Ed Gutfreund is a licensed Professional Counselor and licensed Massage Therapist. He teaches in both professions. His approach to body-oriented Integrative Therapy is a result of years of education and personal study in human development, trauma phenomena, group process, Myofascial therapy, Rhythmical Massage, spiritual practices, and movement as a basis for in-depth psychotherapy and hands-on bodywork.

Along with a Masters Degree in Counseling, Ed completed extensive courses for treating trauma and developmental issues at the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (formerly Hakomi Somatics), and continues to study with the Institute. He also completed a four-year Psychosophy Seminar that works to join psychology and Anthroposophical medicine.

Ed's work of integrating these therapies with somatic education and careful listening provides his clients with a thorough, supportive, safe, and clinically effective form of therapeutic bodywork and in-depth psychotherapy.