Frayda Kafka is a certified hypnotherapist and Tobacco Free 'Fresh Start' counselor who has worked therapeutically since 1966 with thousands of people, both in groups and individually, in New York City, the Virgin Islands, Florida and the Hudson Valley. She was co-founder of Group Laboratories, in New York, an organization specializing in 'Depth Encounter', a form of group therapy that was a part of the personal growth movement in the sixties.  After moving Upstate in 1972, she began practicing hypnosis and stress management in addition to her individual psychotherapy, singles coaching, matchmaking and group work.

She has trained professionals in the use of self- hypnosis, and stress management at Mount Sinai, Benedictine Hospital, Northern Dutchess Hospital Birthing Center, Bard College, The Mental Health Associations of Ulster and Dutchess Counties, Hospice and other public and private institutions.