Rena Oppenheimer

My name is Rena, and I also go by Ro (both names are great). I am a white queer non-binary Ashkenazi Jewish somatic therapist and artist.

Prison abolition, harm reduction, and consent are important to me, and I strive to practice in ways that are honest and aligned with my values. A sense of humor is also essential to me in healing work, and I believe in making room to go deep as well as to have fun in therapy.

I love working with millennials, young people, queers, and creatives.

My methodological home as a therapist is Relational Somatic Healing, with strong influences of AEDP, Hakomi, and Narrative Therapy. My style incorporates mindfulness and love—working together to understand core beliefs and relationship patterns by being with what is in the room. I am also trained in somatic touch work as a healing tool for relational trauma, and hope to be able to offer this soon.

In our work, we will open up awareness of what you need, moment to moment—safety, space, and connection, the three basic ingredients of healthy relationship. We will also explore the ways that identifying, asking for, and receiving those can be scary or new. Healing is always possible in your body, by paying loving attention, and in relationship.