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WHOLEHEARTED
PATH

“My work with Lara has led to a deep evolution in my thinking and a more harmonious relationship with all the parts of myself.
I'm amazed at how our weekly phone calls over the past few months have transformed so many parts of my life
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Lisa Chatham, Sebastopol, CA
STUDIES & TRAINING
Family & Systemic Constellations
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Practitioner Certification in Family and Systemic Constellations Therapy with Luisa Muhr, of Family Constellations NYC, who studied and trained with Dr. Peter Orban, one of the earliest students of Bert Hellinger, founder of Family Constellations Therapy. Online training, from January 2022 - January 2023.
Song Therapy/Lament work
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Certificate in Song Therapy Training with the Song Therapy Network, Somerset, UK. Online training, 2020 - 2021.
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One-on-one mentorship from November 2019 to present day with Tuomas Rounakari, lament teacher and long term student of, and co-teacher with, Pirkko Fihlman, also known as the Grand Mother of Lament Singing in Finland.
Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)
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Multiple courses with 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 Internal Family Systems 2019 - 2021.
Non-Medical Hospice Volunteer Training
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In-home hospice volunteer training with the Hospice of SLO County in San Luis Obispo, CA, 2019.
Nonviolence Studies
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Certificate Program in Nonviolence Studies with the Metta Center for Nonviolence in Petaluma, CA, 2018
Focusing and Inner Relationship Focusing
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Facilitator Level I and II Focusing Training with The International Focusing Institute with core teachers Eugene Gendlin, founder of the Focusing method, and Ann Weiser Cornell, author of The Radical Acceptance of Everything: Living a Focusing Life. Online training, 2014.
Restorative Circles
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Restorative Circles training weekend with Cat Gilliam and John Cunningham in Portland, OR, 2014
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Restorative Circles training weekend with Christine King (NVC Santa Cruz) in Santa Cruz, CA, 2013.
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Restorative Circles training weekend with Dominic Barter, the founder of the Restorative Circle Process, in Ashland, OR, 2014.
Workshop Facilitation
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The Facilitator Development Program with Chris Johnstone in Bath, UK, in 2010. This was a 10 month intensive training covering a wide range of earth-centered group facilitation processes, including Joanna Macy's The Work That Reconnects.
The Work That Reconnects
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Intensive Residential Training in The Work That Reconnects with Joanna Macy (founder of The Work That Reconnects) at The Mercy Center, Burlinghame, CA, 2013.
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Multiple workshops & retreats in The Work That Reconnects with many other trained facilitators in the UK and US between 2010 - 2015.
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
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International Accredited EFT Practitioner Trainings Level 1, Level 2, Advanced Level 3, and Integrated Energy Techniques with EFT Masters Emma Roberts and Sue Beer of The EFT Center, London, UK, 2011.
Matrix Re-Imprinting
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Matrix Re-imprinting Practitioner Training with the founder of Matrix Re-imprinting and EFT Master Karl Dawson. Brighton, UK, 2011.
Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
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Intensive International Intensive Training (IIT), a nine-day intensive residential training with The Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) with Marshall Rosenberg, founder of NVC, and other CNVC Certified Trainers. Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2011.
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Multiple trainings in Nonviolent Communication and mediation processes with several certified NVC trainers, including Anna Finlayson, Daren De Witt, (NVC Resolutions) and Christine King (NVC Santa Cruz) both in the UK and US between 2009 - 2014.
Cognitive Hypnotherapy
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Diploma in Cognitive Hypnotherapy with the Quest Institute, covering a range of modalities including Ericksonian Hypnosis, Time Line Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, and more. London, UK, 2009 - 2011. Qualified as a Certified Cognitive Hypnotherapist.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) & Life Coaching
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Master Practitioner training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Life Coaching with the Quest Institute, 2009 - 2011.
Buddhist Studies & Training
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Committed Dharma Practitioners’ Programme (CDDP), two-year advanced course in Buddhist philosophy, ethics, and practice offerd by Bodhi College. This course provided an integrated approach to the study and practice of the Dharma, and was taught by various Insight meditation teachers including John Peacock, Stephen Batchelor, Christina Feldman, and Akincano Marc Weber at Gaia House, in Newton Abbott, UK from 2009 - 2011.
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Multiple Buddhist retreats in the Insight (Vipassana) tradition at Gaia House, and Sharpham Trust, UK between 2009 - 2011.
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10-day Vipassana Meditation course (S.N. Goenka tradition) at Dhamma Dipa, Herefordshire, UK, 2010.
Awakening the Dreamer
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Awakening the Dreamer Symposium Facilitator & Leadership Training with the Pachamama Alliance, York, UK, 2010.
Voice Dialogue
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Voice Dialogue Facilitator Training parts I, II & III, with John Kent of Voice Dialogue UK, London, 2008.
Shamanism
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Shamanic Practitioner training including a range of ancestral wisdom practices and indigenous knowledge with medical anthropologist Dr Natalie Tobert, gained from her extensive research in Indian, African, and First Nation Native American and Aboriginal Australian understandings and perspectives, Richmond -upon-Thames, 2005
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