Dr. Kyana Barakett is a Los Angeles based Clinical Psychologist who has created a dynamic and unique approach to healing by weaving together psychoanalytic, somatic, hypnotherapy, and bio-field techniques with the aim of integrating all facets of the Self for people and their animal companions. Her interest in socially and culturally informed, integrative, whole-body practice has led her to work with adults interested in developing a therapeutic relationship that can facilitate emotionally transformative experiences.

Her focus on adolescent studies pre-doctorally helped inform the developmental understanding she brings to her work, which was further informed by her two year doctoral and postdoctoral fellowship at the Wright Institute Los Angeles, where she obtained a certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Other experiences in community mental health, including a yearlong training program at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, created a solid foundation for serving the LGBTQI+ community.

Her curiosity about the mind - body - spirit connection continues to fuel her ongoing education focused on integrating and releasing unconscious emotion on all levels, and on tapping into one’s innate ability for healing. She is a certified Neuro-Emotional Technique (NET) practitioner, has completed in-depth clinical hypnosis trainings through the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH), and has studied an abundance of clinically validated breathwork, and meditation practices.

Her passion for the immense healing animal relationships can provide started at a young age, spurring over a decade of fostering and rehabilitation for cats and dogs. Animals are often sensitive to stored stress and trauma, and are keenly attuned witnesses in the healing process. One of her greatest passions is to help those she works with deepen their relationship with their subconscious, intuition, companion animals, and the natural world. Dr. Barakett is a member of the American Psychological Association Human Animal-Interaction: Research and Practice Division.