About
A little about me: I incorporate a synthesis with years of education (AA-Ph.D.), two and half decades working in Colleges and Universities, combining a few decades of seminars, workshops, trainings, plus a couple decades in my psychotherapy private practice, but most important to this field is my personal healing experiences. However, even more important than the years committed to this field is I treat people with respect, thoughtfulness, kindness, consideration with respectful boundaries (Human), and ultimately their own humanity wakes up and guides them.
Mainstream experiences, consists of 24 years as a College/University faculty member, the first seven among College of Marin, Napa Valley College, and Dominican University of California, and the final 17 with Columbia College, teaching Counseling, Guidance, Humanities, and Psychology courses, with a special emphasis working with students with disabilities, EOPS/CARE, mental health, Re-entry, and Veteran student populations for academic, career, and personal counseling. A ‘Tenured Faculty’ member, retiring now to the extremely proud status of ‘Faculty Emeritus’.
My education consists of a few Master’s degrees: Counseling, Psychology and Somatic Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Psychology.
Professional Licensure: Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), and Licensed Clinical Certified Mental Health Counselor (LCCMHC), and certified as a National Board-Certified Counselor (NCC). Although being in private practice since 2003, I began in 1994 as a volunteer grief counselor, College peer counselor, and eventually a trainee and intern towards licensure.
As a psychotherapist who highly incorporates somatic psychotherapy, my applied or hands on expereinces in body work consists of massage, deep tissue, myofascial release, and structural integration therapies, beginning in 1989. This work has highly enhanced my Somatic (mind-body) Psychotherapy and attunement work today. Additionally, I am fluid in the three of the main Somatic psychotherapy approaches: Hakomi Institute of California, Somatic Experiencing International Trauma Institute (SEP), and completing the final phase of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.
Ph.D. Psychology:
Southern California University for Professional Studies/Northcentral University
2003
Post-Doctoral:
Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine
Exceptional Student Education (Disabilities)
Northcentral University
2011
M.A. Psychology: Post-Doctoral
Northcentral University
2009
M.A. Somatic Psychology:
California Institute of Integral Studies
1996-2001
M.A. Counseling, MFCC:
Sonoma State University
1999
B.A Psychology, Minor Religious Studies:
Dominican University of California
1996
AA: Behavioral Science
College of Marin
1993
Retired Faculty “Faculty Emeritus”: Columbia College
Achievement of Faculty Tenure:
Columbia College
California Advocates for Re-Entry Students (CARE): College of Marin
Chi Sigma Iota: Honors in Counseling
Sonoma State University
Grief Counselor of the Year:
Marin Suicide Prevention Community Counseling Services
Kappa Delta Pi: Honors in Education: Northcentral University
Marin County: Outstanding Volunteer Service
Marquis Who’s Who In America Top Counselors
Professor Appreciation: Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, College of Marin
Outstanding Student of the Year Finalist:
Dominican University of California
Outstanding Work Furthering the Field of Psychology:
Book Award Dominican University of California
Psi Chi: Honors in Psychology, Dominican University of California
Who’s Who in American Colleges Universities
LMFT: Licensed Marriage Family Therapist # 40118
LPCC: Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor # 806
LCCMHC: Licensed Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor #57654
APA: Board Certified PTSD Clinician # 15879
NCC: National Board Certified Counselor # 57654
Faculty [Tenured]: Columbia College (2005 – Present)
Faculty: College of Marin, Napa Valley College
(1999 – 2005)
Additional Certifications:
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
Certified Massage Practitioner/Therapist
Grief Counseling
Guided Imagery
Hypnosis / Hypnotherapy
SandPlay Therapy
Somatic Experiencing Practioner (SEP)
Alive & Well School of Conscious Bodywork.
American Institute of Hypnotherapy
American Pacific University
Academy of Guided Imagery
Center for Attitudinal Healing
Diamond Light School of Massage Healing Arts
Gestalt Institute of San Francisco
Hakomi Institute of California
(Pro Skills I, Pro Skills II, Advanced Pro Skills)
Hospice of Marin
JFK University
Meridian University / Institute of Imaginal Studies
Myofascial Release Therapy [John F. Barnes, P.T.]
R-CS Recreation of the Self (Jon Eisman)
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Trauma Institute
Somatic Experiencing International Trauma Institute
