I am a Somatic Psychotherapist in private practice in Berkeley and San Francisco. I am also Adjunct Faculty in the Somatics program at the California Institute for Integral Studies, Clinical Supervisor for the Center for Somatic Psychotherapy in San Francisco, and a consultant to clinicians and social service agencies throughout the Bay Area. Many years of personal and professional studies with the founder of Formative Psychology®, Stanley Keleman, are deepening my understanding of Formative Principles, providing the primary frame for my work. I have also been practicing the art of Aikido for over 20 years, a practice that informs how I understand transition, growth and relationships.
Professional Experience
2002 to present | Psychotherapy Private Practice, San Francisco and Berkeley |
2004 to 2013 | Consultant and Supervisor, Hamilton Family Center, San Francisco |
2004 to 2013 | Clinic Manager, Center for Somatic Psychotherapy, San Francisco |
2007 to 2010 | Adjunct Faculty, California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco |
1996 to 2006 | Program Director, Raphael House, San Francisco |
1990 to 1995 | Supervisor, Family Therapist, Milieu Therapist, Adolescent Intensive Residential Services, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco |
1991 to 1992 | Director of Services, Healing Center for Survivors of Political Torture, San Francisco |
1987 to 1989 | Supervising Counselor, Children’s Home Society, San Francisco |
Workshops and Presentations
- Somatic Assessment and Diagnosis – Center for Somatic Psychotherapy – 2009, 2012
- Effort Based Support: Re-orienting Social Services Toward Staff and Client Empowerment – Hamilton Family Center – 2012 – 2013
- Somatic Interventions – Center for Somatic Psychotherapy – 2012
- Transference from a Formative Perspective – Center for Somatic Psychotherapy – 2008, 2012
- Somatic Psychotherapy with Couples – California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) – 2010 – 2013
- How Clients Learn – Center for Somatic Psychotherapy – 2012
- Making Boundaries – Hamilton Family Center – 2011
- Holding Your Ground – Center for Somatic Psychotherapy – 2011
- Somatic Work with Couples – Center for Somatic Psychotherapy – 2011
- Embodying Emotion – San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center (SFCAPC) – Talk Line, 2009 – 2011
- What Bodies Do – Center for Somatic Psychotherapy – 2010
- How to Use Supervision – Center for Somatic Psychotherapy – 2006, 2010
- A Working Body: All Staff Retreat – Hamilton Family Center – 2010
- Evolution and Somatic Psychotherapy – Center for Somatic Psychotherapy – July thru September, 2009
- Working with Child Protective Services – Hamilton Family Center – 2008
- Being Street Safe – Center for Somatic Psychotherapy – 2008
- How to Ask Difficult Questions – Hamilton Family Center – 2008
3-day Workshops Co-led with Sonja Sutherland
Tahoe Somatic Retreats, Lake Tahoe, CA
- The Spirals of Life and Living: Engaging in a Personal Journey through Dimensions of Moving – May 2012
- Coming Home: Generating a Personal Dimension – October 2012
- Fulfilling our Potential: Making and Managing Waves to Form a Personal World – May 2011
- The Dance of Human Evolution: – Joining the Voluntary and Involuntary in the Pulse of Life – October 2011
- Center, Gravity, Center of Gravity: Aligning with Universal Principles, Forming a Personal World – May 2010
- Contact & Pressure: Exploring the Dynamic of Personal and Interpersonal Relationships – October 2010
- Space, Time and Living Life Fully – October 2009
- Somatic Dialogues: Pushing Limits, Filling Capacity: Appetite and Desire – May 2009
- Power, Integrity and Personal Authority – May 2008
- Somatic Dialogues: Forming Our Futures – October 2008
- Renew, Refine, Transform: Deepening, Shifting, Shaping How We Form Our Practices – October 2007
- Opening Vision: Exploring Vision and Insight in Movement & Relationships – May 2006
- Closeness and Distance: Exploring Our Relationships to the Space Around and Within Us – October 2006
- Reaching In, Reaching Out : Deepening Experience and Expression – May 2005
- Echoes of Being: Listening Deeply, Relating to Our Experience of Ourselves, Others and the World – September 2005
Education
1991 MA Clinical Psychology, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio
1983 BA Economics/Psychology, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA
Additional Education
- Dreams and the Body Workshop – Stanley Keleman, 2007 – 2013
- Taking Charge of Your Life Workshop – Stanley Keleman, 2005 – 2013
- Professional Group Meetings – Center for Energetic Studies, Stanley Keleman, 2008 – 2013
- Retreat for Somatic Practice – Stanley Keleman, 2008 – 2013
- Foundations of Clinical Supervision
- Supervision: Advanced Topics, Ethics and Law
- Supervision Specific to Social Work
- Law, Ethics and Supervision: The Use of Authority
- HIPAA Made Friendly: Law, Ethics and How to Become Compliant
- Touch in Psychotherapy: Advanced Standard of Care, Ethical and Clinical Explorations
- Body Process, Psychotherapy and Nervous System Energy Work, Jim Kepner, 2006
- Dual Relationships
- Fees in Psychotherapy: Clinical, Ethical and Management Considerations
- Clinical Supervision: Obstacles to Learning and Teaching
- HIV/AIDS
- Spousal and Partner Abuse
Professional Memberships and Associations
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
Aikido World Association
Center for Energetic Studies – Professional Group
Personal Interests/Hobbies
Aikido
Sports Training and Coaching
Travel
Gardening