Education & Training includes:
 
Internal Family Systems
Certified IFS Practitioner - Level 3 Trained

• Basic IFS, Exiles, and Advanced courses (Jay Early, 2018-19)
• IFS Level 1 (Trainers: Kay Gardner & Jory Agate, IFS Institute, 2020-21)
• IFS Level 2: Deepening & Expanding (Trainers: Kay Gardner & Kathy Cox, IFS Institute, 2021)
• IFS Level 2: Addictions & Eating Disorders (Trainers: Mary Kruger & Kathy Cox, IFS Institute, 2021)
• IFS Level 2: Anxiety, Depression, & Shame (Trainers: Ann Sinko, Mike Elkin, & Galit Arad-Trutner, IFS Institute, 2024)
• IFS Level 2: Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO) - IFS for Couples & Relationships (Trainers: Ann Drouilhet & Sallie Ingle, IFS Institute, 2025) - in process
• IFS Level 3 (Trainers: Dick Schwartz, IFS Founder & Alexia Rothman, IFS Institute, 2022)
• IFS Couples Work (Dick Schwartz, IFS-CA masterclass, 2020)
• Accessing & Living From Self (Loch Kelly, IFS-CA masterclass, 2020)
• Self-Led Therapist (Osnat Arbel, Life Architect, 2020)​
• Somatic IFS Foundation Training (Susan McConnell, IFS-UK, 2021)
• Somatic IFS 7-day Retreat (Susan McConnell, Pendle Hill, 2024)
• IFS & Attachment Wounds (Osnat Arbel, Life Architect, 2021)
• IFS with Groups (Chris Burris, 2021)
• IFS & Chronic Pain (Dick Schwartz, IFS-CA masterclass, 2021)
• Befriending Difficult Protectors in IFS (Mike Elkin, Life Architect, 2022)
• Gifts of Our Exiles: Reconnecting With Our True Self (Paul Neustadt, Life Architect, 2022)
• Anxiety, Depression, & Shame (Ann Sinko & Mike Elkin, IFS-CA Masterclass, 2022)
• Transcending Trauma with IFS (Frank Anderson, Life Architect, 2022)
• Self Energy & Self-Like Parts (Pamela Krause, Life Architect, 2022)
• Direct Access - An Essential Skill (Fran Booth, Life Architect, 2022)
• The Others Within Us - Unattached Burdens & Guides - Group Consultation Series (Bob Falconer, 2023)
• Drawing Into Self - Exploring IFS Parts Work thru Intuitive Drawing:
  ~ Foundation 1 - The 1-to-1 session (Ruth Culver, April 2024)
  ~ Foundation 2 - The Conference Table (Ruth Culver, April 2024)
  ~ Foundation 3 - Exploring the Survive/Thrive Spiral (Ruth Culver, June 2024)
• IFS Skills Building Workshop Series (Seth Kopald, 2024)
• Therapeutic Relationship & Power of Presence (Paul Neustadt, Life Architect, 2024)
• On-going weekly personal IFS sessions (with Sarita Premley, Seth Kopald, or Edwina Breitzke) from 2019 til present.
• On-going weekly IFS Peer Consultation group (January 2024 to present)
• On-going monthly IFS Level 3 Peer Consultation group (2022 to present)
• Previous 1-on-1 IFS consultation (with Paul Neustadt, IFS Lead Trainer, 2022-23, and with Elina Falck, Certified Level 3 IFS Therapist & Assistant Trainer Mentee, 2022 to 2024
  
  

Somatic Trauma Resolution

• EFT for Trauma Healing - Tapping Out of Trauma (Craig Weiner & Suzanne Fageol, 2015)
• Healing Developmental Trauma - Therapy Mastermind Circle (Diane Poole Heller, 2018)
• Somatic Experiencing - Basic Principles (Somatic Experiencing International, 2019)
• Somatic Experiencing - 3 Year Professional Training (Somatic Experiencing International):
  ~ 1st year:  Beginning Modules 1-3 (Trainers: Linda Stelte & Maureen Gallagher, 2022)
  ~ 2nd year: Intermediate Modules 1-3 (Trainers: Maureen Gallagher & Shideh Lennon, 2023)
• Somatic Experiencing monthly Peer Support group (2023-2024)
• Brainspotting Phase 1 (Trainers: Pie Frey & Christine Ranck, 2021)
• Brainspotting Phase 2 (Trainer: Melanie Young, 2022)
• Brainspotting - Embodied Learning Circle for Phase 2 (Trainers: Nancy Tung & Joy Myong, 2022)
• Brainspotting - From Freeze to Thaw: Unlocking Trauma in the Body (Trainers: Mary Jane O’Rourke & Serene Calkins, 2022)
• Brainspotting - Expansion Brainspotting (Trainers:  Lisa Larson & Kelly Larson, 2022)
• Brainspotting & Parts Work (Trainers: Cherie Lindberg & Cynthia Schwartzberg, 2022)
• Brainspotting - Previous bi-weekly personal sessions (with Certified BSP Therapist & Consultant Tamara Baker, 2022 to 2025)
• Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors (Janina Fischer, PESI, 2020)
• Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) - Level 1 Basic Training (Trainer: Gordon Barclay, 2021)
• The Arc of Healing Trauma (Frank Anderson, 2022)
• Transcending Trauma with IFS (Frank Anderson, Life Architect, 2022)

Attachment Healing & Repatterning 

• Presencing Secure Attachment - Therapy Mastermind Circle (Diane Poole Heller, 2017)
• Healing Developmental Trauma - Therapy Mastermind Circle (Diane Poole Heller, 2018)
• Healing Your Attachment Wounds (Diane Poole Heller, 2019)
• Diane Poole Heller's "Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experience" (DARE) trainings:
  ~ DARE 1:  Fundamentals of Attachment Styles (Alicen Halquist & Daniel Vose, 2019)
  ~ DARE 2:  Creating Healthy Adult Relationships (Alicen Halquist & Daniel Vose, 2019)
• IFS & Attachment Wounds (Osnat Arbel, Life Architect, 2021)

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy 
Registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist (RCST / BCST)
~ 2-Year BCST Foundation training (Colorado School of Energy Studies, 1998-2000)
 Trainers:  Anna Chitty, John Chitty, & Scott Zamarut:

• Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy bodywork
• Somatic resourcing & Somatic trauma resolution (Based on Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing)
• Pre- and peri-natal birth psychology (Based on work of William Emerson & Ray Castellino)
• Polyvagal Theory
• Focusing and verbal skills for body-centered therapists

 ~ 2-Year BCST Supervision (2000-2002, Renee Rutz, RCST & BCPP)

• Twice-monthly supervised client sessions to build and enhance clinical and perceptual skills
• Weekly individual sessions for personal growth and an embodied experience of the work

 ~ "Getting In Touch - Blessing of Insecurity" advanced BCST course (Trainer: Mike Boxhall, 2006, Duncton Mill, UK)

Polarity Therapy 
Board Certified Polarity Practitioner (BCPP)
~ Associate (APP) and Advanced (RPP) Polarity trainings (Colorado School of Energy Studies, 1998):
Trainers:  Anna Chitty, John Chitty, & Scott Zamarut:

• Polarity Bodywork
• Polarity Energy Movement Exercises
• Polarity counseling and verbal skills for body-centered therapists
• Polarity Cleansing & Health Building Diet
• Somatic resourcing & Somatic trauma resolution
• Pre- and peri-natal birth psychology
• Gestalt Two-Chair Technique

Somatic Therapy 
~ Somatic Therapy Program (Heartwood Institute, 1997-98):

• Hendricks Body-Centered Therapy
• Hypnotherapy
• Hanna Somatics
• Breathwork
• Movement Healing techniques
• Body-centered verbal processing techniques
• Reichian Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Myofascial Release, Upledger Craniosacral 1 & 2

Inner Relationship Focusing 

• Level 1 & Level 2 (Ann Weiser Cornell, Focusing Resources, 2000, 2008)
• Introducing Focusing to Others (Ann Weiser Cornell, Focusing Resources, 2009)
• Introduction to Treasure Maps to the Soul (Ann Weiser Cornell & Barbara McGavin, 2005)
• One year of weekly personal Inner Relationship Focusing sessions (with Barbara McGavin, Co-creator & teacher of Inner Relationship Focusing & Treasure Maps to the Soul, 2007)
• Radical Gentleness (Ann Weiser Cornell, Focusing Resources, 2013)

 
InterPlay - "An Active Creative Path to Unlock the Wisdom of the Body"
Certified InterPlay Leader & Life Practice Program Leader

• InterPlay Untensives (Leaders: Ginny Going & Tom Henderson, Emerald Isle, NC, 2008, 2015, 2019)
• InterPlay Tools Online (Leaders: Sharie Bowman & Nancy Pfaltzgraf, 2015)
• InterPlay Life Practice Program
  ~ Secrets of InterPlay (Leaders: Cynthia Winton-Henry & Phil Porter, Kalamazoo, MI, 2008)
  ~ Secrets of InterPlay (Leaders: Terry McCarthy & Laurece West, Durham, NC, 2015)
  ~ Secrets of InterPlay (Leader: Phil Porter, Sturgis, MI, 2016)
  ~ Secrets of InterPlay (Leaders: Cynthia Winton-Henry & Phil Porter, Sturgis, MI 2018)
  ~ In-person Life Practice Program (Leaders: Linda Miller & Barbara Toshalis, Kalamazoo, MI, 2016)
• InterPlay Leadership Training Program
  ~ Secrets of Leading InterPlay (Leaders: Ginny Going & Tom Henderson, Minneapolis, MN, 2015)
  ~ InterPlay Teaching Practicum (Leaders: Lisa Liang & CC King, Cambridge, MA, 2017)
  ~ InterPlay Leadership Training Self Study (2015-2017)
  ~ Secrets of Leading InterPlay (Leaders: Phil Porter & Agnotti Cowie, Chicago, IL, 2018)
• Certified InterPlay Leader - offering events throughout Michigan & online (2016 to present)
• Founder of InterPlay communities in Ann Arbor, MI & Traverse City, MI (2016 to present)
• Organizer & Leader of Life Practice Programs (2018 to present)

Additional Training

• Emotional Freedom Technique / Meridian Tapping (with Gary Craig, Dawson Church, Jessica & Nick Ortner, and others, 2009-present)
• Matrix Reimprinting (with Stefan Gonick, 2013)
• Psychodrama (with Ed Schreiber of the Zerka T. Moreno Foundation, 2012)
• Family Constellations (with Mark Wolynn of the Family Constellation Institute, 2010)
• Inner Bonding (2009)
• Reference Point Therapy (2009)
• Rosen Method:
  ~ 3-day Introduction to the Rosen Method (Connecticut, 1996)
  ~ 7-day Intensive (Marco Island, Florida, 1996)
  ~ 7-day Intensive (La Madera, NM, 1997)
• The Inanna Workshop - Reclaiming Lost Aspects of Self - Transformational Theatre workshop with Voices of the Earth (Leslie Ayvazian, Olympia Dukakis, Joan MacIntosh, & Remi Messenger, Omega Institute, 1994)

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