ADVANCED TRAUMA & SOMATIC THERAPIES​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

• Certified Complex Trauma Professional:

  • Certified Complex Trauma Professional Level 1 & 2 (CCTP/CCTP-II) with Dr. Janina Fisher, Ph.D.

• Somatic Healing Practitioner: 

  • Certified Somatic Healing Practitioner (Accredited by IAYT).​​

• Attachment Trauma Repatterning: 

  • Somatic Therapy for Attachment Trauma Certification (PESI UK).

• Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST):

  • Treating the Challenging Client with Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) with Dr. Janina Fisher, Ph.D.

• Eye Movement & Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR):

  • Fundamental Techniques and Clinical Applications (PESI UK).​

• Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT):

  • Certified International Practitioner Training, Foundation Level 1, Intermediary Level 2, Advanced Level 3 via The EFT Centre. ​​

  • Certified Matrix Reimprinting Practitioner via EFT & Matrix Reimprinting Academy (EFTMR).

• Ethical Trauma Treatment:

  • Ethical Trauma Treatment with Dr. Tori Olds, Ph.D.

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RELATIONAL, SYSTEMIC & PARTS WORK​​

• Internal Family Systems (IFS):

  • Multiple courses via the Internal Family Systems Institute including Foundations of the IFS Model, IFS Treatment for Freedom from Trauma, Early Adversity, IFS & Anxiety, Depression, and Shame, and Healing Cultural Trauma with IFS. 

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) Trauma Treatment & Healing Program with Frank Anderson, MD.

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT/EFIT):

  • ​Certifications in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) Couples Relationship Transformation, Repairing Relationships and Healing Emotional Disconnection, Attachment Trauma, and Grief via ICEEFT & PESI UK.

• Family and Systemic Constellations Therapy (FCT):

  • Certified via Family Constellations NYC. (Classic Hellinger and Orban methodologies). Voice Dialogue (VD):

• Voice Dialogue (VD):

  • Certified Facilitator Parts I, II, & III with Voice Dialogue Europe.

• Focusing & Inner Relationship Focusing:
  • Focusing Practitioner Training Level I and II with founders Eugene Gendlin and Ann Weiser Cornell via The International Focusing Institute

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EXPERIENTIAL MODALITIES​

• Cognitive Hypnotherapy:

  • Hypnotherapy in Practice Diploma (HPD) in Cognitive Hypnotherapy, an assimilative and psychodynamic therapy, with the Quest Institute, covering a host of modalities including Ericksonian Hypnosis, Time Line Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt Therapy, Evolutionary Psychology, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), with the Quest Institute. ​

• Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP):

  • Master Practitioner Training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) with the Quest Institute. ​

• Coherence Therapy (CT):

  • Facilitating Transformational Change Through Memory Reconsolidation Training via the Coherence Psychology Institute.

• Experiential Psychotherapy:

  • ​Integrating Experiential Psychotherapies with Dr. Tori Olds, Ph.D. 

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PSYCHEDELIC & PSYCHOLYTIC MODALITIES

• Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP):

  • Advanced Psychotherapy trauma-processing model via Psychedelic Somatic Institute (In Training)

• Ketamine-Assisted Treatment & Psycholytic Therapy:

  • Professional Certification covering frameworks for supporting Ketamine Assisted treatment via Palo Alto University.​​

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GROUP WORK, CIRCLES & ECO-FACILITATION

• Mediation:

  • Certified Mediator via NorthWest Mediation Center. ​​​

• Nonviolent Communication (NVC): 

  • International Intensive Training (IIT), with founder Marshall Rosenberg via The Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) 

  • Multiple NVC advanced trainings with certified US/UK trainers via NVC Resolutions and NVC Santa Cruz. ​​

• Restorative Circles:

  • Multiple advanced facilitation trainings with founder Dominic Barter, Cat Gilliam, John Cunningham, and Christine King. 

• The Work That Reconnects:

  • The Work That Reconnects Facilitator training with founder Joanna Macy and Anne Symens-Bucher at The Mercy Center.

  • The Work That Reconnects facilitation training with Joanna Macy (founder) and Anne Symens-Bucher at The Mercy Center. ​

• Transformative Group Processes:

  • Facilitator Development Program with Chris Johnstone and Jenny Mackewn (eco-facilitation and nature-based group work).​​

• ​Awakening the Dreamer:

  • Awakening the Dreamer Symposium Facilitator/Leadership training with the Pachamama Alliance.​

• Transition Town Facilitator:

  • Transition Town Facilitation Training with The Transition Network.

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CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES, HOSPICE & ANCIENT WISDOM

• Buddhist Philosophy & Practice:

  • Committed Dharma Practitioners’ Programme (CDDP), a 2-year advanced course in Buddhist philosophy and ethics at Gaia House (with Stephen Batchelor, Christina Feldman, John Peacock). Extensive Vipassana/Insight meditation retreats.

• Non-Medical Hospice Care:

  • In-home hospice training with the Hospice of SLO County.

• Nonviolence Studies:

  • Certificate Program via the Metta Center for Nonviolence.

• Song Therapy & Lament Work:

  • Certified Song Therapy Network Practitioner

  • Intensive mentorship in traditional Finnish Lament Singing with Tuomas Rounakari.​

• Shamanic Practitioner Training:

  • Ancestral connection and indigenous wisdom traditions with medical anthropologist Dr. Natalie Tobert, PhD.

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ADDITIONAL DEEP STUDIES & THEORETICAL INFLUENCES​

​Other modalities studied at depth that profoundly inform my holistic view of healing include:

• Somatic Experiencing (SE) • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP) • Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) • Imago Relationship Therapy (IRT) • Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT) • Jungian Archetypal Psychology • Equine-Assisted Therapy • Consciousness Studies.

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Disclaimer:

I am not a licensed psychologist, therapist, or health care practitioner, and my services do not replace the care of licensed psychologists, therapists or healthcare professionals. I do not assess, diagnose, prescribe for or treat any physical or mental ailments or conditions. All information, resources, and therapeutic support offered during our work together are intended to help and guide you to the very best of my ability and are intended solely as a complement to (and not a replacement for) therapeutic services provided by licensed health care practitioners. In certain cases I may refer you to another qualified professional. Please use your discernment and conduct due diligence before implementing any plan or practice suggested or recommended to you during our therapeutic work together. You agree that, except in the case of gross negligence or malpractice, you or your representative(s) will fully release and hold me harmless from and against any and all claims or liability of any kind or nature arising out of or in connection with our work together.