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Melissa Ifill is the guide that helps you connect to your inner knowledge so that you can choose your wholeness. As a licensed therapist and sacred transformation wellness coach, Melissa is able to bridge the gap between traditional healing practices and clinical understanding to provide effective coping tools and education on how your mind, body and spirit are impacted by painful experiences. With the understanding that healing is a forever journey, Melissa focuses her work on holistic and indigenous wellness practices as it is her belief that these centuries old tools best support us on this path.
Melissa is a former Princeton University Fellow. She received her Masters of Social Work as well as her Advanced Certificate in Women’s Studies (2006) and her BA in Public Affairs (1999) from Syracuse University. She is trained in EMDR, Trauma Conscious Yoga, attuned to “master” level in Reiki and has begun introductory training in the integration of psychedelics into clinical therapy. In addition, Melissa is an Iyalosa (priest of Oshun in an African Traditional Religion), and trained in sound healing, breathwork and meditation. Melissa brings her wide array of knowledge to the healing spaces she creates and participates in. Melissa is in private practice serving clients in NY, GA and Florida providing individual therapy to Black women across faith practices who are seeking to understand themselves integrating their faith and healing from traumatic experiences. Through her group work focusing more on wellness, she curates spaces for Black women throughout the diaspora to (re)learn themselves and the skills needed to heal their wounds as they connect in community with other like-minded women. Melissa’s passion is working with Black women to help them get unstuck so that they step into the fullness of the lives they long for. She gets excited when she is able to encourage women to see themselves as whole people and thrive in spite of past trauma. Two of her favorite sayings - “the glow up is in the show up” and “you get to choose” - exemplify her passion for teaching techniques to support you in divinely co-creating your life. Her goal is to help you take your life off autopilot and put you back in the driver's seat towards your dreams. Some places where you may have seen her work include: Essence Magazine, Parents Magazine, Therapy for Black Girls Podcast & Love and Hip Hop Miami. |