Kathy Morelli
LMT, LPC
Kathy Morelli, LMT, LPC, practices integrative psychotherapy in New Jersey. Her practice focuses on trauma and perinatal mood disorders. She utilizes current trauma therapy models, primarily Somatic Experiencing®, with a foundation of Interpersonal Psychotherapy. Kathy has a long interest in mindbody therapies. She is trained in guided imagery, expressive art, Reiki, shiatsu, acupressure, craniosacral and aromatherapy. Kathy has worked in several positions with the Atlantic Health hospital system, including MindBody Specialist at the Cancer Center of Mountainside Hospital and Behavioral Medicine Specialist at Overlook Medical Center.
She writes and speaks on Stress and Pregnancy, birth comfort measures and perinatal mental health and has appeared at various universities and conferences across the country. She has blogged about perinatal mental health for Lamaze's Science & Sensibility and the Huffington Post. Kathy is a past volunteer at Postpartum Support International (PSI).
Kathy's books include: BirthTouch®: Smart Girls Guide to Mindbody Care in the Childbearing Year, BirthTouch® Shiatsu and Acupressure for the Childbearing Year, BirthTouch® Healing for Parents in the NICU, and BirthTouch® Perinatal Mental Illness for the Childbearing Year.
Developed specialties: Healing from sexual trauma, healing from birth trauma, including near death experiences, helping women with the emotions of pregnancy and birth and postpartum mood disorders. Webinars & Books: BirthTouch Moms®, BirthTouch® Shiatsu & Acupressure for the Childbearing Year, BirthTouch® Healing for Parents in the NICU, Gentle Birthing Hypnosis to manage fear and anxiety during pregnancy and birth.
Past positions include MindBody Specialist at Mountainside Hospital, Behavioral Medicine Specialist at Overlook Medical Center and Mental Health Counselor at Newbridge Services working with those with serious and persistent mental illness.