About Me

Hi, I'm Josie Kramer.

I grew up between Santa Cruz, Jerusalem, and Boise, and moved to Los Angeles at 18 with dreams of becoming an actress. At the time, I was struggling with trauma-related challenges like anxiety, low self-worth, hypervigilance, disordered eating, and a deep fear of speaking. Later, these struggles expanded into alcohol use, relationship difficulties, living a double life, heartbreak, and loss. For a long time, I felt fragmented.

These struggles are what sparked my lifelong healing journey. At 21, I turned to yoga—and within six months, I experienced a profound shift that set me on a new path. From there, I immersed myself in somatic therapy, meditation, bodywork, nutrition, Buddhism, transpersonal psychology, and sacred medicine work—not only to heal myself, but to learn how to support others in their own healing.

I hold a B.A. in Traditional Eastern Arts with a minor in Somatic Psychology from Naropa University, and an M.A. in Transpersonal Psychology from Sofia University. I'm currently completing the advanced training in Somatic Experiencing®, a body-based approach to therapy, from Somatic Experiencing International.

In addition, I'm a certified Yoga Instructor (1,200 hours: Naropa + Center for Yoga), a licensed Massage Therapist (550 hours: Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing), and a certified Holistic Health Coach (Institute for Integrative Nutrition).

Today, therapy is the foundation of my work—but I believe healing is more than the mind alone. That’s why I weave together somatic experiencing, movement, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, integrative nutrition, sacred medicine, and transpersonal journeys. Depending on where you are, each plays a unique role. When therapy leads and the other tools support it, healing becomes more complete—because we’re tending to mind, body, and spirit together.

I offer private sessions, group classes, online programs, and integrative retreats.I’m based in San Diego, and with my partner Brian, I co-founded Vikara Center in Rosarito, Mexico—a space for positive change and transformation, the meaning of Vikara in Sanskrit.

My work is rooted in lived experience. I’ve walked through the depths of my own trauma, and it’s through that journey that I’ve found the tools to support others on their path home to themselves. My approach is compassionate, integrative, and trauma-informed, meeting each person exactly where they are.

I’d love to hear where you are on your journey and explore how I might support you.

With love,
Josie