faqs
The questions real humans actually ask, with answers that don't dodge, dance, or drip wellness glitter.
If you came for mystique, wrong page. If you came for clarity, welcome.
the basics
A modern, human-centered space where psychology, somatics, culture, and movement meet. We're here to make mental health more embodied, more accessible, and a lot less performative.
WDML is a hybrid ecosystem: clinical work (through Layers Therapy), a somatic group practice, education, and human-first research. Different doors, same mission.
Two main paths: Individual Therapy (through Layers Therapy) and The Embodiment Practice, an in-person group offering. Alongside that, writing, research, education, and community offerings, all under one nervous-system-informed roof.
Individual Therapy is ongoing 1:1 work through Layers Therapy, paced entirely around your story. The Embodiment Practice is an open, ongoing group built around three capacities: regulation, organization, and relation, where insight gets tested live with real people. Many people do one, some do both. Not sure which fits? That's completely normal, reach out and we'll figure it out together.
A movement-based, somatic, nervous-system-first practice, not a workout, not a ritual, and not a trend. It trains three capacities that let insight become something you can live, not just something you understand.
We don't separate the mind from the body or pretend culture doesn't matter. We blend psychology, physiology, lived experience, and science, without the wellness theatrics.
fit & approach
Individual therapy happens through Layers Therapy. The Embodiment Practice is its own group offering, education plus somatics, not clinical therapy. Our writing and teaching are just part of being human in public.
People who think too much, feel too much, feel nothing at all, or are tired of mental health advice that ignores the body. Also clinicians, movers, artists, immigrants, and anyone craving depth.
Yes. This work is built for complexity. Trauma-informed, culturally responsive, body-aware, and clinically grounded.
Absolutely not. If you can move like a human, even awkwardly, you're ready.
Nope. No crystals, no enlightenment packages. Just science, movement, and being present inside your own body again.
Integrative. Embodied. Trauma-informed. Grounded in AEDP, Gestalt, somatic work, positive psychology, and narrative approaches, with respect for culture, identity, and lived experience.
Yes, and we skip the fluff. Everything we teach or practice draws from research in neuroscience, trauma, somatics, movement science, and psychology.
logistics
Yes, through my role as a licensed associate counselor at Layers Therapy. Full details on rates, format, and what to expect live on the Individual Therapy page.
For Individual Therapy (New Jersey only), I'm currently in-network with Aetna, and out-of-network reimbursement may be available depending on your plan. The Embodiment Practice is offered as wellness and education, priced on a sliding scale, and isn't billed through insurance.
Individual Therapy is primarily telehealth. The Embodiment Practice is in-person only, since it's a group format built around real, live contact.
Movement, regulation, curiosity, and connection. No pressure, no perfection. A full breakdown of what a session actually looks like lives on The Embodiment Practice page.
Yes. WDML is building trainings, workshops, and future programs for clinicians and educators seeking somatic, embodied, culturally-informed tools.
Absolutely. LGBTQ+, BIPOC, SWANA, first-gen, immigrants, interfaith, neurodivergent, overthinkers, under-feelers, everyone is welcome and respected.
Probably. The good kind of weird. The kind that helps you feel like a human again.
Curious about something I didn't cover here?
I'm glad to walk you through it. Send me a note at hello@wdml.xyz and we can sort it out together.
For everyone's wellbeing, I can't offer therapy through email, crisis intervention, or weigh in on your family group chat dynamics.