Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Sera Lavelle, Ph.D.
Founder · Speaker · Thought Leader
Founder · Speaker · Thought Leader
Not accepting new patients *
Behavior changes when the system underneath it changes. *
I founded the Collective around one conviction: advanced modalities are only as good as the judgment that sequences them. A technique applied in the wrong order is not treatment, it is activity.
My own work sits at the level of systems, how emotion regulation, motivation, and self-trust actually operate, and why behavior so often resists the insight meant to change it. *
About Sera
Dr. Lavelle founded the Collective around a simple conviction: that advanced modalities are only as good as the judgment that sequences them. Her own work sits at the level of systems - how emotion regulation, motivation, and self-trust actually operate, and why behavior so often resists the insight meant to change it.
She is drawn to the people who look most capable from the outside and feel least settled within.
What I pay attention to
- 01Why habit change fails, even for capable people.
- 02What motivation looks like when self-trust is low.
- 03How emotional regulation is built rather than willed.
- 04Where technology helps psychology and where it quietly does not.
- 05What it takes to match a person to the right clinician and the right order of work. *
“Most patterns started as good strategies. They become the thing slowing a person down long after they stopped working.” *
What I’m Known For
- Emotion Regulation
- Behavioral Change
- Self-Trust
- Motivation and Agency
- Leadership Psychology
- High-Functioning Stress
- Human Behavior and Systems
- Psychology, Technology & Ethics
How I Think About the Work
She thinks about behavior as something the whole nervous system participates in, not a matter of willpower. Clinical hypnosis and experiential work let her reach the level where patterns are actually held.
As founder, she built the Collective so that a client is matched to the right clinician and the right order of work - not handed a menu of techniques.
Background and Training
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
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- Predoctoral internship
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- Clinical hypnosis training
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- Founder
- Soho Integrative Collective, New York *
- Licensure
- New York State [license details to confirm] *
Schedule a Consultation
Each engagement begins with a private consultation to map presenting concerns and identify the right clinical fit.