Alessandra Fabris-Tantawi, LCSW, M.Ed
Psychotherapist / Integrative Somatic Trauma Specialist
Alessandra Fabris-Tantawi LCSW, M.Ed (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker, holistic psychotherapist, integrative trauma specialist, sex therapist and educator. Alessandra received her graduate degrees from the Columbia University School of Social Work and Ithaca College. Alessandra received her post-graduate certifications from the Ackerman Institute for the Family and most recently the Embody Lab. She is also a professor and field advisor at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College.
Alessandra is an embodied healer integrating her esteemed academic degrees and certifications with a holistic, somatic and psychospiritual approach to support liberation and wellbeing for her clients and community alike. Alessandra specializes in complex trauma, post-traumatic-stress, female liberation, sexuality, couples therapy, relational trauma, sexual trauma, neurodivergence, mood spectrum disorders, emotional regulation and transformational somatic practices facilitating healing. She supports predominantly BIPOC and LGBTQ+ couples, women, individuals and families to navigate life with more ease and consciousness. She encourages people to unlearn binary thinking, linear cultural narratives, and ascribed societal labels that hinder happiness and a sense of social connection. Alessandra supports people to explore and appreciate their whole selves within a safe, compassionate, non-hierarchical, human-centered environment where they are safe enough to feel, and in their own time, to heal.
Education
Master of Social Work (M.S.W), Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice- Columbia University
Master of Education (M.Ed), Early Childhood Education and Teaching- Ithaca College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A), Sociology, Gender Studies- Ithaca College
Certifications
Family and Couples Therapist – Ackerman Institute for the Family
Integrative Somatic Trauma Certification – The Embody Lab
Yoga Instructor for Trauma – RYT(200) Yoga Alliance