Vlada Zapesotsky

About Vlada Zapesotsky

A journey of deep presence, authentic connection, and transformative healing.I am a mental health professional, Certified Trauma Specialist, and experiential practitioner with doctoral-level training in psychology and over 16 years of experience working with trauma, somatic awareness, emotional development, and complex clinical presentations.My work integrates trauma science, present-moment experiential practice, and the body–mind connection to help people develop emotional regulation, stress resilience, and post-traumatic growth. In 2014, I authored a book that metaphorically describes the clinical model I developed early in my career—a framework grounded in emotional awareness, narrative understanding, and embodied transformation. That early work became the foundation for the experiential method I use today.I Support Individuals Through:Build post-traumatic growthTransform pain into wisdomDevelop somatic awareness Connect body and mind Strengthen emotional regulation Find inner equilibrium Increase stress resilience Build adaptive capacity Transform relational patterns Deepen self-awareness Heal parent–child relationships Deveop relational capacity, attunement and co-regulationSupport child/adolescent development Emotional growth guidanceNavigate complex experiences, ASD, SMI, identity support Build leadership resilience Emotional clarity and stress resilience in leadershipI see myself as an integrative mental health professional for one\'s personal and professional growth, healing, and self-discovery. I support people in the process of repairing their relationships with their own self, practicing reflective capacities and healing in the relationships.I share complex concepts from the fields of neurobiology, neurosience, integrative psychology, trauma-therapy, digital mental health, social-emotional development, and more using metaphors, simple grounded language and lived experiences. I\'ve got 16 years of training and clinical experience in assisting and guiding people in the wilderness of the inner world, helping to heal the wounds and clear away the obstacles in order to find their own true path. I developed a creative healing model that is described in my book \"The Way Home\" to help people to find and reconnect with their autonomous healing center (Inner Home) of creativity and spontaneity within, in order to become their own best healing agent and a true creator of their life.

Experience

1. Mental Health Trainer

   Effective School Solutions

   Aug 2024 — Present

Education

• American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy

  Board Certified Practitioner-Trainer in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy

• Bar Ilan University, International Network of Expressive Arts Therapy Training Centers "Isis"

  Psychodrama and Creative Art Therapist. PAT, Psychodrama and Creative Art Therapy

  2009 — 2012

• State University of Education

  Master's degree, Educational Psychology

• California Institute of Integral Studies

  PhD candidate , Integral and Transpersonal Psychology

  2018 — 2019

• International Therapy Institute, TSI

  Certfied TSM Practitioner, AL

• California Institute of Integral Studies

  PhD candidate in Integral and Transpersonal Psychology