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Gavin HamnettMS, LMHC
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Meditation got you this far

Mindfulness based therapy in New York for people who already sit and notice, and want to go deeper.

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Who This Is For

Maybe you have a meditation practice, or you have done a retreat, or you use an app most mornings. It helps. You are calmer than you used to be. And still, when you sit, the same old feelings come up and you aren't sure what to do with them.

Meditation trains attention. Therapy that uses mindfulness turns that attention toward the specific places you get stuck, with another person beside you. It is a natural next step for people who already know how to pause and look inward.

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Where Mindfulness Meets Therapy

  • What comes up when you sit

    The restlessness, sadness, or memory that keeps arriving during practice.

  • Calm that doesn't last

    Feeling settled after practice and stirred up again by lunch.

  • Stillness as a hiding place

    Noticing you use calm to step around feelings instead of through them.

  • Bringing it into life

    Carrying presence into arguments, work stress, and family visits.

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How I Use Mindfulness

Hakomi, the approach at the center of my work, is built on mindfulness. In a session, we slow down together and you turn your attention inward while we talk. A word or a memory might bring a tightening in your throat. Instead of moving on, we stay with it, with curiosity, and see what it has to show us.

This is different from meditating alone. I can reflect what I notice, a shift in your voice or a hand that goes still, and help you stay with it when it gets uncomfortable. Psychodynamic work adds the context: why this feeling, and why it showed up the way it did.

More about my approach
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What Sessions Look Like

  1. Request a free consultation

    A free 20 minute phone consultation. Tell me about your practice and what you are hoping for.

  2. Regular sessions

    55 minutes, weekly or every two weeks, in Rhinebeck, Hudson, or by telehealth in New York.

  3. Between sessions

    Something we notice together may become a place to return to in your own sitting.

What Can Shift

I think of mindfulness as a doorway to what I call the Organic Self, the Self that was there before the hurts piled up. My hope is that from there, life feels more present, more creative, and more your own.

"Therapy should be about helping people out of the desert and into the oasis of Self."

Rates in Brief

Sessions are $160 for 55 minutes. The first step is a complimentary 20 minute phone consultation.

Rates
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Questions People Ask

Do I need to meditate already?

No. It helps if you can pause and notice what is going on inside you, and that is something we practice together.

Is this a meditation class?

No. It is individual therapy for adults. Mindfulness is a tool we use, not the whole of it.

How soon will I notice a difference?

I can't promise a timeline. In my experience, people who can slow down and be curious about themselves often feel things begin to shift fairly early. Many clients start weekly and later move to every other week.

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Start With a Free Consultation

Send me a short message and I'll set up a free 20 minute phone call.

Request a free consultation (845) 532-8336