Meet Sezin Hason of MindBodySoul Healing Center

Today we’d like to introduce you to Sezin Hason.

Hi Sezin, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
My path has definitely not been a straight line. I originally studied Economics and Graphic Design and spent about 15 years working in independent film. I loved the creativity of that world, but somewhere in my mid-30s I began asking bigger questions about who I was, what made a life meaningful, and what I actually wanted to contribute. That curiosity gradually led me into studying different approaches to personal growth, healing, and the connection between the mind, body, and emotions.

Then, in 2015, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. That experience changed the trajectory of my life in ways I could not have anticipated. Going through treatment made the mind-body connection deeply personal rather than simply something I was interested in intellectually. It pushed me to look more honestly at how I had been living, what I was carrying, and what healing actually meant beyond treating a physical illness. Out of that chapter, I created MindBodySoul Healing Center and began moving more fully into the healing profession.

Over the years, that work evolved into a much deeper focus on trauma. I went back to school and trained extensively in trauma-informed and somatic approaches, eventually becoming a psychotherapist specializing in complex trauma, developmental trauma, dissociation, and parts work. Today my clinical work integrates somatic psychotherapy, EMDR, parts work, HeartMath, mindfulness, and other nervous-system-informed approaches. Much of what interests me is helping people understand that the ways they learned to survive make sense in the context of what they lived through, and that healing can involve developing a different relationship with the body, with ourselves, and with other people.

At the same time, another part of my life was growing alongside my clinical work. I became one of the co-founders of OME, a global community whose name grew from the idea of HOME — creating spaces where people can experience connection, belonging, learning, and shared humanity. Through OME, we bring together people from different countries, cultures, professions, and life experiences through festivals, retreats, workshops, and community spaces. In many ways, it brings together all of the different parts of my earlier life: creativity, psychology, storytelling, travel, community, and the desire to create spaces where people can feel more connected to themselves and to one another.

When I look back now, the path that once seemed scattered actually makes much more sense. Film taught me about stories. Design taught me how to create and communicate. My own life experiences taught me about change, perspective, and the complexity of being human. My studies in psychology and trauma deepened my understanding of human behavior, relationships, the nervous system, and the many ways people adapt to their experiences. And OME gave me a way to bring many of those worlds together in community. I think what I am doing today is less about having arrived at one final destination and more about continuing to build a life and body of work around the things I care most about: healing, curiosity, creativity, connection, and creating places where people can feel that they belong.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It definitely hasn’t been a smooth or predictable road. I moved from Turkey to New York after college, and later made another major move to Los Angeles, building a career and business in independent film while also raising two children. Over the years, life brought several significant transitions, breast cancer, divorce, career changes, and the experience of having to rebuild parts of my life more than once.

After leaving the film industry, I essentially started over professionally, first moving into coaching and mind-body work, and then eventually making the decision to return to graduate school and become a psychotherapist. Going back to school and beginning a new profession later in life was both challenging and deeply meaningful.

I think one of the biggest things these experiences have taught me is that starting over doesn’t necessarily mean starting from zero. Every chapter comes with you. The skills, relationships, mistakes, experiences, and perspectives you’ve accumulated become part of what you build next.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about MindBodySoul Healing Center?
MindBodySoul Healing Center grew out of my interest in the relationship between the mind, body, emotions, and the ways our experiences shape how we move through the world. Today, my work is primarily focused on psychotherapy and trauma treatment.

I specialize in complex trauma, developmental trauma, dissociation, and parts work, with a strong emphasis on somatic and nervous-system-informed approaches. My work integrates modalities including somatic psychotherapy, EMDR, parts work, art therapy, HeartMath, mindfulness, and other trauma-informed approaches. I also work as a psychotherapist with ReConnect Integrative Trauma Treatment Center, where I have the opportunity to work more extensively with clients experiencing complex trauma and dissociation.

What matters most to me in this work is helping people develop a deeper understanding of themselves without reducing them to a diagnosis or seeing their symptoms as something that simply needs to be eliminated. I am particularly interested in understanding how patterns, protective responses, and different parts of the self develop in response to a person’s experiences, and how therapy can help create more choice, integration, and connection.

Alongside my clinical work, I am also a co-founder of OME, a global community centered around connection, belonging, learning, and shared humanity. Through festivals, retreats, workshops, and community experiences, we bring together people across countries, cultures, languages, generations, genders, and professions. One of our largest gatherings is OMEFest, which began in Tuscany, Italy, continued in Hoi An, Vietnam, and will return for its third year this October in Patagonia, Argentina. Although my psychotherapy work and OME are different spaces, they are connected by many of the same values: curiosity, connection, authenticity, and creating environments where people can feel seen and where meaningful conversations can happen.

What I am most proud of is that my work has evolved organically rather than following one predetermined path. Whether I am sitting with someone in a therapy session, facilitating a group, or helping create an OME experience, the underlying question is often similar: how do we create the conditions for people to understand themselves more deeply and feel more connected to themselves and to one another?

If you had to, what characteristic of yours would you give the most credit to?
I would say curiosity and a commitment to lifelong learning. I have always been someone who wants to understand more about people, relationships, behavior, creativity, culture, and the way we make meaning of our experiences. That curiosity has taken me through very different chapters of my life and career, from film and design to mind-body work, psychotherapy, trauma treatment, and building OME.

I think curiosity has also made it easier for me to reinvent myself. I am not particularly attached to the idea that there is only one path or that we have to remain the person we were ten years ago. I am willing to learn, question what I know, change direction, and begin again when necessary.

Learning and growth are also core values for me, both personally and professionally. I am constantly reading, studying, and looking for ways to deepen my understanding, especially in ways that can help me become a better therapist and better support my clients. Whether I am sitting with a client, developing a workshop, or creating something with OME, I try to approach people and experiences with genuine curiosity rather than assuming I already know the answer.

For me, that combination of curiosity, openness, and a willingness to keep learning has probably been one of the most important parts of both my professional growth and my life.

Pricing:

• Individual sessions: $300 / 60 minutes

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.mindbodysoulhc.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sezinhason/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sezinhason/
• Other: https://www.omeworld.org/