Meet The Team

Faculty Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki, SEP

(18th November, 1960 – 30th May, 2026)

Efu Nyaki was a highly respected and experienced Somatic Experiencing® (SE ™ ) teacher who has made significant contributions to the field of trauma healing and resilience. With a deep commitment to supporting individuals on their healing journeys, Efu has dedicated her career to teaching SE ™ and Systemic Family Constellations Therapy to empower practitioners to effectively work with trauma.

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Dr-Sonia-Gomes

FacultySonia Gomes PhD, SEP

  • SE Advanced Faculty of SEI
  • 26 years of SEP – Teaching since 2001
  • Mentor for several teachers
  • Teaching and traveling in 5 continents
  • PhD in Clinical Psychology
  • Advanced certified in Rolfing (Structural and Movement)
  • Founder of SOMA Embodiment (complementary interventions for SE practitioners)
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Lead Assistant Dennis Moorman, SEP

Dennis is currently living and working in São Paulo, Brazil. He is a Somatic Experiencing® Personal Session Provider and an Individual Case Consultation Supervisor at the Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Levels of SE™ training. He has a special interest in working with intergenerational trauma. The regular practice of Aikido also informs his embodied therapeutic approach.

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OrganiserWanjiku J. Kiarie, SEP

Wanjîkū is a Hearth Tender, a Fire Keeper and a Circle Leader whose mission is calling people into REMEMBERING and then guiding them into being and doing out of that REMEMBERANCE.

Wanjîkū is a Trauma-Informed Integrated Wellbeing Practitioner. She combines Family Constellation Systems Therapy, Embodied Healing, Somatic Experiencing®️, Spiritual Companionship, Ancestral Healing, Art and Nature Healing modalities in her work. Wanjîkū is the Founder and Lead Consultant at Integrated Living.

 
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