About Me

• Full-time private practice since 1990.
• Graduate School Faculty since 1987:
  • John F. Kennedy University, Transpersonal Psychology.
  • California Institute of Integral Studies, Counseling Psychology.
• Supervision and Consultation since 1993:
  • Clinical supervision of interns and trainees.
  • Consultation for writers (see below).
  • Mindfulness training.
• Internship in Counseling Psychology, 1988-1990
  • Mills College, Counseling & Psychological Services Center.

Education

• M.A. Clinical Psychology, John F. Kennedy University
• B.A. English, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Certification

• Training in the Treatment of Trauma, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute.
• Registered Artist-Therapist, American Expressive Arts Therapy Association.
• Supervisory Study Program, The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley.
• Mediation Training, Lemmon Mediation Institute.
• Life Coach, Franklin-Covey Institute.
• Foundations of Buddhist Thought, Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London.
• Advanced Yoga Studies Program, The Yoga Room, Berkeley.
• Moksha Yoga Shala Advanced Yoga Studies Program.

Licensure

• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners, 1990. License # MFT27514

Selected Publications*

• One Continuous Mistake: Four Noble Truths for Writers. Penguin, 1999.
• The Intuitive Writer: Listening to Your Own Voice. Penguin, 2002.
• Writing the Fire: Yoga and the Art of Making Your Words Come Alive. Random House/Bell Tower, 2006.