Experience

I have over 30 years experience in private practice, counseling individuals and couples. I've been counseling in the Kailua-Kona area since 2005.

Before I moved here, I had a private counseling practice in Soquel, California.  Here is a summary of my experience as a teacher and consultant in the Monterey Bay area:

Director of a Mindfulness and Yoga-based Stress Reduction Program. Facilitator of Pain Management group. Watsonville Community Hospital, Watsonville, California. 1996-2004.

Instructor at Cabrillo College, Aptos, California; University of California, Santa Cruz; and Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz, California. Classes include Stress Management, Yoga, Meditation, Developing Intuition, Discovering Life Purpose, Reparenting, and Money Management.  1980-2004.

Training Consultant and Program Designer for corporate, academic, medical and community settings.  Seminars include communication skills, creativity, team-building, stress management, yoga, family wellness, whole-brain learning and life/career planning.  1980-2004.

Education and Training

Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of Delaware.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)  Basic and Advanced Levels. 

Somatic (Body/Mind) Psychotherapy:  Hakomi Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, and related approaches.

Relationship Psychology.

Energy Psychology:  EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) meridian tapping.

Meditation and Mindfulness approaches.

Yoga: Certified Yoga Teacher and Integrative Yoga Therapist.

Intrapersonal Integration: Ego-state Therapy, Voice Dialogue, and related sub-personality parts work.

Hypnosis, Medical Hypnotherapy and Guided Imagery.

Women's Health.

Grief and Bereavement Counseling.

Art Therapy: Soul Collage and related methods.

Life Coaching.

Indigenous Spirituality and Healing Practices.