Anna Hindell, LCSW-R, CIYT

Anna Hindell, LCSW-R, CIYT

Certifications:

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher
Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy
Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)

Professional Organizations:

International Association of Yoga Therapists
New York State Society for Clinical Social Workers
Member Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States
Alumni Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy
International Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy

Area of Focus:

  • Mood Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Somatic Psychotherapy
  • Eating Disorders
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Relationship Issues
  • Life Transitions
  • Parenting, Pregnancy and Post-Partum Issues
    Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy
  • Teenagers
  • Couples Therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Parenting
  • OCD
  • LGBTQIA

Education:

Masters of Social Work, MSW, New York University
Bachelors of Arts, Studio Art and Women’s Studies, Carleton College

Online Publications:

  • Authority Magazine
  • Upjourney
  • Singlecare
  • Hive
  • Insider
  • Verywell Mind
  • Bolde
  • Askmen

Books and Textbooks Anna has Contributed to:

Book Review: Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, January-February 2009, Vol. 17, No. 1. Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders: Exploring the Frontier, by Randy A. Sansone and John L. Levitt. pp. 93-94. New York, Routledge, 2007.
Book Review: Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, May-June, 2008-Vol. 16, No. 3. Next to Nothing: A Firsthand Account of One’s Teenagers Experience with an Eating Disorder, by Carrie Arnold with Timothy Walsh, MD. pp. 279-280. New York, Oxford University Press, 2008.

Anna’s Recent Articles

Professional Background

Anna Hindell is a licensed clinical social worker and Iyengar yoga teacher providing psychotherapy in New York City. She specializes in helping people connect what is going on in their bodies with what is going on in their mind. Anna helps stressed-out teenagers, professionals, and parents get off the crisis-rinse-repeat cycle of therapy with a body-mind approach. The more self-aware people become, the easier it is to identify what makes them happy and what doesn’t. Anna helps people grow in self-acceptance, find new easeful ways of living, and figure out what they need in their life.

Anna is Gestalt therapist and certified Iyengar Yoga teacher. Gestalt psychotherapy and Iyengar Yoga focus on connecting the mind and body in the present moment. Using Iyengar yoga within her practice allows Anna to help clients connect to their present experience. In this body-mind approach, both disciplines help people identify the ways they keep themselves stuck. Once clients have done so, Anna helps them process and move
through their feelings.

Anna believes therapy is a collaboration and partnership. Anna’s goal is to understand things from client’s point of view without any judgement. Working together is designed to help clients increase their awareness of their emotional patterns in their daily lives. During sessions, Anna
focuses on what is happening in the moment in client’s bodies and minds. Gestalt therapy calls this bringing the “here and now” present moment into the sessions.

Anna loves her work. She feels it’s an honor when clients decide to share their private stories with her. She feels grateful to participate in these intimate discussions and witness a client’s transformations toward pursuing a more easeful and present way of being in the world.