Giselle Bonilla identifies as a Dominican Afro-Latina. Giselle is one of the co-founders of Time Of Butterflies as well as the clinical director. Giselle is the founder of Centro Bonilla in the Dominican Republic, which provides mental health services and holistic approaches for the communities in Bonao, DR as well as the surrounding communities. Giselle obtained her masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a Specialization in Expressive Arts Therapy from Lesley University. Her expressive arts therapy capstone thesis focused on therapy work with survivors of abuse. The title of her thesis is "Healing the Body through Awareness, and Expression: The Polyvagal Theory and the Expressive Arts in Therapy with Women Who Have Been Abused."
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Giselle is certified in Reiki, Reflexology, Sound Healing and Trauma-Informed Yoga. She believes that the mind, the body and spirituality are strongly connected and that they need each other to heal. She is currently running her online private practice as a Holistic Therapist at Holistic Wellbeing Counseling. Giselle is also a member of The Massachusetts Women Of Color Network. She is a part of the Training and Technical Assistance Circle.