Frayda Kafka

Frayda Kafka is a certified hypnotherapist and Tobacco Free 'Fresh Start' counselor who has worked therapeutically since 1966 rnwith thousands of people, both in groups and individually, in New York City, the Virgin Islands, Florida and the Hudson Valley. She was rnco-founder of Group Laboratories, in New York, an organization rnspecializing in 'Depth Encounter', a form of group therapy that was a rnpart of the personal growth movement in the sixties. After rnmoving Upstate in 1972, she began practicing hypnosis and stress rnmanagement in addition to her individual psychotherapy, singles rncoaching, matchmaking and group work.

She has trained professionals in the use of self- hypnosis, and rnstress management at Mount Sinai, Benedictine Hospital, Northern Dutchess Hospital Birthing Center, Bard College, The Mental Health Associations of Ulster and Dutchess Counties, Hospice and other rnpublic and private institutions.