Dancing Your Bliss

Bliss Psychotherapy and Healing Retreats

Rachel Fleischman

Rachel Fleischman, LCSW is a highly-skilled psychotherapist and dynamic workshop leader, based in San Francisco.  Throughout her career, Rachel has pioneered the combination of traditional psychotherapy with movement, body awareness and spirituality.

Embodying 20 years of expertise, Rachel has been trained in several healing arts including; Body-Mind Psychotherapy, somatic psychology, mindfulness, Hakomi and expressive art therapy.   Whether in her private practice, or leading a retreat, Rachel choreographs a total experience for each individual’s body, mind, and spirit. Her body of work has been designed to strengthen and empower you from the inside out – removing tension from the body, releasing the entrapments of the mind and reconnecting you to your powerful self in a thoroughly conscious way.

Rachel's fascination with spirituality, soul, mood disorders, and movement, has led her to develop a movement system called Dance Your Bliss™, a playful powerful and highly original movement form which she leads across the globe.

Rachel has led Dance Your Bliss™ to thousands of people and is longtime faculty at the Omega Institute in NY. Her insatiable curiosity for authentic movement and healing infuses every moment of her classes with surprising clarity.

Rachel is a licensed psychotherapist in the state of California.  License # LCS 24819

Education:

Movement Based Expressive Arts Therapy (2004)
Tamalpa Institute, San Anselmo, CA

Masters Degree in Social Service (2000)
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude (1995)
Temple University, Philedelphia, PA


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Mission:

To foster change as you trust your body's wisdom. Without nurturing, the vitality of our own body and spirit can dry up. The poet John Ciardi explains "an ulcer is an unkissed imagination taking its revenge for having been jilted. It is an undanced dance, and unpainted watercolor, an unwritten poem."

Testimonials

Rachel is uniquely qualified to help you get in touch with your emotions through your body. She led me through a guided imagery that got in touch with what was the most essential issue for me at that time. She gently helped me gain clarity around that issue without feeling pressured at all.

Rachel's sweet office is a warm and comforting space. I immediately felt relaxed. She has a wonderful caring and nurturing manner that makes you feel safe and honored. And she has a delightful and intelligent sense of humor, which I really appreciated!

~Annie, SF

Rachel is unlike any other therapist I've been to.  I immediately felt relaxed. From the beginning our conversation was seamless and flowing like we were old friends.  She listened carefully to everything I said.  During our session I never once felt like I was being judged or analyzed.  I was pleasantly surprised to learn that therapy can actually be a magical and fun exploration of the self.  It doesn't have to hurt by dragging out gut-wrenching events and mulling over old painful memories.  It's truly is a pleasure working with Rachel. 

~ Mia, San Francisco

 

After many different and mostly disappointing experiences with counseling and psychotherapy, I, at last, found my way to Rachel's welcoming door. My work with her has offered everything I had held hopes that therapy could be - a safe and collaborative process of self-exploration, a reconnection to my passion and joy, and a vehicle for deep inner healing.

Rachel's warmth and authenticity is immediately apparent. She holds such a space of acceptance and non-judgment that I felt safe delving into the depths of my mind and soul with her. Her genuineness and compassion shine through in the sacred space that is held and shared in a counseling session.

Prior to seeing her as a client, I had stumbled upon her website and read her article "Kick Depression out of Bed and Snuggle Up with Joy Instead" and I immediately began putting her simple steps to joy into practice. They are easy & awesome steps and they work like magic! What a gift!

I feel so enriched by my work Rachel and I highly recommend her to anyone looking for therapy that honors the whole person: body, mind, heart and soul. She is a healing light.  

~Sandra, San Francisco