Chief Visionary & Founder
Katrina Michelle, PhD, LCSW is a holistic psychotherapist & coach and an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Social Services & The Institute for the Development of Human Arts. Informed by her doctoral research on "spiritual emergence" and her own transcendent experiences, she supports people in exploring, embracing, and integrating the multifaceted human experience through facilitating personal sessions, groups, and community events.
Katrina serves as the executive director for The American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences (ACISTE), an organization that reflects her desire to evolve mainstream systems so they acknowledge, honor, and include the spiritual component of human development. As co-founder of Emergent Entertainment, a company on a mission to demystify awakening experiences through storytelling and art, Katrina is also working on producing her first film, When Lightning Strikes.
Katrina is motivated toward consciously creating a culture that supports catalyzing our collective highest potential. She is always seeking new adventures in growth and collaborators for creative programming.
You can reach Katrina at katrina@thecuriousspirit.org, or 917-509-3379.
Katrina serves as the executive director for The American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences (ACISTE), an organization that reflects her desire to evolve mainstream systems so they acknowledge, honor, and include the spiritual component of human development. As co-founder of Emergent Entertainment, a company on a mission to demystify awakening experiences through storytelling and art, Katrina is also working on producing her first film, When Lightning Strikes.
Katrina is motivated toward consciously creating a culture that supports catalyzing our collective highest potential. She is always seeking new adventures in growth and collaborators for creative programming.
You can reach Katrina at katrina@thecuriousspirit.org, or 917-509-3379.
Psychotherapists
Jessica Morgan, LMSW
Based in Port Jefferson, NY, Jessica Morgan earned her Masters in Social Work from Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare in 2018. She also holds a B.A., in Women and Gender Studies from SBU, 2010. Currently she is pursuing a Post-Masters Certificate in Experiential Therapy and is completing a 12 week Mindfulness-Based Eco-therapy course. She uses creative writing, poetry, art, and movement to explore the intersections of one’s internal and external landscapes. Her diverse professional experience in mental health housing, biomedical community organizing, event planning, and the arts has cultivated an unrelenting interest in the ways narrative reflection, mindfulness, nature, and adventure can enhance the life we live.
Jessica's practice centers around the belief that all people possess a natural intuition for health & wholeness. This understanding that we are simultaneously interconnected to others and the natural world gives us a greater sense of purpose among the collective whole. Human beings are a renewable source of love and compassion but oftentimes our empathetic responses in caring for others such as family members, friends, clients, or patients, can lead to feelings of burnout, stress, exhaustion, and inhibit us from caring for ourselves. Jessica specializes in working with clients who find themselves in these helping/healing roles, formally and informally.
Her eclectic style utilizes ecotherapy, narrative & experiential practices. She brings compassion, patience, and creative thinking to assist clients in unlocking life’s challenges. Contact Jessica at (631) 635-6096 and let her join you in your path to self-discovery.
Based in Port Jefferson, NY, Jessica Morgan earned her Masters in Social Work from Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare in 2018. She also holds a B.A., in Women and Gender Studies from SBU, 2010. Currently she is pursuing a Post-Masters Certificate in Experiential Therapy and is completing a 12 week Mindfulness-Based Eco-therapy course. She uses creative writing, poetry, art, and movement to explore the intersections of one’s internal and external landscapes. Her diverse professional experience in mental health housing, biomedical community organizing, event planning, and the arts has cultivated an unrelenting interest in the ways narrative reflection, mindfulness, nature, and adventure can enhance the life we live.
Jessica's practice centers around the belief that all people possess a natural intuition for health & wholeness. This understanding that we are simultaneously interconnected to others and the natural world gives us a greater sense of purpose among the collective whole. Human beings are a renewable source of love and compassion but oftentimes our empathetic responses in caring for others such as family members, friends, clients, or patients, can lead to feelings of burnout, stress, exhaustion, and inhibit us from caring for ourselves. Jessica specializes in working with clients who find themselves in these helping/healing roles, formally and informally.
Her eclectic style utilizes ecotherapy, narrative & experiential practices. She brings compassion, patience, and creative thinking to assist clients in unlocking life’s challenges. Contact Jessica at (631) 635-6096 and let her join you in your path to self-discovery.
Julie Markowitz, LMSW
Based in NYC, Julie believes healing the relationship with the self is the key to happiness and freedom from past pain and trauma. She does not treat symptoms; she treats the whole person. Julie works with her clients to build healthy relationships based on mutual trust, empathy, warmth and care in a non-judgmental atmosphere. She believes that the client is the expert; therefore, she empowers her clients to take the lead in their treatment. Julie truly believe that full recovery is possible for anyone if they are willing to confront their issues.
Julie focuses on the mind-body connection and works with her clients to understand how bodily symptoms are distracting them from painful thoughts and feelings. Using the method of Dr. John Sarno, Julie helps people overcome chronic pain and addictions.
Julie works psychodynamically, which means talking about the past to understand what unconscious processes are impacting a person's current life. Through bringing thoughts and feelings into conscious awareness, Julie's clients learn to make new choices that help improve their lives. Contact Julie at 347-443-8695.
Based in NYC, Julie believes healing the relationship with the self is the key to happiness and freedom from past pain and trauma. She does not treat symptoms; she treats the whole person. Julie works with her clients to build healthy relationships based on mutual trust, empathy, warmth and care in a non-judgmental atmosphere. She believes that the client is the expert; therefore, she empowers her clients to take the lead in their treatment. Julie truly believe that full recovery is possible for anyone if they are willing to confront their issues.
Julie focuses on the mind-body connection and works with her clients to understand how bodily symptoms are distracting them from painful thoughts and feelings. Using the method of Dr. John Sarno, Julie helps people overcome chronic pain and addictions.
Julie works psychodynamically, which means talking about the past to understand what unconscious processes are impacting a person's current life. Through bringing thoughts and feelings into conscious awareness, Julie's clients learn to make new choices that help improve their lives. Contact Julie at 347-443-8695.
Visionary Team
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Stephanie Devli is a junior at New York University majoring in Psychology and minoring in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies. She plans to apply her knowledge from her studies and personal experiences to help as an intern here at the Curious Spirit. She is responsible for social media promotion, creating necessary documents, and helping out with administrative duties. When Stephanie is not in the office, she enjoys reading, writing, and has a passion for playing sports.
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Misha Conaway, M.Ed., joined The Curious Spirit as a way to embrace and cultivate her inner strength. She has dedicated her life to connecting others with nature through her work in education, marketing, and graphic design. She constantly explores the idea of blending spirituality with science, believing that one cannot exist without the other as they are both driven by curiosity and discovering truths. She is the founder of HYHO Marketing & Design, whose mission is to collaborate with and support others in order to make the world a better place.
You can reach Misha at misha@HYHOmarketing.com or 929-777-4946. |
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Hayley Gardiner, MA is passionate about being a support for peers going through a spiritual emergence(y), during this beautiful and at times challenging process of transformation. Hayley received her Master’s Degree in Psychology and Spirituality at Columbia University. Previously, Hayley did research in Alzheimer’s Disease at the NYU Center for Cognitive Neurology. Hayley currently works in administration at the Center for Spirituality and Health at Mount Sinai Hospital.
You can reach Hayley at heg2133@tc.columbia.edu or 973-919-4792. |
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TClare is an Artist, Educator, Spiritual Counselor or Anam Cara, certified Death Doula and Peer Support Specialist. He is a Reiki and Pranic Healing practitioner, Empath, as well as a Visionary. TClare has experiential history with The Dark Night of the Soul and The Hero’s Journey, having spent 30 years in California pursuing and studying Shamanic, Alternative Healing and Grief as a transformative tool. The Death and End of Life experience and his work in Hospice has been his personal springboard to his Spiritual Emergence awakening process and his artwork and writings a documentation and expression of this life altering experience. Today TClare focuses on Grief, Mental Health and Recovery. He is currently working in the Greater New York area as a Peer Support Specialist assisting others like himself, navigate mental health issues, grief and recovery. www.tclare.com
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Mary Cinadr, M.A, brings big picture thinking, spiritual curiosity and a heart-fueled entrepreneurial mind-set to The Curious Spirit (TCS). Bonded by a desire to name the nameless, create dialogue around the mystery of the Divine, and form lasting spiritual community, Mary helped to launch The Curious Spirt via Mary’s branding firm, Campfire Creative. With a deep love for the blank page, the unborn business and the rocky yet exciting roads of paradigm-shifting collectives, Mary joins the TCS team in welcoming and uniting seekers of all kinds, and believes that we are all, as Ram Dass said, “walking each other home." Mary is also the founder of Circle of Writers, where she helps people and groups uncover and share their personal stories, find their bravest voice, and explore their inner world through memoir.
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Lisa Drennan is passionate about blending personal growth, spiritual development, and music together in heart-centered, healing, and fun ways. She brings to TCS a passion for conscious connection, heart-centered vulnerability, and Unity Consciousness. A frequent musical contributor to The Curious Spirit's Women's Soul Circles, Lisa creates healing mantras to assist us in tuning our energy fields to our soul's highest vibrations. Each mantra is created as an inspirational reminder of just how powerful, miraculous, and lovable we all are. It is Lisa’s intention that we become as passionate about love as we have been trained to be about fear. As we do so there will be a tipping point in the collective consciousness of our world. And so it is! Follow Lisa's Mantras for the Soul on Facebook and Soundcloud!
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