therapy, counseling,
personal development
Kashi Barbara Carasso
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"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
- Anaïs Nin
About me
Kashi is a certified Somatic Experiencing® (SE) practitioner, a holistic counselor & group therapist at the Working with People Academy, facilitator of Methods for the Empowerment of Trauma Survivors (METS), and trained in Eye Movement Integration (EMI). Over the past 17 years she has been closely involved as participant, teamleader and assistant-facilitator in the Path of Love personal growth & development process. She has just started the NARM (Neuroaffective Relational Modeling) training, an advanced clinical training on working with complex/ developmental trauma (certification expected in 2026).
The three modalities – SE, the Academy and Path of Love – start from the basic principles of safety, inquiry into what is, and the innate capacity of the body to heal itself. These principles are also guiding in the therapy sessions, to explore the client's intention, look into (old, survival) patterns and how they show up in the here & now, increase self-awareness and one own's capacity to deal with everything that life brings (and sometimes throws at) us.
Kashi is involved with the SE Committee for Humanitarian Response (SECHR), and is a member of the Laguna Collective, an organisation working in the field of humanitarian mental and psychosocial aid provision. She is also a public health professional (MPH, MScPharm) and a partner of hera - right to health & development. In this modality, she works on improving access to care & treatment in Africa, mainly through project evaluations, training and supporting the people who do the actual work on the ground.
She offers individual sessions in Amsterdam & Doorn in the Netherlands, in person and online, in English and Dutch. Each session lasts around 60 minutes (while EMI sessions take 90 minutes), and costs between €70-€100/hour, depending on your personal income level. Before starting sessions, we typically arrange a video call to get to know each other and ensure we are a good fit.
Kashi also gives SE/ trauma sessions at the Kruispost to undocumented people.
Kashi is a licensed therapist and member of the professional association CAT (Collectief Alternatieve Therapeuten registration number CL1957-06-03-19) and with GAT (govt recognised WKKGZ disputes committee)
Therapy background
Working with People Academy
The Academy of Working with People (WWP) - A Psychology of Awakening - applies a unique approach that creates a bridge between the individual as seen through the understandings of Western Humanistic Psychology and approaches to spiritual awakening with origins in various middle eastern and eastern traditions.
In the Academy, Kashi has completed the Basic Training, as well as the Graduate Training Courses on Relationship Counseling, Authentic Leadership & Group Dynamics, and Depth & Application of the Lataif System.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.” – Marianne Williamson
