About
Holistic psychology is an awakening approach to mental health that diversifies the one-dimensional picture of traditional psychology that helps people to live successful, fulfilled, and relationship-enriched lives rather than only focusing on curing a problem. It brings about a theoretical and practical integration that includes all aspects of the person: physical, mental, and spiritual.
Michell Stanley, LICSW
Michell specializes in individual, couples and family therapy. Areas of expertise are: PREPARE ENRICH Pre-Marital counseling, Solution-Focused Therapy, Adolescent Behavior Therapy, EFT, Hypnotherapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
In addition to being a prominent psychotherapist in the DC area, Michell has sat on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Social Wor and developed successful program modules for youth diversion in the District of Columbia’s Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice systems.
Michell is a dynamic psychotherapist and certified yoga instructor. Her therapeutic approach is to provide a creative approach tailored to each client to first alleviate syptoms causing distress and then to move towards helping client’s move towards increasing fulfillment. Michel integrates holistic methodologies from traditional psychological theories to cutting-edge mindfulness practices and yoga to offer a unique approach tailored to each client. Michell works diligently and compassionately with each client to help build on their strengths and belief systems in order to attain emotional freedom and intimacy with life.
E-mail: Michellstanley@mokshatherapy.org
Maya Hart, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Often when an individual or couple is seeking out a therapist they’re in the midst of a significant transition or challenge that can feel overwhelming. This can be the time in which the greatest change is possible. By exploring issues through a multi-layered lens of family of origin, culture and astrological disposition we can begin to identify the lessons these challenges are presenting.
Maya Hart is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist with over 13 years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families of diverse backgrounds including LGBT clients. Her approach is warm, direct and intuitive. She works from a humanistic existential approach and utilizes culturally competent, client-centered interventions that can include harm reduction and meditation. Maya works with youth, individuals, couples and families.
Through the use of therapeutic interventions and compassion, Maya assists clients in having a different relationship with their challenges; thus liberating themselves from what is holding them back from feeling fulfilled and confident. Maya is committed to supporting you in making therapy a place where you can explore, grow and change what you need at your own pace.Through the use of therapeutic interventions and compassion, Maya assists clients in having a different relationship with their challenges; thus liberating themselves from what is holding them back from feeling fulfilled and confident. Maya is committed to supporting you in making therapy a place where you can explore, grow and change what you need at your own pace.
E-mail: Mayahart@mokshatherapy.org
Jennifer Howard, M.A., RYT, CLC
Jennifer has specialized training in Counseling Psychology and received her M.A. from Marymount University. She is currently practicing as a psychotherapist, Certified Life Coach and yoga instructor.
Jennifer believes that everyone deserves to live a healthy and fulfilling life. With a true passion for helping others set and achieve their goals, Jennifer empowers her clients to address challenges or roadblocks, power through life transitions and build satisfying and rewarding relationships. As a therapist, Jennifer’s approach is to identify and build on a client’s strengths; she uses Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Life Coaching techniques to challenge her clients to achieve their fullest potential in life, relationships and career.
Jennifer also specializes in inspiring women through the exciting, though often daunting, transition into motherhood. Being a new mom offers a woman the opportunity to explore and reevaluate her self-identity, personal relationships, past and present life experiences and future expectations. Jennifer provides support and practical experience to empower her clients on this journey. Currently, she offers both prenatal and new mom life coaching and is the co- facilitator of Ascension Circles.
E-mail: Jenniferhoward@mokshatherapy.org
Sara Oliveri, MAPP, RYT
Sara specializes in relationship, family, and quality of life consulting. Sara is one of less than 300 people in the world to earn her Master’s degree in Applied Positive Psychology – the scientific study of optimal human functioning. The goal of positive psychologists is to discover and promote the conditions that allow individuals, relationships, and organizations to thrive.
With her powerful background as a wellness coach and positive psychology practitioner, Sara equips individuals to build resilient families & relationships and to achieve their highest quality of life. Sara also coaches managers and executives to create an environment where employees work at peak productivity while building strong relationships.
Sara’s approach is to help identify and cultivate what you already do well, as well as suggesting actionable shifts that you can make in your thinking patters & behaviors to experience growth. Her technique is forward-looking and action oriented. Sara guides and supports individuals in areas such as: family life, relationships, balance, productivity, self-esteem, health and quality of life. Described by her clients as wise, practical, and inspirational, Sara empowers clients to create satisfying lives and strong relationships.
E-mail: saraoliveri@mokshatherapy.org
Porcha Maati Wafford, LGSW
As an immortal mama, wife, sister and daughter, Maati is instilled with passion towards women’s health and spiritual healing. She is an initiated priestess, licensed social worker, life coach, birth educator and traditional birth assistant. For over ten years she has created safe spaces for women to dialogue, grow, recharge and renew. Her early work with traditional birth assistants in Tanzanian refugee camps inspired her to incorporate indigenous women’s healing concepts into her life and practice. As creatrix of the AST Ascension Model she unapologetically brings her ancestral knowledge and connection to her work and personal life. She is dedicated to sharing and growing together with the many women whom she encounters.
Maati infuses a sincere love for life and purposeful living into her relationships with women. Her unique style of practice activates the raw essence and innate power of her clients by using time-tested rituals and practices of our divine ancient mothers. Women who are open to alternative ways of achieving healing, conception, spiritual pregnancies and spirit-centered relationships find that the healing spaces she creates invoke the power, passion and peace needed in order to live their lives in true balance and clarity.
Maati is a firm believer in the sacred and overstands that all women sit at the very center of that space!
E-mail: Maati@mokshatherapy.org
