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Education

Chemeketa Community College

• Associate Degree Science, graduation 1983.
  Oregon Registered Nurse, (Ret.)

Marylhurst University

• Bachelor of Art and Psychology, graduation 1993
  
• One year of graduate study in Art Therapy

Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (ITP)

• Master's of Arts in Transpersonal Studies, graduation 1997.
  Focus in transpersonal psychology, religious studies, mind-body consciousness

Certifications The Uses of Imagery in Medicine (one year) By Jeanne Achterberg Ph.D. and Frank Lawlis Ph.D. Wellness Counseling and Mind Body Consciousness (one year) Designed for ITP by Drs. Lawlis and Achterberg Interactive Guided Imagery (13 hrs) By The Academy for Guided Imagery Nurses Certificate Program in Interactive Imagery (one year) By Terry Miller, RN, MS and Susan Ezra, RN Holistic Nursing (one year) By the American Holistic Nurses Association Tarot Counseling (three years) By Christine Payne-Towler Clinical Aromatherapy By RJ Buckle Asso.

Past & Present Associations

• International Academy of Nursing Editors

• American Tarot Association

• American Holistic Nurses Association

• Oregon Holistic Nurses Association

• Association of Transpersonal Psychology

• Spiritual Emergence Network

• Integrative Mental Health Care of Oregon

Employment

Workshops and Speaking Engagements
6-96 to present.

Description: As a transpersonal counselor, I offer classes and presentations on the healing arts that I have used for many years. These healing arts include guided imagery, energy work, meditation, expressive arts, Tarot, dream interpretation and mind-body consciousness.

Past employment and volunteer duties

• Jefferson Historical Society & Museum, Past Chair of design committee
• Oregon Holistic Nurses Association, Founding Director
• Alternative Journal of Nursing, Past Editor