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It is within your humanity that you will recognize your divinity

Rysse Guzman Dakota (MHC-LP)

Hello, dear human!​​

I'm Rysse, like Still I Rise

I am second generationimmigrant from QuisqueyaI come from a lineage of curanderas (healers) and brujas (witches). I am Queer as in lover of all bodies.

I graduated from Naropa University with a Master’s in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology

I integrate Buddhist Psychology, Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Trauma Therapy, and witchy tools to offer a healing process grounded in radical compassion, somatics, present moment awareness, and embodied parts work.

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Body Centered Mindfulness Therapy

A blend of Buddhist Psychology, witchy tools and Somatics for unraveling trauma, ancestral wounds, karmic knots and more.

With mindfulness we journey towards liberation.

With radical compassion, we bring light

to the places you do not have to navigate alone.

Sessions available in person in Soho, NYC or online.


What we can tend to together

  • Complex & intergenerational trauma

  • Depression & anxiety

  • Grief & loss

  • Sexual trauma

  • Relationship issues

  • Life transitions

  • Burnout

  • Habit change

  • Recurring patterns

  • Spiritual blockages

  • Intergenerational curses

  • Dark night of the soul

  • Karmic knots

  • and more…

Let’s Connect

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​​The number one predictor of a succesful therapeutic experience is how connected you feel with your therapist.

In this free consultation we can feel into whether this collaboration is aligned.

I’d love to hear what’s moving in you and what you're seeking.