About Me

I facilitate change in my Holistic Wellness practice and in Psychotherapy.  I also write, do speaking engagements, facilitate workshops, consult, and provide training for mental health professionals. I began my career in the mental health field in 1977. I have worked in locked psychiatric settings, crisis centers, juvenile justice, social services, mental health, and private practice. About ten years into my career, I began noticing that traditional methods for treatment were not providing change for a significant number of people.

I began a journey of asking questions. What would offer change? What prevented change from occurring? What else is available or could be created that would give people the relief they were looking for? I began exploring alternative methods of treatment, some of which became clinically validated in later years. I studied body-centered psychotherapies, various spiritual traditions, and a variety of energetic modalities.

I explore with my clients, and with practitioners, what works for them to design individualized plans. This has meant stepping out of the traditional prescribed-treatment box and into a more fluid way of working. I prefer to work as a facilitator of change since the traditional psychotherapy box limits what is possible for change. Especially if insurance is used.

I have been on Faculty with the EMDR Institute as a Facilitator since 1996 and am a EMDRIA Approved Consultant. I have provided critical incident services and crisis intervention for emergency service personnel and businesses. I have written a number of training programs for mental health practitioners, teachers, emergency service personnel, and the general public. I have also been a facilitator for a number of organizations. My book for Mental Health Practitioners, "Somatic & Energetic Resourcing - Facilitating Clients Living Authentically" was published in 2015.