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Brooke Kaufman, MA

Phone:

503-300-2748

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Location:

Grass Valley, CA

My Journey

My path to this work began as a seeker—long before I ever held a title or credential. For over a decade, I’ve explored the healing arts not just as a practitioner, but as someone deeply committed to my own personal transformation. Each modality I studied became both a tool and a teacher: guiding me inward, helping me return to the wisdom of my body, and deepening my ability to hold space for others.

I first trained as a certified holistic nutrition consultant in 2009, followed by massage therapy in 2012. These early chapters taught me the language of the body, and sparked a deeper inquiry: What lies beneath our patterns of disconnection, pain, and self-protection? That question led me to study trauma, the nervous system, somatic therapy, and the profound impact of safe, relational healing.

In 2019 I earned my Masters degree in Somatic Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA, where I learned the tools to provide safe, mindfulness-based, integrative, trauma-informed therapy. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Oregon, and for the past four years, I’ve offered one-on-one support in my private practice via telehealth.

My own personal healing journey has greatly benefited from skilled somatic practitioners, who I have been privileged to experience profound healing with. My teachers and healers have also extended beyond the personal/human realm into the transpersonal/more-than-human realm. I have been fortunate to receive great insights and deep embodied healing from psychoactive plants like ayahuasca, psilocybin, san pedro (huachuma) and peyote, and other substances like ketamine and MDMA. I have received training in Ketamine Assisted Therapy through Polaris Insight Center.

River Within is a space where healing happens through presence, curiosity, and reconnection with your inner Source. I bring together years of clinical training, somatic wisdom, and spiritual insight to support those who are walking their own brave path of transformation and awakening. 

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Grass Valley, CA 95945
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