Ricki Grater, LCSW, BC-DMT, C-IAYT (she/her)

Owner/Director, Lead Psychotherapist
I hold as my life’s dedication a desire to inspire health, consciousness, and creative living. As a Licensed Psychotherapist, Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, Certified Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist, our work together is both holistic and integrative, honoring and engaging ALL of you; mind, body, and spirit, biography and biology, psyche and soma.
With over 25 years of clinical experience, I bring a wealth of training, including two masters from Hunter (Masters in Social Work and Masters in Dance/Movement Therapy, 1997) and decades of postgraduate training in a variety of evidence-based, trauma-informed psychotherapies from psychodynamic to existential, cognitive behavioral (CBT) to experiential (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) and Internal Family Systems (IFS)). I have just as many years of professional training in several expressive arts therapies, including Authentic Movement, Psychodrama, and Voice Dialogue. My 35-plus years of yoga training includes Kundalini, Anusara, Iyengar, Kripalu and vinyasa styles of Hatha yoga as well as Buddhist mindfulness meditation and Kundalini Mind Medicine. I hold numerous advanced professional certifications as a Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist.
I’ve been in private practice in NYC since 2002 and created Grater Therapy Group in 2021. I’ve also worked as a mindbody life coach and stress management trainer as in-house consultant at JP Morgan Chase as well as at numerous hedge fund, venture capital and law firms. I’ve run an ongoing weekly Authentic Movement group since 1999 (paused briefly due to pandemic) and a weekly dance-movement therapy group for seniors with early memory loss 2017-pandemic. In January of 2020, I ran my first international retreat in Costa Rica with Master Artist, Sonya Sklaroff, called “Paint, Stretch, Play: An Artistic Adventure.” Prior to going into private practice, I worked in acute inpatient psychiatric units in Manhattan and Long Island. And another lifetime ago I was an Advertising Executive in corporate America.
People say my energy, non-judgmental presence, and playful nature provide a safe space for personal inquiry, expression and growth. Whatever your goals and intentions, I will bring my presence, compassion, and wisdom gained from decades of professional and life experience to help you reach them
I am offering sessions both virtually and in-person.
When not working, I am likely dancing, doing yoga, spending time with family, or playing with my pups in Prospect Park.
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