Training and Credentials

Background, training, and year of training:

  • Masters in Public Health (MPH) 1977, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
  • 12 year study, practice in acupressure, and teaching tai chi and meditation
  • Graduate, Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) and certified health coach 2010.
  • Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) 2010.
  • Reiki Master in the Usui tradition 2010.
  • Myofascial Release Massage;  Certified with Howard Rontal, LMT 2011, reviewed in 2018.  Trained with John Barnes PT in 2019.
  • Integrative Reflexology with Claire Mare Miller LMT 2011, 2012, 2016.
  • Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) 2014.
  • Alchemical Alignment with Brigit Visknins, LMT, SEP, RCST, ongoing study since 2013. STILL LOVING IT even now in 2023.  Including 2 trainings in Birth Dynamics!!!!!
  • Biodynamic CranioSacral Therapy (BCST®) with Roger Gilchrest and Mimi Ikle-Khalsa 2016, 2017.
  • Singing Bowls/ Sound Massage training with Peter Hess, 2017, 2018.
  • Behind the Smile with Katherine Ukleja, 2019.
  • Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal (PPN) Dynamics with Kate White MA BCBMT RSCT CEIM SEP. 2020, 2021, 2022.
  • Akashic Record reading, 2020.
  • Relationship Development, Rupture and Repair: a Somatic Developmental Perspective with Dave Berger, PhD SEP and Abi Blakeslee, PhD SEP. 2022
  • Breath, Body and Sound, with Tracey Moon, LMBT Cultivating Inner Stillness. 2022.
  • Bodywork for Depression and Anxiety with Tracey Moon, LMBT, 2023.
  • Peace with Self, Peace with Food, Galina Denzel, SEP, 2023 – 2024. (Note, This is a training for myself rather than for my practitioner self.)
  • Body-Based Breathwork, with Tracey Moon, 2024, to develop myself as a facilitator of Breathwork

ABMP_expect_name_colorI have belonged to the AMBP (Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals) since my licensure in 2010.