About Me
I am a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist in Portland, Oregon. My practice integrates craniosacral therapy and energy healing to cultivate vitality and resilience, decrease stress, and relieve pain and discomfort.
I have been a holistic practitioner since 1998, supporting clients through: stress, trauma, recovery from accidents, musculoskeletal issues (including whiplash and TMJ), post-surgery, pregnancy/birth/postpartum, menopause, acute and chronic pain, chronic illness (cancer, HIV, autoimmune illness, GI issues), recovery from addiction, emotional challenges, professional burnout, loss and grief, and end of life.
I bring a breadth and depth of experience and skills in the healing arts to create a supportive, collaborative relationship, and to help you find your way through challenging places. My philosophy and approach are person-centered and resource-based. You are the expert on your own life and how it has shaped you. Your body knows everything it has experienced, how it is holding that for you until you have the necessary resources, including time, space, and support, and how best to resolve each layer.
Experience, Training, and Education:
- Registered Craniosacral Therapist (RCST®) through the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America, following completion of a 2 year/700 hour certification program through Lifeshapes Institute
- Releasing the Shock to the Waters: A Biodynamic Visceral Course for Long Haul Syndromes, Carey Benenson Taussig, DO
- Working with Mothers, Babies, and Small Children advanced training with Myrna Martin
- Certified childbirth educator and labor support doula, providing education and support for birthing families for 12 years
- Reiki Master/Teacher since 1998.
- Practitioner in the Hoag Hospital Cancer Center Reiki program in Newport Beach, CA for 7 years.
- Community service pro bono sessions for low-income pregnant women, houseless veterans on Skid Row, young adults in recovery, folks living with HIV/AIDS, nursing home residents, and hospice
- More than 1500 hours of training and practicum in the healing arts, including Energy Healing, Dream Work, Somatic Practice and Ancestral Healing, and 28 years in private practice
- BA Sociology, MA Clinical Psychology, Certified Hypnotherapist
- Counseling, community-based social work, and non-profit program management
Influences & Inspirations
- The Wisdom of the Body
- Childbirth
- Dance
- Continuum Movement
- Experiential Anatomy
- Depth Psychology & Dreamtime
- Liminal Spaces
- The Imaginal World
- Process Work
- Family Constellation Work
- Eco Psychology
- Narrative Therapy