I was drawn to the field of psychology and the inner life from a young age, although for most of my professional career I’ve worked as a fine artist – as a painter and teacher.  I’ve had a robust career, exhibiting in galleries throughout the United States and internationally, and teaching hundreds of students throughout the years.  Later in life I turned to explore and practice my early passion for the inner life and to help people heal and arrive at their own innate wholeness and well-being.  I still practice as an artist, and to some extent as a painting teacher, even as my path has led me to engage more fully as an awareness coach and facilitator. 

My life journey has led me through in-depth personal experience with psychoanalysis, Bioenergetics – a groundbreaking form of somatic-informed psychotherapy, and training in a neuroscience-based Three-Step Practice which reestablishes healthy emotional brain functioning.  Having experience in traditional modes of psychotherapy, body-based trauma work, and therapeutic practices based on current neurological models and research, I bring to the coaching relationship a well-rounded sense of whoever I’m working with as a full, multi-dimensional person.

In addition to my background in art and in psychology, since young I’ve engaged in some form of mindfulness practice, such as meditation, and have more recently pursued an ongoing, deepening understanding of awareness within a non-dual context.  This experiential relationship with awareness informs my work as a coach and facilitator.

I carry a deep belief in every person’s innate capacity for healing, growth and fulfillment.

My work as a coach and facilitator is informed by the Internal Family Systems Model developed by Richard Schwartz, Life Relational Therapy developed by Terrence Real, the Three-Step Practice developed by Timothy Stokes, Bioenergetics developed by Alexander Lowen, and the non-dual teachings of Rupert Spira.