Svadhyaya is a Sanskrit word that means self-study. As a clinical psychologist and certified yoga instructor, I have 30 years of experience helping clients explore and understand themselves more deeply. Through collaborative therapeutic dialogue, clients become aware of the patterns held in their psyche, and in their bodies, that interfere with the peace and ease of well being. Through a compassionate and socratic style of inquiry, my clients have the opportunity to explore unconscious and often maladaptive beliefs, typically entrenched early in life, due to the influence of familial, cultural and societal expectations and conditioning. Clients typically come to therapy because of a current and often acute issue or challenge from which they seek relief and resolution. Commonly, patterns of thought, feeling and behavior will reveal themselves. Through self observation and reflection, clients gain greater awareness of how these patterns operate and are able to develop the agency and mastery to break them. 

If you are interested in setting up a 50 minute consultation to determine if we would be a good fit to work together, please email me directly at sharonraffertyphd@gmail.com

Sharon Rafferty, Ph.D., R.Y.T
Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Rafferty is a licensed clinical psychologist in the states of California, New York, Rhode Island, Oregon, and Nevada. She is also a member of PSYPACT which allows her to provide online psychotherapy to clients in over 40 states. She is a certified yoga instructor, registered with the Yoga Alliance, a level II Reiki practitioner and has completed the Certificate program in Psychedelic-assisted Therapies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Studies.