I am a licensed professional counselor and a registered art psychotherapist, using traditional psychotherapy, transpersonal psychology, as well as art therapy, dreamwork and elements of ritual in my counseling with adolescents and adults.
With a deep respect for ritual and after years of experience being in many different kinds of ceremony, it is a passion of mine to assist others in creating their own unique rituals to help make meaning at necessary times in their lives.
As a lifetime avid dreamer, I bring my love of dreamwork to my work with clients, as a way to connect with our deepest selves.
After 6 years working with grieving children, teens, adults and patients at hospice, I bring in-depth knowledge of grief and loss to my work with people from all walks of life who are moving through any of life's many transitions.
Some of my specialties include:
~LGBT community
~Self-esteem
~Spiritual Development
~Creative Blocks
~Dreamwork
~Anxiety/Fears
~Life Transitions
~Illness
~Infertility
~Pregnancy
~Post Partum
~Anticipatory Grief
~Grief/Loss
~End of Life
Education/Trainings/Experiences:
~BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois - 1997
~MA, Transpersonal Counseling Psychology and Art Therapy, Naropa University, CO – 2005
~Children and Grief Training with Alan Wolfelt, CO – 2007
~Holotropic Breathwork Workshops 2006 - 2007
~Soulcraft Journey, Animas Valley Institute – 2007
~Reiki I & II – 2009
~Shamanic Journeying Workshop with Renna Shesho – 2011
~Peruvian Shamanism Workshop with Don Oscar Miro-Qusada – 2011
~Pachakuti Mesa Tradition Part I & II - with Gary Caudill and Paula Givan - 2011
~Soulcentric Dreamwork Training - with Bill Plotkin and Geneen Maria Haugen 2014
~Frontrange Soulcraft Gatherings through Wild Heart Center with Gene Dilworth - 2014 - 2015
~Courting Your Medicine Ceremony/Training/Rite of Passage- with Sweigh Spilkin and Katie Asmus 2017
~Medicine Mandala plant spirit Apprenticeship and Green Magic initiatory intensive with Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman of Active Culture Family and Bridge Temple at Elder Farm, CA 2019