I love this work because I have personally experienced
its power, breadth and depth in people's lives - including my own. Movement and the expressive arts connect us with ourselves
and with the world in a way that traditional talk therapy alone can never do. This way of working honors the
whole self: body, heart, soul, mind, dreams, imagination, creativity, feelings, sensations and spirit. Through honoring
the imaginal and symbolic life, one can restore soul to the world and make a way through what can seem like a pathless
land. It is possible to un-cover and re-member one's own healing potential and harness it for wholeness.
Credentials
and Background
25 years of professional clinical experience in public and private settings with individuals and groups of all backgrounds and needs
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Washington State
Masters
in Creative Arts Therapy with a concentration in Dance-Movement Therapy, Hahnemann
University, Philadelphia, PA.
Registered Dance-Movement
Therapist, American Dance Therapy Association
Certified in Hendricks Body-Centered Transformation
Certified Movement Analyst, Laban-Bartenieff Institute of
Movement Studies, New York
Extensive training in Authentic
Movement at the Authentic Movement Institute, Berkeley, CA with Neala Haze, Tina Stromsted, and continuing with Janet
Adler
Intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
(DBT) with Marsha Linehan
Professional training in Jungian Studies with the North Pacific
Institute for Analytical Psychology, Seattle, WA
Doctoral
student in Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Psychotherapy at Pacifica Graduate Institute, CA
Professional member American Dance
Therapy Association
Professional
member Laban-Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, NYC
Certified
Teacher and Supervisor of the Dances of
Universal Peace, Peaceworks International
