About Audrey Dawson, LP
Audrey Dawson, LP, NYS Certified Psychodynamic Gestalt Therapist, Licensed energy-oriented Psychoanalyst, has been in private practice in NYC and the metro area over 20 years. Audrey works with individuals, couples, groups, and is experienced in methods: Psychodynamic Gestalt therapy, Hypnotherapy, EMDR, Sensory Awareness. Her specialty areas: relationship issues, anxiety, depression, parental and family concerns, career, self-care, grief and loss.
Audrey is a graduate of the 4-year clinical post-graduate program in experiential body-mind Gestalt Therapy and Psychoanalysis from Gestalt Associates Psychotherapy, NYC. She is a trained practitioner of EMDR and a certified Yoga teacher.
Audrey has offered classes, workshops, mentoring at New York Public Library, Children’s Energy Center, Dramatic Arts & Dance Theater Studio, St. Vincent’s Family Caregiver Support Group, Leeza’s Place, JASA, Gestalt Associates Psychotherapy.
Audrey’s early dance training, started at age five, gave her the opportunity to experience the integration of body, mind and spirit in movement. Her years of training in dance, yoga and body, mind, emotion experiential therapies allows her to help clients be more aware of how their body plays a significant part in shaping their sense of safety, satisfaction and connection to themselves, others and the world.
In order to gain familiarity with our nervous system regulation and greater body awareness for clients, she trained in sensory awareness, craniosacral body systems, polarity practice, acupressure, holistic health care, EMDR, SE. These techniques may be helpful for clients in response to experiencing anxiety, depression, overwhelm, shock or overreacting to current or past situations.
Audrey’s training and practice in meditation, mindfulness and stress reduction offers another dimension to the resources she can share with clients.