About
Hannah Kanter, LMSW, RYT
Therapist
Meditation & Yoga Teacher
Reiki practitioner
I am a psychotherapist (LICSW in Massachusetts, LMSW in Michigan and a registered out-of-state telehealth provider in Florida), mindfulness teacher, yoga instructor, energy worker, and experienced Reiki practitioner. I help individuals and families overcome anxiety disorders – including PTSD, OCD and body-focused repetitive behaviors (e.g. trichotillomania), perinatal challenges, dual diagnosis, and substance use disorders. My mission is to help clients learn to love themselves. I am devoted to engaging patients and their families with psycho education about mental illness, grief, trauma and the appropriate interventions to reduce their suffering. I am also passionate about complementary medicine. I enjoy sharing mindfulness practices and helping clients connect to their intuitive wisdom.
In addition to psychotherapy, I also offer private healing sessions. These sessions are tailored to the client’s needs, often including a mixture of dialogue and energy work, closing with a personalized guided meditation. Clients learn to sense their own energy body and inner guidance.
I regularly work with clients seeking to connect or reconnect to a Higher Power.
My job is to facilitate my client’s connection to their highest Self and a Higher Power. That Higher Power can be called God, Goddess, The Great Spirit, The Universe, The Divine, The Creator, nature, etc. For some, this belief system includes connecting to Spirit Guides, Angels, Masters of Light, Animal Guides, and/or Ancestral Guides. I do not promote a single belief system, but rather encourage my clients to discover or reconnect with their own conceptions of a loving Higher Power.
Education
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Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a focus on History of Medicine and a minor in Medical Anthropology,
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Master of Social Work, University of Michigan.
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Completed an internship at Michigan Medicine Adult Ambulatory Psychiatry in Ann Arbor.
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Postgraduate social work fellowship, Michigan Medicine Adult Ambulatory Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, MI.
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Provided psychotherapy in the adult ambulatory Crisis Support, Perinatal, Anxiety, and Addiction Treatment Services clinics.
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I was trained and supervised in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – for depression, anxiety, and insomnia – Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Processing Therapy for trauma (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE) and mindfulness-based interventions, including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).
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Co-facilitated multiple groups, including the UMATS Health Professional’s Recovery Program (HPRP), two Dialectic Behavioral Therapy groups (Basic and Skills), two Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Groups (MBCT), and one year of the Support Group for Family Members (of someone with mental illness).
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Additional Trainings & Continuing Education
2021
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Basic Training - Weekend 1 & 2
Completed 20 hours of Weekend 1 EMDR Basic Training with Judy Cabeceiras, LMFT and the EMDR Institute. Completed 20 hours of Weekend 2 EMDR Basic Training with Mark Nickerson, LICSW and the EMDR Institute.
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Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills Training: Fundamentals
Completed 24 hours of virtual training with Behavioral Tech: A Linehan Institute Training Company, led by Randy Wolbert, LMSW, CAADC, CCS and Kimberly Vale, LCSW-R. Received additional training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills: Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness, as well as the training methods required to help patients move from skills acquisition to generalization of skills into their natural environments. The intended purpose of the various skills and the rationale (including the evidence) for their place in the treatment are addressed.
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2020
Trauma and Addiction Online Conference
Attended PESI and The Meadows' 2-day conference featuring world-renowned specialists including but not limited to Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA, Resmaa Menakem, LCSW, SEP, and Dick Schwartz, PhD, and Peter Levine, PhD.
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher Training Intensive
Completed 6-day online training with Pat Rockman, MD CCFP, FCFP, through the Toronto Centre for Mindfulness.
2019
Attended Adolescent Health Initiative’s Connection Session: Navigating Michigan’s Legalization of Recreational Marijuana with Adolescent Patients
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Mindful Self-Compassion Core Skills Training
The 2-day workshop was taught by Chris Germer, PhD, and Kristin Neff, PhD.
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Perinatal Mood Disorders Components of Care Training
The 2-day program was led by Postpartum Support International.
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Clinical Concerns and Gender Identity Training
Completed NASW 12 CEs focused on the legal considerations, medical transition process and the therapist’s role to provide culturally-humble care for gender non-conforming and trans patients.
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Teaching Mindfulness in a Trauma-Informed and Healing Engaged Manner
The 2-day training was led by Trish Magyari, MS, CGC, MS, LCPS, RYT-200.
2018
Introduction to SBIRT in Primary Care
Certified by the Indiana SBIRT and Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IRPC) for Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), which is an evidence-based practice used to identify, reduce, and prevent problematic use, abuse, and dependence on alcohol and illicit drugs.
2013 – 2017
Eischens Yoga with Kari Tomashik, Ferndale, MI
Attended over 100 hours of training on muscle engagement and alignment.
2017
Motivational Interviewing, Ann Arbor, MI
Completed 20 hours of Introduction to Motivational Interviewing taught by Marsha Benz (Wolverine Wellness) at the University of Michigan’s Health Services.
2016
Reiki I and Reiki II, Michigan Reiki, Ann Arbor, MI
Reviewed Reiki I and completed Reiki II training with Andrew Anders.
2015
DOVE Method Training, Ann Arbor, MI
Completed training with Karen Greenberg. DOVE (Divine Original Vibration Embodiment) is a spiritual healing method that takes a comprehensive inventory of a client’s history, identifies areas for personal growth, and begins re-patterning limiting thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors. Safely guides clients to delve deeply into their issues and emerge on the other side of pain, utilizing art, movement, sound, aromas, and more.
2014
Reiki I, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
Completed Reiki I with Julie Kusiak.
2012
Yoga Teacher Training, Nassau, Bahamas
Completed 200-hr intensive training at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat.
