Professional Services
Introduction
As
a practitioner in Somatic Trauma Therapy--sometimes called bodymind
therapy--I offer a broad menu of skills, listed below, designed to
resolve the effects of trauma, loss, fear, injury and pain and
restore your full authentic capacity. Together we will
personalize your treatment program to fit your specific
goals. Using your body awareness, we "log-on" to
your dormant strengths and resources to relieve the discomfort in
both body and mind and gently retrieve your natural
wellness. Some of these essential tools include:
Somatic
Experiencing®
Somatic
Experiencing works mentally and physically. It is gentle,
non-threatening and very effective in replacing old limitations
with healthy shifts in awareness. These new bodymind
connections free up restrictive patterns in thinking and
functioning. Relationships, coping skills, negative
thoughts, self-esteem, anxiety, depression and many other issues
respond well to SE.
As
a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, I use this
state-of-the-art therapy for resolving the physical, emotional and
spiritual leftovers of trauma that may hinder our daily life, even
if the trauma happened a long time ago. Pioneered by Peter
Levine, Ph.D., author of Waking the Tiger, SE goes beneath the
thinking mind to the deeper, sensory/feelings mind and reawakens
our healthy, instinctive responses to threat, fear, loss,
shock--the various contributors to trauma--so that we're no longer
a victim.
CranioSacral
Therapy
CST
is effective for pain, injury, post-surgery, learning problems,
emotional issues, migraine, sinusitis, immune problems, chronic fatigue,
fibromyalia, disorders of the muscular, skeletal and nervous
systems, connective and scar tissue problems, TMJ pain, tinnitus,
chronic pain, poor mobility, scoliosis, infantile disorders,
autism, and hearing and vision problems.
I
am an Advanced CST Practitioner, working with either physical or
mental issues or both. CST is a light, hands-on technique in
which the craniosacral system--the skull, brain, neurological
membranes, spinal fluid, vertebrae, sacrum and nerve roots--is
allowed to discharge, tension, pain, dysfunction and reset itself
with greater balance.
Medical
QiGong
Medical
QiGong is another gentle, yet effective way to help the body and
mind become more balanced, reconnect our interdependent organs and
attitudes and restore health. As a medical QiGong
practitioner, I use breathing, movement and imagery to enhance the
special needs of a client. Just as an MRI detects the state
of organs and tissue groups, medical QIGong helps clarify and
treat some underlying and accompanying conditions of old traumas,
such as enabling injured tissue to discharge pain.
Applications for medical QiGong are endless and it's very
compatible with other therapeutics.
A
graduate of Beijing's International Medical QiGong Institute,
I work with the bioenergy of good health. QiGong, the
predecessor of acupuncture, is over 5,000 years old. Qi
means life force energy and Gong means practice or ability.
Professional
Life Coach
Anyone
who wants to change their life will benefit from having a life
coach. I hold several certificates from the College of
Executive Coaching and see coaching as an action oriented,
step-by-step process that enables you to discover your hidden
talents, increase your strengths, deal honestly with resistance,
both internal and external and ultimately arrive at your chosen
goal. You choose your professional, personal, relational,
emotional, spiritual goals and take real-world steps each week
with my encouragement and guidance.
Because
sessions are conducted on the phone, 30-40 minute each week for at
least three months, clients can live anywhere. The tax-deductible
fee is paid monthly in advance. Each week we
pursue a phase of the goal and assess your progress. As your
coach, I help you stay on track, overcome hurdles and achieve
outstanding results.
Educator
Since
1990, I have been associated with several learning centers, namely
The National Holistic Institute, formerly The Touch Therapy Institute in Encino, CA, Pierce College in
Woodland Hills, CA and The Foundation for Human Enrichment, faculty assistant since 2001 for Somatic Experiencing® trainings.
Whether
introducing students to the types and benefits of bodywork, the
relationship of the cognitive and intuitive minds or the
physiology of trauma, my aim is to help people expand their vision
and activate their authentic selves. Rather than think
outside the box, it's empowering to think and feel in new ways
that make our box bigger. This gives us more capacity for
balance and authenticity, actualizing our untapped gifts on a
daily basis.
