LET’S CREATE A MORE COMPASSIONATE WORLD, STARTING WITH OUR HEARTS.

I believe one big way we can create a more compassionate world is through gatherings - coming together, getting to know our diverse stories, and helping each other. Whether gathering for psychotherapy, meditation groups, or yoga workshops, my work is focused on helping people strengthen compassion, courage, and emotional resilience, so we may show up in our lives ready for deep and meaningful connections and contributions.

Hola, I’m Giusita Michelle Vitale.

I’m a student and guide of contemplative practices, specializing in compassionate meditation, yoga, and journaling.

In private practice, I work as a licensed holistic psychotherapist. I love working with people who are standing at a crossroads, helping them transform the challenges of transitions into sources of learning, possibility, and growth. This private practice is dedicated to cultivating the supportive and inspirational community I wish for during times of change in my own life. As an immigrant, I also love working with those of us dancing with migration trauma, compassionately reclaiming our sense of belonging.

Deeply influenced by my interest in contemplative practices, I've been a student and teacher of yoga since 2009, and mindfulness and compassion practices since 2014.

I also founded and guide a virtual journaling community, inspiring a reflective and contemplative lifestyle through mindful journaling.

I was born and raised in Venezuela in a biracial family, immigrated to the United States, and currently live in Rhode Island, US. I’m an adult Third Culture Kid, Bilingual (English and Spanish), and bicultural.

I believe movement and creativity are medicine; my current favorite mediums are dancing, yoga, plant-based baking, and I’ve been a journal keeper since I was 18.

BELIEFS THAT GUIDE MY WORK

01. A MORE RESILIENT YOU MAKES A BETTER WORLD.

Innate in each of us is the potential for greatness. Intuitively we seek to transform our potential into a force for good in the world. Each of us has the responsibility to raise our emotional resilience, so we may step deeper into our brilliance, engage in our communities and sustainably live in a meaningful way that contributes to making the world a better place for all.

02. CHALLENGES ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND GROWTH. 

My work is growth-minded and strengths-based. I am committed to bringing you the support, tools, and accountability that will help you strengthen the inner resources needed to navigate challenges, see what is possible for you, and seize opportunities. 

03. COMMUNITY FUELS COURAGE.

To bring our best forward, we need positive communities to fuel and sustain us. Communities encourage us to do the brave work we are here to do to make the world better. Lets stop worrying alone. Instead, lets engage in brave, kind, and insightful conversations that inspire us and propel our growth.

MY APPROACH

My guiding values:

COMPASSION, CONNECTION, and COURAGE.

.01 PURPOSE-DRIVEN 

Get clear on what you care about - your why and your values. 

.02 STRENGTH-FOCUSED

Cultivate your gifts and talents.  Our work together will be a catalyst for positive change in your life.

.03 DIVERSITY AFFIRMING

Create an atmosphere based on dignity, inclusiveness, and self-awareness focused on individual healing and wellness for all.

.04 MINDFULNESS AND COMPASSION-BASED

Enhance our conversations, using the body and the breath to restore emotional balance and strengthen inner resources.

.05 RELATIONAL AND COLLABORATIVE

Serve as compassionate companions working in collaboration with you, we operate as equals in the relationship -- ongoing interaction and feedback will improve our work together along the way.

.06 SELF-CARE FOCUSED

Self-care fuels sustainable world care. Because raising your level of functioning and well-being is the best contribution you can make to the world.

MY TRAINING

My skills and experience are like a Venn diagram overlap of psychology and business skills, with an underlying interest in contemplative and creativity studies:

  • Licensed Professional Counselor | Licenses: RI MHC00854, PA PC009400

  • National Certified Counselor | National Board for Certified Counselors

  • Masters in Education with specialization in Multicultural Counseling Psychology | University of Pennsylvania

  • Bachelor in Business Administration | Babson College

  • Fulbright Scholar | Universidad del Desarrollo | Santiago de Chile

  • Certified Yoga Teacher (200 Hrs) | Since 2011

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) | UMASS Medical School | Cohort 2014

Currently (un)learning with:

Resmaa Menakem and Carlin-Quinn, Rachel Cargle, Bo Forbes, Yoga Medicine