Healing happens when we feel secure, regulated and compassionate in and toward our bodies. My work centers on supporting you in aligning your nervous system to a state of balance to support both emotional and physical healing. `

I am a medical intuitive and energetic healer with 24 years of experience as a social worker and psychotherapist. In my practice as a psychotherapist, I found that physical challenges were often intertwined with emotional challenges and felt called to offer healing in a way that addresses this interconnection of physical and emotional wellbeing. I bring my experience specializing in the treatment of trauma, attachment wounds and disordered eating, and combine this with my capacity as an intuitive healer.

Our work together will begin with an assessment of your physical and emotional health followed by clarifying your goals in these areas. Our sessions may include energetic work, Somatic Experiencing, elements of traditional talk therapy, as well as recommendations for strategies you can use outside of session to support healing.

I use a combination of Somatic Experiencing, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, DBT, mindfulness and energetic healing. My approach is influenced by the Health at Every Size model, the fat liberation movement, Buddhism and a social justice orientation as well as my own experience living with Long Covid.

I earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Smith College School for Social Work in 2001.  Before starting a private practice in 2012, I served as program director for various programs including a transitional housing program for adolescents and young adults, an outreach program for people struggling with psychosis and addiction, and a PHP/IOP for people living with an eating disorder. I have completed Level II training in Somatic Experiencing with Somatic Experiencing International and am mentored by Gwen McLellan who is a Health Educator. I am an adoptive parent of four, love to hike, cook, snuggle with my dogs and am an ordained novice Buddhist priest in the Zen Peacemaker lineage.

Our work together will focus on supporting you in finding ways to return to wholeness in your body. Please contact me at lily.b.perkins@gmail.com or or 413-210-3216 to schedule a 15 minute consult to see if working together would be a good fit for your goals. I look forward to talking with you!