Master’s Level Clinician
Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor
Certified Qualified Mental Health Professional
Othmer Method Certified Neurofeedback Practitioner
Othmer Method Professional Mentor
Certified Holistic Nutrition Specialist

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I am a master’s trained mental health & wellness professional who is passionate about bringing forth the inner resources and individual gifts of my clients. I see myself as an educator, personal and professional coach for youth and adults, and a mentor to other Helping Professionals.  My work focuses on bringing out the best in each individual, promoting whole health & human resilience, along with an understanding and philosophy of living that fosters fulfillment and harmony across all aspects of life. I am 100% committed to assisting people in navigating their life experiences, honoring multiple paths, and  allowing for deep healing, growth and evolution of Mind, Body and Spirit.

I have more than 25 years of professional experience and understand addiction & mental health treatment, human relations, the brain and neuroscience, nutrition and fitness, the demands of business, the rigor of being a helping profession, and the art of leadership. I have extensive experience working with clients who experience mood instabilities and emotional regulation challenges, focus and performance obstacles, as well as compulsive behaviors and sleep disturbances.  My graduate training was in child and adolescent psychology and much of my professional career has been dedicated to working with abused children and emotionally troubled adolescents and their families. I am inspired to bring out the health and creative potential in my clients and over the years have developed programs to joyfully engage with them through recreation, art, music, dance, and experiential therapy.

I love working with entrepreneurs to launch programs that are aligned with their life mission.  I have enjoyed developing innovative health & human spirit promoting programs for businesses and organizations since 1995. I have custom designed programs and retreats for mental health & addiction professionals, educators, physicians, nurses, health coaches, community based human service agencies, corporations and individuals. I have successfully led Management Teams and their employees through organizational restructuring, and have facilitated change processes for health care institutions, environmental engineering firms, treatment centers, investment firms, and other small businesses and mid size corporations.

What I love most as the founder and lead practitioner in my business, is combining all of my professional training and experience in Human Relations, Organizational Psychology, Biology, Neuroscience, and Energy Medicine with my intuition, compassion, and desire for creative expression. My counseling, coaching and consultation style is candid and direct, yet gentle and playful.

I have a Master of Arts Degree in Counseling Psychology, and I am a Master’s Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Certified & Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP-C).  My interest in Mind / Body Medicine led me to pursue training in multiple healing modalities including Holistic Nutrition,  Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, Intuitive Shamanic Counseling, and EEG Biofeedback /Neurofeedback.  Since 2008 my programs and practice focus on helping people become better “self-regulators”.  This means being empowered to monitor, modify and manage all aspects of being human in regards to mental, emotional, social and behavioral function.  In my office I primarily focus on the clinical and peak performance applications of Neurofeedback with youth and adults. My online business focuses on educational programs for individuals and health professionals who want to build their “resilience muscle’.

I have presented at the EEG Info Advanced Clinical Summits and in 2019, I joined the teaching team at the EEG Institute where I facilitate their Introductory Course in Neurofeedback and provide professional consultation and mentoring to Neurofeedback Practitioners across the globe.   Additionally, in 2013/2014 while pregnant with my daughter, I completed a certification in Holistic Nutrition to add to my addiction, mental health, neurofeedback and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) certificates. These methods combined, allow for lots of options when finding the right protocols & approach to supporting and enhancing health, well being, and success within all the clients I serve.

In 2020, I launched Awakening Whole Brain Wisdom Online Programs to serve the growing needs outside my local community.  The focus is on assisting both clients & helping professionals who need effective tools for addressing stress related mental health symptoms and nervous system dysregulation. Each of my programs have applications to individuals recovering from developmental trauma, as well as persons who have been enduring states of chronic distress and high arousal, activating the Fight or Flight mechanism.

One of my passions is supporting medical, mental health and other helping professionals who want to themselves be better self regulated so they can prevent compassion fatigue & vicarious traumatization, and better assist their clients in healing and regulating the nervous system.  I’ve found that applying brain based strategies to promote self regulation allow clients to more fully participate in other therapies and better receive the benefits. All of my programs combine cutting edge neuroscience with practical, natural remedies and the timeless wisdom of the ages. Program participants move beyond emotional overload to finding resolve from their painful pasts, and learning strategies that actually change the way their brain is wired.

Want to know why I do what I do?  Because I’ve walked a day in those shoes of feeling like my brain had a mind of its own. I knows what it feels like to  be locked in to emergency mode – – struggling to manage stress, feeling overwhelmed & “too sensitive”.  I know the struggle of balancing the demands of home and professional life.  I gets it about how hard it is to prioritize your Self, when you are a parent, and a helping professional.  I know what burnout feels like and I know how to prevent it.

I’ve dedicated my career to sharing what I’ve learned about the principles that underlie human psychology and why knowing how to navigate the ins and outs of a dysregulated nervous system is essential in creating lasting change.  This is why I offer some of the most practical, DIY strategies to you, so you can build your own roadmap to sustainable mental and emotional health.

Contact me at support@theselfhealedmind.com or (503) 757-9557.