Presence Psychotherapy Institute

28/05/2026

Presence moves through layers of experience that help us feel more connected to ourselves, to others, and to something larger than us.

💙 Spacious Presence invites openness, awareness, and the ability to soften into the moment.
🧡 Grounded Presence helps us feel rooted, regulated, and supported in the body.
🩷 Relational Presence allows us to stay connected and attuned with others in meaningful ways.
🩵 Transcendent Presence opens the door to awe, spirituality, and connection beyond the individual self.

Together, these four dimensions create a fuller experience of healing, connection, and being human.

If you’re curious to explore these dimensions more deeply, we share more teachings and resources at PresencePsychotherapy.org.

17/04/2026

16/03/2026

Discover the Power of Presence in Trauma Work: 28 CEs

Join Michelle in the beautiful Hudson Valley, NY from August 23–28, 2026 for an immersive training.

🌿 Learn to integrate Presence into your sessions
🌿 Help clients stay regulated while processing trauma
🌿 Expand their capacity to receive compassion and love
🌿 Work with spiritual connection to deepen healing

Plus: lake time, yoga, gardens, and farm-to-table meals—all included.

✔️ 28 CE credits for social workers, psychologists, and some counselors
✔️ Multiple accommodation options
✔️ A supportive experiential learning environment

Become a Presence Therapist and bring a deeper level of healing to your practice.

Interested in learning more? Click the link in bio.

23/02/2026

For more information: https://michellelepaklcsw.com/ifs-course/?fbclid=PAdGRleAQAAIxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAaePDsuf-Gim60zGZOe_gzauiaMQvlYWv84NRqcg1dH14tWh-o1nhuNaTzr-PQ_aem_ZMu8uBSQ-x7vWJet5NNStQ

04/02/2026

Ocean in the Bahamas brought to you to help orient to Presence.

Big thank you to for facilitating a wonderful retreat!

12/01/2026

Heal with us in paradise! 🌴✨

Michelle is teaching a Presence Psychotherapy workshop at Sivananda Ashram Bahamas. Join her for a soul-nourishing retreat dedicated to recovery, regulation, and renewal.

📅 January 20–23, 2026

Together we’ll explore:
🧘‍♀️ Yoga & meditation
🌿 Integrative healing & nervous system regulation
🕊 Immerse in 4 Dimensions of Presence
🌊 Deep rest, reflection, and reconnection

This retreat is open to all—come exactly as you are.

Register here: https://sivanandabahamas.org/course/2026-trauma-symposium-january-2026/

With gratitude to 🤍

07/11/2025

Transcendent Presence is awareness that is free from suffering and the illusion of separateness. Many sense it through meditation, in nature, through music or art, athletics, spontaneously, or through the use of psychedelic plants. Clients describe their awareness of Transcendent Presence as oneness, expansive, vast, boundless, open, blissful, free, aware. Many clients with early trauma come to therapy already equipped with Transcendent Presence Awareness. Presence Psychotherapy utilizes this to help regulate their trauma processing. Presence Prompts help clients easily sense Transcendent Presence.

22/10/2025

Join Michelle in the Bahamas for an Integrative Exploration of Recovery, Regulation, and Renewal.

⬇️Copy and paste the link below for more information!⬇️

🔗 https://sivanandabahamas.org/course/2026-trauma-symposium-january-2026/

02/09/2025

Presence Psychotherapy offers an expanded understanding of Relational Presence. Traditionally, Relational Presence may be thought of as the therapist’s empathy, or the client’s compassion for themselves or traumatized parts of themselves. The concept of Relational Presence in Presence Psychotherapy is awareness of compassion or love toward or from someone or something. This may include the therapist, loved ones, animals (including pets), Spiritual Beings, objects, or themselves/traumatized parts of the self.

🔗https://presencepsychotherapy.org