SOMI Clinic was founded by Eileen Wurst, a WA state-licensed mental health counselor and somatically oriented psychotherapist supervisor in private practice in Seattle, WA for over 15 years. Previously, she founded and directed the Reiki Training Program, the only state-licensed vocational school of this healing art. She obtained her PhD in psychology with a concentration in somatic psychology through CIIS conducting research on the effect of the body scan meditation in telemental health.

She recently presented at the Society for Psychotherapy Research and the International Conference on eHealth, She has been featured in The Guardian and on KUOW, the NPR station for Seattle. Eileen published Touching the World Through Reiki, numerous articles in print and online, as well as guided meditations and instructional videos. 

Eileen’s counseling and social work background includes employment in the areas of addictions, sexual abuse and trauma, grief and loss, geriatrics, and career counseling and transition. She has worked extensively with both adults and seniors during her career.