Today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Michael Hofrath.
Hi Dr. Michael, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I began my career as the Head of Trauma and Experiential Healing for a veteran organization. I specialize in C-PTSD, PTSD and Trauma resolution. In 2015 I was a hostage in a foreign country, barely escaped with my life. In 2018 I lost my home, a full-time therapist position (their treatment centers burned down) and my private practice in the Woolsey fire. I lost everything I own, including my vocation and almost my life in the fire. It was a miracle we escaped alive. I tell you this because I have had PTSD my self and have learned how to move through, heal from trauma. I just finished a book entitled HEAL PTS(D) Ancient Ancestor Wisdom Meets Modern Science. A Somatic, Depth Psychological, Shamanic and Psychedelic Approach. We are currently preparing to query litrary agents. To save time I am going to add my professional bio below….”
Michael G. Hofrath, PhD
I am a Holistic Integrative Somatic & KAP EMDR Depth Practitioner, specializing in Somatic “Jungian-oriented” Depth Practices, NeuroAffective Touch, psycho-spiritual Shamanic Healing practices, and is an Entheogen Facilitation & Integration Specialist. Additionally, Michael is a published author and Educator on numerous topics in mental health, shamanism and entheogen facilitation
I hold a PhD and MA in Depth Psychology, emphasis Somatic Science from Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA, a BA in Business Administration, Marketing Management and a Minor in Communications, with certifications in Integrative Trauma Treatment Model (RITTM), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), and NeuroAffective Touch (NAT). I possesses over two decades of experience and training as a shamanic practitioner, influenced through the Qeur’o, Shipibo, Celtic, and several contemporary shamanic traditions. Lastly, I am certified as a Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider through the Integrative Psychiatry Institute (IPI) and in Psychedelic Therapy and Integration through the Psychedelics Today Vital program.
My company, Body Mind Wholeness Inc., practices out of Santa Barbara & Carmel, CA. I am the co-author and former lead somatic therapist for the Warrior Integration Now (WIN) program, the former Head of Trauma and Experiential Healing for the Save-A-Warrior Foundation (SAW) with extensive experience in the mental health and addiction recovery fields, working with Seasons Malibu, PCH Treatment, Sabino Recovery, Sierra Tucson, Elevation Behavioral Health, Meadow Glade, and The Scott Concierge Addiction & Recovery.
With extensive training and experience in complex trauma, body psychology, substance-abuse recovery and family & relational therapy, I meet clients were they are at. I specialize in working with multiple forms of trauma including, combat and civilian PTSD, family of origin, childhood and sexual trauma, depression, anxiety/ mood disorders, survivors’ guilt, shame, grief, betrayal, moral injury, psycho-social and psycho-spiritual maladies, with concentrations in meditation, mindfulness practices, shamanic healing practices, ceremony, ritual, and rite of passage initiations.
My work assists clients in moving through adverse conditioned behavior, old programming, limiting belief patterns, ancestral trauma, and cellular repatterning for movement into alignment with one’s authentic Self. Additionally, I work with psycho-spiritual crisis resolution, dream tending, mandala-art therapy, experiential (outdoor) healing modalities, Hero’s Journey rite of passage initiations, and psychedelic-assisted therapies and integration.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I don’t think anyones path is necessarily smooth, but it can be an especially windy road if you are a trailblazer in your industry. Moving into working with psycho-active medicines in a culture that has not fully embraced them, as powerful healing agents, obviously comes with challenges. Yes, there were numerous struggles, but the benefits my clients experience from working wit these medicnces far out way the culteral challenges. We are now seeing the political and legal climate change rapidly. I firmly believe psychedelic-assissted therapies will become mainstream treatments in the near future and we will be a much healthier society for it.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am known for assisting client in moving back into alignment with their true, authentic self, becoming whole, releasing limiting core beliefs and overcoming emotional blocks that hold clients back, making them feel stuck. My philosophy propagates that healing doesn’t have to take years. We can all move through our issues expediently. As such I offer what I refer to as modern therapy. I offer therapeutic intensives, which are 4-hour blocks of therapy, an can incorporate all the modalities I offer, somatic practices, EMDR, Ketamine-assisted EMDR, NeuroAffective touch which is a somatic modality that works directly with the Polyvagal nervous system and shamanic healing. I am not aware of any other therapist, shamanic practitioner, or medicine worker who offers all these modalities through an intensive format. One therapeutic intensive is comparable to 6 or 7 individual therapy sessions. Intensive therapy allows for healing to take place in quantum leaps. Additionally, as a shamanic practitioner and an intuitive I work with and through spirit.
Is there something surprising that you feel even people who know you might not know about?
I don’t know if there is something that people close to me don’t know about me. I tend to be an open book, very transparent with my friends and family, who mean everything to me. While my vocation is my purpose and calling in this lifetime, I also embrace my humanity. I lead a very normal lifestyle. For instance I play softball, pickleball, tennis, boxing, marital arts, and workout regularly. I like to play chess, Texas Holdup and play with my female German Shepherd, who is an emotional therapy dog who works with me. I like to spend a lot of time in nature, outdoors and love to travel…
People can find me at Body Mind Wholeness Inc.
Direct. 310-486-4829
Office. 831-277-2098
Michael@bodymindwholeness.com
www.bodymindwholeness.com
www.shamanicteachers.com”
Contact Info:
- Website: www.bodymindwholeness.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bodymindwholeness
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BodyMindWholeness
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bodymindwholeness
- Youtube: http://www.youtube.com@bodymindwholeness
