BIO
My interest is the integration of Eastern, particularly Buddhist, psychology and Western psychology. I'm convinced that a healthy, secure self can more easily let go of and work through suffering, opening to experiences of happiness and freedom. I see the middle path as one that weaves itself back and forth between these two different views and approaches. All my work reflects this vision.
I am a life-long student as well as teacher and practitioner of psychotherapy, bodywork, meditation, and Buddhist philosophy. My formal education includes a BA in psychology from the University of Michigan (1973), an MA in physiological psychology and neuroscience from the University of Florida (1978), and an MA in counseling psychology from Antioch University West (1983) in Santa Barbara, CA.
Over the years I have trained in and studied numerous healing modalities and techniques that have gradually integrated themselves into my work with people. The interdependence of mind/body/spirit has been a thread throughout. I am licensed in massage therapy and certified in Rosen Method Bodywork and, most recently, in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. I am the first therapist in New Mexico certified in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) which has greatly informed my understanding of how to facilitate healing, growth, and change.
My meditation and spiritual practice is the foundation upon which all else rests. I began meditating daily in 1988 and continue to this day. Through it I have developed a capacity to be with myself and others that has proven to be invaluable. I have studied with many teachers, most in the Vipassana tradition. I was in teacher training with Jason Siff of the Skillful Meditation Project from 2005-2007. I taught inmates in New Mexico prisons with Heart Mountain Prison Project from 2003-2006 and was president of the Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha from 2003-2005. I currently lead a small weekly meditation group in Santa Fe.