About This Practice
Practicing Since 1980
Teaching Since 1985
Additional Modalities: A therapy session can include a wide range of approaches and modalities. Next to my therapy chair hangs a large white board. There I often help clients map their “selves” which often easily moves to leading them through Voice Dialogue facilitation. Sand tray or other three dimensional illustrations with objects to sculpt/portray events or dynamics are also often part of a session. In addition, I may draw upon other modalities including EMDR and resource development, guided imagery, Qigong and energy work, NIA, Integrated Body Psychotherapy, Imago relationship therapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, dreamwork, conflict resolution, sex therapy and intimacy enhancement.
The result is that each session is tailored to the needs of the client. I offer extended sessions in addition to the traditional hour framework.
Areas of Interest: Most of my current practice centers on adults and relationships. I work with a wide population including various sexual orientations, relationship configurations, and intimacy issues. At times I am able to facilitate recovery from betrayal to renewal & recommitment. I love helping couples learn to like each other again when they’ve begun telling stories that blur their vision.
Degree
| Title/Field |
School |
Date |
| M.A./Human Development |
Pacific Oaks College |
1983 |
License
| Title |
State |
Date |
| MFT |
CA |
1985 |
| LMFT |
OR |
1991 |
Certifications
| Type |
Granting Organization |
Date |
| Clinical Memeber |
AAMFT |
1985 |
| Professional Background |
|---|
I’ve been a teacher of Voice Dialogue and selves work for many years. I’ve led workshops, retreats, professional meetings, cross disciplinary meetings, and ongoing classes. I’ve been invited to be a facilitator for trainings led by Hal and Sidra Stone. I am available for phone consultations and trainings both nationally and abroad.
Directly out of college in 1967 I felt fortunate to create a job at UCLA Medical Center as the first director of the therapeutic play program in pediatrics. Beginning my work in early childhood education, especially with children facing the potential trauma of illness and hospitalization has given me a deep appreciation for, and sensitivity to, our “inner children.”
This led to a time of teaching at a state university in child development and the publication of my work (A Pediatric Play Program, 1975). This work also drew me to learn more about the intrapsychic process so I could go deeper with myself and others. Around this time I was fortunate enough to discover the Stones’ work in 1977 through my participation in a group which worked with children in various stages of death and dying under the Center for Healing Arts in Los Angeles.
I also bring the concepts of the psychology of the aware ego to my community service and my personal life. My professional background enriches the volunteer work with the Returning Veterans Project and a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing group. My family, friends and colleagues also benefit when my own “aware ego process” is on top of its game. Using a metaphor I have adapted from my own marriage, I have found the “aware ego process” helps me to realize when I have turned an "innocent bunny" into a "ferocious monster." A step back (or up) to that awareness helps me to move out of “stories” so I can emerge into a more loving view of people and situations.
Growth and on-going healing are the goals and joys of life both for myself and for the people I serve as a transformative companion.
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Basic Voice Dialogue Training(s)
| Title | Where | When | Hours / Days | Teacher(s) |
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| Individual work, Summer Camp, and many others | California, Oregon | 1977 to present | Weeks | Hal and Sidra Stone |
Continuing Voice Dialogue Education*
| Title | Where | When | Hours / Days | Teacher(s) |
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| See Personal Statement above | | | | |
* The most recent workshops.
350 SE 48th Avenue
