DESCRIPTION OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
I bring over forty years of experience to my work as a therapist with individuals, couples, and groups. I am deeply interested in the integration of spiritual practice with psychotherapy. Originally trained as an art therapist and body therapist, I respect the wisdom of the body and the creative intelligence that guides each of us toward health and wholeness. The therapy relationship that the client and I co-create over time is the ground of our work, where there is sufficient trust and safety to explore the ways that the past colors and shapes the present. I use both Somatic Experiencing and EMDR as valuable tools for working with trauma, as well as a range of other issues. I currently offer groups for midlife women in transition and for women exploring the issues of aging, using art, writing, meditation, and body awareness as well as group sharing in a supportive environment.

VIPASSANA/MEDITATION BACKGROUND
Daily meditation practice (Surat Shabd yoga and vipassana meditation), 1971-present. Facilitator, Kalyana Mitta group (Daily Life as Practice), 1994-2002.

RELEVANT CLINICAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Private practice, body therapist and somatic psychotherapist, 1970 - present. Staff facilitator, Hospice by the Bay, 2000-2009. Staff Facilitator, Spirit Rock Meditation Center,1995-2000. Clinical supervisor and trainer, Community Institute for Psychotherapy, 1989-present. Additional training and experience: Existential-Humanistic psychotherapy, guided imagery, Lomi bodywork training and apprenticeship w/ Robert Hall, MD(1970 - 71), massage certification (1971). S.F. Gestalt Institute trainee, 1969-71, Continuum Movement (1986 -1994). Other specialized trainings in working with trauma (Somatic Experiencing and EMDR), addiction recovery, codependency, child abuse/neglect, grief and loss, aging and longevity, life transitions, anxiety disorders, depression.