in New Paltz, New York

I am deeply committed to transforming traumatic experiences through compassionate, body-centered healing. I offer a nurturing space and gentle, effective somatic techniques that access the body’s innate wisdom to heal, restore, and rewire old patterns. By reconnecting with our natural capacity for healing, we cultivate resilience, vitality, clarity, and a deeper sense of freedom, wholeness, belonging, and purpose.