Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT/EFIT/EFFT):

• Various online trainings in EFT, EFIT and EFFT including; Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) for Attachment Trauma: Transforming Psychological Wounds for Adult Clients Traumatized as Children, Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) for Grief, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to Transform Couple Relationships. Online, 2023.

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Family & Systemic Constellations:

• 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, the founder of Family Constellations Therapy. Online, Jan 2022 - Jan 2023.

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Song Therapy/Lament work:

• Certificate in Song Therapy Training with the Song Therapy Network, Somerset, UK. Online, 2020 - 2021.

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• One-on-one mentorship 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. Both in-person and online, 2019.

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Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS):

• 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 IFS. Online, 2019 - 2021.

 

Non-Medical Hospice Training:

• In-home non-medical hospice training with the Hospice of SLO County, San Luis Obispo, CA. In-person, 2019. 

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Nonviolence Studies​:

• Certificate Program in Nonviolence Studies with the Metta Center for Nonviolence, Petaluma, CA. Online, 2018

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Focusing and Inner Relationship Focusing

• 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, 2014. 

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Restorative Circles:

• Restorative Circles training weekend with Cat Gilliam and John Cunningham in Portland, OR. In-person, 2014

• Restorative Circles training weekend with Christine King (NVC Santa Cruz) in Santa Cruz, CA. In-person, 2013.

• Restorative Circles training weekend with Dominic Barter, founder of the Restorative Circle Process, Ashland, OR, In-person, 2014. 

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Workshop Facilitation:

• The Facilitator Development Program with Chris Johnstone, 10 month intensive training covering a range of earth-centered group facilitation processes, including Joanna Macy's The Work That Reconnects, Bath, UK. In-person, 2010.

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The Work That Reconnects:

• Residential Training in The Work That Reconnects with Joanna Macy (founder) at The Mercy Center, Burlinghame, CA. In-person, 2013.

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• Multiple workshops & retreats in The Work That Reconnects with multiple trained facilitators, UK and USA.  In-person, 2010 - 2015.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT):

• 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 Centre, London, UK. In-person, 2011.

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Matrix Re-Imprinting:

• Matrix Re-imprinting Practitioner Training with Karl Dawson, founder of Matrix Re-imprinting and EFT Master, Brighton, UK. In-person, 2011.

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Nonviolent Communication (NVC):

• Intensive International Intensive Training (IIT), 9-day residential training with The Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) with Marshall Rosenberg, founder of NVC, and other CNVC Certified Trainers, Albuquerque, New Mexico. In-person, 2011. ​

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• Multiple trainings in Nonviolent Communication with multiple certified NVC trainers, including Anna Finlayson, Daren De Witt, (NVC Resolutions), London, UK, and Christine King (NVC Santa Cruz), Santa Cruz, USA. In-person, 2009 - 2014.

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Cognitive Hypnotherapy:

• Hypnotherapy in Practice Diploma (HPD) in Cognitive Hypnotherapy with the Quest Institute, covering a host of modalities including Ericksonian Hypnosis, Time Line Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt Therapy, and Evolutionary Psychology. Master Practitioner Training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). London, UK. In-person, 2010 - 2011.

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Buddhist Studies & Training:

• Committed Dharma Practitioners’ Programme (CDDP), two-year advanced course in Buddhist philosophy, ethics, and practice. This course provided an integrated approach to the study and practice of the Dharma, and was taught by multiple international Insight meditation teachers including John Peacock, Stephen Batchelor, Christina Feldman, and Akincano M Weber at Gaia House, Newton Abbott, UK. In-person, 2009 - 2011.

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• Multiple Buddhist retreats in the Insight (Vipassana) tradition at Gaia House, and Sharpham Trust, Devon, UK. In-person, 2009 - 2011.

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• 10-day Vipassana Meditation course (S.N. Goenka tradition) at Dhamma Dipa, Herefordshire, UK, In-person, 2010.

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Awakening the Dreamer:

• Awakening the Dreamer Symposium Facilitator & Leadership Training with the Pachamama Alliance, York, UK. In-person, 2010​​.

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Voice Dialogue:

• Voice Dialogue Facilitator Training parts I, II & III, with John Kent (Voice Dialogue UK), London, In-person, 2008.

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Shamanic Practice:

• Shamanic Practitioner training including ancestral connection, shamanic journeying, and indigenous wisdom traditions with medical anthropologist Dr. Natalie Tobert, gained through her extensive research in and experience of Indian, African, and First Nations Native American and Aboriginal Australian understandings and perspectives, Richmond-upon-Thames, UK, In-person, 2005.

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Other frameworks and modalities that I value and draw from in my work include: Somatic Experiencing (SE), Relational Life Therapy (RLT), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT), Compassionate Inquiry (CI), Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), Nature-Based Therapies, and Indigenous Wisdom Traditions.

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With deep gratitude and respect to the many teachers and guides who have supported my learning and integration, whether in-person at a distance, or from the other side of the veil, including: Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki, Marshall Rosenberg, Dr. Sue Johnson, Joanna Macy, Bert Hellinger, Eugene Gendlin, Ann Weiser-Cornell, Michael Meade, Francis Weller, Trevor Silvester, Sobonfu Somé, Martin Prechtel, Tuomas Rounakari, Jill Purce, and Grandmother Agnes Baker Pilgrim (Grandma Aggie).