About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Haselwood, BFA, MSN, PMHNP-BC

My wellness journey began intuitively as a professional dancer and singer, where I immersed myself in creative exploration, discovering the human experience and healing through the body in motion and music. This foundational experience ignited my passion for the mind body connection, leading me to become a somatic movement educator and Trager® practitioner, after exploring such movement modalities as the Alexander Technique, Body Mind Centering, Contact Improv, Pilates, Qi Gong, Feldenkrais and yoga.

My own struggles with inflammation, complex trauma and a brittle nervous system led me to engage at a young age with various integrative approaches to healing from acupuncture to craniosacral therapy, energy work, herbal medicine, psychotherapy and nutritional coaching. Ultimately, I found optimal resilience by attuning to my body to align my behavioral choices with my emotional needs. This has enabled me to thrive through a performance career in New York City, to birth and co-parent a vibrant teenage son and to lovingly complete a challenging marriage and become an autonomous, grounded woman.

In my role as Trager practitioner since 2004, I have guided others to explore the intricate connection between emotions and the body, sharing the beautiful coherence that inquiring movement can bring to a dysregulated nervous system. After working as a dance therapist in an eating disorders treatment program, I became a medical surgical nurse, to better understand the science of the body and find work that was both practical and financially resilient. The pandemic illuminated that my own nervous system was overstimulated by the hospital environment, so I transitioned to the realm of psychiatry, where I now integrate my creative background with psychotherapy and evidence based medicine as a psychiatric nurse practitioner.

This unique combination allows me to offer a nuanced approach to mental health, connecting the dots between conventional medicine, creative play, curiosity, interoception, intuition and psychotherapy. Ultimately, my intent is to guide clients toward wholehearted living and radiant grace, with humility and playfulness.