Both the formal, academic work and the less formal trainings and practices have deeply influenced my development and what I bring to my healing work
Education and Licensure
Master of Social Welfare, University of California-Berkeley, 1999; LCSW 21472, 2003
B.S. Occupational Therapy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1984; OT 2773
Theoretical or Practice Influences
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Trauma Informed
Relational and Attachment
Mindfulness/Buddhism
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Guided Imagery, Hypnotherapy
Creativity / Expressive Arts
Shamanism and Earth-based
Professional Trainings
- Post Partum Support International-Perinatal Mood Disorders; Psychotherapy Training, 2022
- NICABM Advanced Master Program on the Treatment of Trauma, 2022
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Levels 1 and 2, developed by Pat Ogden, Ph.D, 2013, 2016-17
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Immersion Course, 2015
- Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Professional Training, 1998. MBSR participant through Kaiser Permanente, 2017, 1999
- Certified Hypnotherapist in the Spiritual Counseling Practice of Depth Hypnosis as taught by Isa Guccardi, PhD at the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, 2021
- Applied Shamanic Practitioner as taught by Isa Guccardi, PhD at the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, 2021
- Women’s Cancer Resource Center Certificate in Cancer and illness, 2016
- JFK University Interactive Guided Imagery Coursework, 2015-2016
- Guided Imagery as developed by Belleruth Naparstek and others, 2003, 2006
- Professional Program in the Study of Loss and Grief, University Extension at the University of California, Berkeley, 2012
- Person Centered Expressive Arts Training Program, Levels 1-3, developed by Natalie Rogers, Ph.D, 1994-1996; other arts workshops-2006-2008, 2015