Michelle Lepak LCSW 103 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042

"I am extremely pleased and satisfied with the IFS training I recently completed with Michelle. I'm not sure how I had the good fortune to stumble upon this training, and I am very happy I did. Michelle and her facilitators did an outstanding job with the virtual training, creating an intimate, safe and supportive space to try out the skills learned. Michelle's knowledge, demeanor and pure intelligence were WONDERFUL to experience and to work with during the training. The information was organized, to the point and provided the framework needed to move through the material being absorbed. It's a no-brainer to move on to the next course."

"I took Michelle’s IFS foundational course. Michelle is a kind, attuned, knowledgeable, and self aware teacher. Michelle used multiple modalities to introduce the model and reassured us as we navigated learning the IFS process. The progress I was able to make, under her guidance, was beyond what I had imagined when starting the course. I am continuing on to attend her consult group, with members from our course, and her Presence Psychotherapy B course."

"I had the pleasure of taking Parts A, B and C of Michelle Lepak's Presence Psychotherapy course. The training includes integration of several models including Presence Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy. Michelle is a gifted teacher, group facilitator and psychotherapist. She is extremely knowledgeable and her training was well organized, well paced and comprehensive. I was initially apprehensive about the virtual aspect of the learning. However, Michelle created such a safe, non-judgmental and supportive atmosphere for participants to connect. She was also sensitive and compassionate to therapist Zoom fatigue, and spaced the training out into manageable sections with well timed breaks, that allowed for time to digest and marinate in the material. The training included didactic elements, experiential learning and amazing live demos that Michelle facilitated. Michelle also offers different level consultation groups for those who have completed the training(s), where you have the ability to continue practicing the model, present cases, and learn more advanced aspects of the models. I left the training with some incredibly helpful tools and powerful interventions that have definitely been invaluable in my clinical work."

"Michelle Lepak is an excellent clinician who is able to teach with so much authenticity and thoroughness. She created an amazing new way of working with clients called Presence Psychotherapy. It is an integration of spiritual practice and evidence-based somatic psychotherapy techniques. I utilize IFS in my practice and Presence Psychotherapy has helped support my clients to be in the moment notice their parts and be the observer while having a deeper connection with their own Self Energy. It helps them regulate and stay in the window of tolerance. This is where much of the healing can happen. She is truly gifted and we are so lucky that she used all her experience, insight, knowledge and Self to be able to teach and share this modality with us. I can’t wait for the book!!!!"

"I had the privilege of participating in a group therapy-type course created by Michelle called Presence Psychotherapy. Michelle blends her extensive work with many areas of therapeutic techniques with her life long meditation study, practice and deep understanding of mindfulness to create this both profound and simple way of emotional self healing, taught to us in interactive workshop style. The tools Michelle succinctly presented in these sessions were easy to understand and integrate into mindful daily thought practice have shifted my ability to manage my emotions and stressors in otherwise overwhelming situations. Michelle is kind, thoughtful, extremely warm, and creates an extremely safe space to do this work in."