Georgina (Georgie) Abelenda

Biography

Dr. Georgie Abelenda helps you shift desire into action at Shelov Psychology Group. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and systems-aware. With more than twenty-five years in the wellness field, she integrates somatic and mindfulness-based practices into practical, evidence-informed therapy and coaching styles. She helps clients translate insights into sustainable action by centering on the integration of lived experience, clear goal-setting, and congruence —aligning values, behavior, and relationships.

Drawing on somatic tools, mindfulness, and neuroscience-based behavior-change strategies, she supports clients in strengthening interoceptive awareness and self-compassion and in building values-aligned routines. At Shelov Psychology Group, Dr. Abelenda provides psychotherapy and lifestyle coaching.

Dr. Abelenda holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Saybrook University and is an International Coaching Federation (ICF)–certified coach. She is also certified in psychedelic-assisted therapy through the Integrative Psychiatric Institute (IPI), and is the founder of the Institute of the Conscious Body—a learning and practice initiative dedicated to fostering alignment of body, mind, and heart.

She is bilingual in English and Spanish and has spent extended time in the Amazon learning alongside traditional healers, deepening a cross-cultural perspective on healing and integration. She maintains a professional presence across Hawaiʻi and New York and offers both in-person and virtual sessions for individuals and groups.