About E.B WEXLER
Elizabeth Wexler, LCSW-C, RYT-200 is a writer, a yoga teacher, a clinical social worker, a trained mindfulness facilitator, trained Trauma-Informed Care trainer, and an early childhood trauma survivor.
As a clinician, she:
- has been practicing clinical social work for 32 years, working with a variety of populations: children and adolescents, families, elderly, homeless, medically complicated in various settings: emergency room, hospital, outpatient clinic, classrooms
- is trained and works as a clinical supervisor
As a trainer, she:
- Has developed and delivered hundreds of trainings on public health issues such as HIV prevention and Crisis Intervention, including working in police reform
- Is certified as a Trauma-Informed Care trainer by SAMHSA
- Uses her own lived experience along with her professional expertise for a unique perspective
As a writer, she has been published on:
- the Manifest Station (www.themanifeststation.net)
- Patch.com
- SPARK (www.getsparked.org) www.chronicallywhole.com Smile Hon, You’re In Baltimore!
As a yoga and meditation teacher, she:
- Co-created a children’s program teaching mindfulness at the Baltimore Shambhala Center.
- Completed 30-hour teacher trainings in Radiant Child (http://childrensyoga.com/) Street Yoga (www.streetyoga.org), and Prison Yoga Project (http://prisonyoga.org).
- Has taught kids yoga in a studio, in homeless shelters and transitional housing, led a mindfulness group at a homeless clinic
- Completed Facilitator Training Institute at SHINE (http://centerformindfulawareness.org/) In
- Completed her Yoga Teacher Training (RYT-200)
She identifies as both Highly Sensitive (https://hsperson.com)
and an Empath (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotional-freedom/201602/10-traits-empathic-people-share)
Elizabeth uses all of these to offer a unique voice on trauma and trauma-informed care.
