About

About Isabella Scapini-Burrell

Clinical Experience

Before starting a private practice, I worked in outpatient hospital-based day treatment programs and clinics, among them St Vincent’s Medical Center of Richmond, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center, all in New York City.

I worked as an individual, group, child and adult psychotherapist and dance/movement therapist.

I’ve worked in the areas of Schizophrenia, Autism, ADHD, Mood Disorders, Chronic Anxiety and Depression, OCD, PTSD, Sexual Abuse, Trauma and MICA (Mental Illness and Chemical Addiction), and with people who experience internal or relationship conflicts because of their sexual and/or gender identity.

This laid the foundations for a deep understanding of how severe mental and emotional pain can weaken a person’s sense of self and hinder or delay growth, how health can feel so out of reach.

I also have experience in the areas of disrupted family relationships, illness in the family, postpartum depression and fertility issues, child anxiety and fears, dissatisfaction with marriage, affairs, poor self-worth, creative blocks, eating disorders, and have worked with survivors of abuse and incest.

Education

1990 – BA in Psychology and Dance, Hunter College of the City of New York.

1994 – Master of Science in Dance/Movement Therapy, Hunter College of the City of New York.

1994 – Master of Social Work, Hunter College School of Social Work, New York.

1994-1997 and 2000- 2005, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center, New York,
Post Graduate Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

2012- Present, The International Psychotherapy Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Post Graduate Training in Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy, Family and Individual Psychotherapy.

Certifications

Certified Social Worker (CSW) 1994 – New York
Dance Therapist Registered (DMT-R) 1995
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-R) 2004 – New York
Licensed Certified Social Worker – Clinical (LCSW-C) grandfathered 2011, Maryland

Current Memberships

American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work.
The International Psychotherapy Institute.

About Michael P. Burrell

When you walk into a CHIme Technique session, the first thing you experience is that your body is your own; you are in control of your body; you are in control of your movement, your recovery, your health.

The space is empty of all prescription; there is no, “this is what you should do.” There are no quantitative or other forms of measure, “do 20 of these”, “take 2 of these”, “do this for 20 mins.”

This space is devoid of everything, except your own awareness, which begins with body recognition of where you are.

This is fertile ground for you to experience enormous growth.

I have studied and practiced Chinese medicine, martial arts and meditation for several decades.

I have also worked with subtle energy in people and the environment and examined how they impact our health and wellbeing.

For many years, I have studied with intuitive masters on developing and applying intuition in daily life.

Leading with Experience and Innovation in the Field.

I have developed a methodology, SomaLinguistic Interaction™, that allows for the comprehensive identification, assessment and treatment of injuries, trauma and illnesses.

Over the course of many years, I have worked in the corporate field, helping executives and business owners make decisions, through intuitive and practical means, about the right technologies and resources needed to move their business forward.