Irene Siegel, Ph.D., LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, presenter, teacher, and published author with more than four decades of clinical experience. She earned her master’s degree from Columbia University School of Social Work and her doctorate in Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Dr. Siegel is licensed in New York, Arizona, and Florida, with telehealth licensure in South Carolina.
As the founder of Center Point Counseling in Huntington, New York, Dr. Siegel specializes in the treatment of trauma through an integrative approach that brings together EMDR therapy, Western psychology, mindful awareness, and transpersonal psychology. Her published research explores mindful resonance in trauma healing and the shared field between therapist and client.
Dr. Siegel has studied ancient and Indigenous healing traditions since the early 1980s. Her studies have included many years with Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., and Indigenous teachers in Peru, Bolivia, and North America. Drawing upon both clinical science and ancient wisdom, she teaches therapists how to move beyond symptom relief toward deeper healing, transformation, and the awakening of the authentic self.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Siegel has taught Awakening Your Light Body, created by Duane Packer and Sanaya Roman, as well as meditation, spiritual healing, and the Medicine Wheel. She has led professional trainings, spiritual groups, retreats, and transformational journeys throughout her career.
Dr. Siegel is the author of The Sacred Path of the Therapist: Modern Healing, Ancient Wisdom, and Client Transformation and Eyes of the Jaguar. Her work continues to expand the context of traditional psychotherapy by creating a bridge between modern clinical practice, consciousness, and the ancient healing arts.
