professional background and focus
Psychotherapist - Private Practice 1994 to the present
Equine Assisted Practice -
EAGALA - 2006 - 2013
Epona - 2019 - Current
Guest Lecturer
Retreat Leader
Co-Creator and -Presenter of two insight-entertainment,
performance art pieces based on Rumi’s Chickpea to Cook
Cook Me Some More
You are What You Eat
education
The University of Texas at Austin
BS and MA in Human Growth and Development and Family Relations
PhD in Educational Psychology, specializing in Social, Personality, Developmental
and Counseling Psychology
Honor Societies
Phi Kappa Phi
Kappa Delta Pi
professional training and certifications
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
EAGALA Certified 2006-2013
Parelli Certified, Level I (natural horsemanship)
Eponaquest Instructor 2019
Master Herder Certification
Power of the Herd Certification
Integral Somatic Psychology Training 2020
LPC Continuing Education Provider
professional affiliations (past and present)
The Association for Transpersonal Psychology
The Jung Society of Austin (former Board member)
The American Counseling Association
The Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy
The Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA)
Eponaquest - Equine Assisted Learning/Psychotherapy
a sampling of influential work
Jungian analysts:
Carl Jung
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Marion Woodman
James Hillman
Body Centered therapists
Eugene Gendlin, PhD
Elfie Hinterkopf, PhD
Ann Weiser Cornell, PhD
Raja Selvam, PhD
Heart Centered Therapy
Working from the Heart: A therapist's guide to heart-centered psychotherapy
by William Ryan
How to be an Adult in Relationships by David Richo
A Course in Miracles (a student since 1985)
Paul Ferrini
Marianne Williamson
Ken Wapnik
The 12-Step Program
Richard Rohr's collection (integrative spirituality)
Cynthia Bougeault' writings on Mary Magdalen
Writings related to women and/or the Divine Feminine
Harriet Lerner's The Dance of.... series and Women in Therapy
Clarissa Pinkola Estes - Women Who Run with the Wolves and her Dangerous Woman series
Soul Craft by Bill Plotkin (nature based work)
Linda Kohanov's collection
Ken Wilber's collection
Pema Chodron's collection
Tara Brach's collection
Carolyn Myss' collection
Eckhart Tolle's collection
The Enneagram Personality Indicator
The Insight Timer meditation app
Sarah Blondin's Guided Meditations
special training
EAGALA (Equine Assisted Psychotherapy) (certified from 2006-2013)
Eponaquest (Equine Assisted Learning/Psychotherapy) (certified 2019)
FOCUSING training through Elfie Hinterkopf, PhD (2018)
Integrative Somatic Therapy (2019)
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