Deb Lubetkin (Psy.D. , LFYP-2, RYT-200) is a Licensed Psychologist, Life Force Yoga Practitioner , and Kripalu Yoga Teacher with an Integrative Psychotherapy practice in Montclair, NJ. She became certified as a LifeForce™ Yoga practitioner, Level 1 in 2009, returning to complete her Level 2 certification in 2011. Deb was then certified in 2013 as a Kripalu Yoga Teacher.Deb’s practice incorporates Eastern philosophy with the challenges of Western living to create a forum for her clients and students to develop integrative, individualized plans and practices to address a wide variety of mood related imbalances.
In addition to integrating Psychotherapy with LifeForce Yoga in her psychotherapy practice, Deb leads groups, and teaches yoga classes and workshops in her community around the theme of “Balancing Mood with LifeForce Yoga.” She is also the Mentoring Director of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute, and leads professional LifeForce Yoga trainings and workshops.Integrating LifeForce Yoga and Kripalu Yoga into my life and my psychotherapy practice has created remarkable shifts in the way that I move through sessions and classes with clients and students, in the way they move through the process of psychotherapy and therapeutic yoga, and in the way I move through my life.
Deb is also a Volunteer Yoga Teacher for Kula for Karma. In addition she is a volunteer for Yoga Connections, teaching LifeForce Yoga in Israel to help communities near Gaza manage mood and stress syndromes.