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Thea Goldstine, PhD Sex: Female; Psych # PSY4860 (Since 1976) 171 N. High St., Sebastopol 95472 (707) 829-2766 Fee scale: Sliding scale based on ability to pay DESCRIPTION OF CLINICAL PRACTICE I have been in private practice since 1976, working primarily with adults. I work with people facing problems with anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, grief and loss. I have a special interest in helping people with spiritual concerns, people facing serious illness and/or struggling with issues around death and dying. My theoretical orientation has evolved over the years, starting as psychoanlytic, and becoming more relational. As my own involvement in Buddhism developed, my approach has been increasingly informed by Buddhist understandings of how we suffer, how we can heal, and how we can live happier, healthier lives. VIPASSANA/MEDITATION BACKGROUND I have seen sitting vipassana retreats with IMS, Spirit Rock, and monastic teachers since 1995, and have sat the 3 month retreat at IMS for 7 years. I have also sat in Burma with U Tejaniya. My primary teachers are Joseph Goldstein and U Tejaniya. Other important teachers have been Michele McDonald and Ajahn Sumedho. In addition, I have received Tibetan teachings since 1993, and have been on retreats at Vajrapani Institute and at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. RELEVANT CLINICAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE I received my PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan in 1974. My training was psychoanalytic. I have worked in hospital and clinic settings, as well as in private practice. I taught object relations theory and clinical process in Bay Area graduate schools for 20 years, and I have been a consultant to therapists, both individually and in groups. I have received training in clinical hypnosis and EMDR. I have also been trained as an interfaith hospital chaplain, and am serving as a lay chaplain at an inpatient psychiatric facility. I have been a Hospice volunteer for many years, serving in both bereavement counseling and care giving. My work is inspired by the following quote by Suzuki Roshi, "To realize that things are one is a very sympathetic understanding. But how to treat things one by one, each in a different way, with full care, that I think is your practice." |