Additional Training and Accountability
Being accountable to the web of people and places I interact with is critical. My additional training supports this process and keeps me current in counseling and coaching work:
• Natural Transitions and related organizations in Boulder County. Four years of volunteer work supporting holistic and green approaches to grief and the end of life.
• Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence. One-year practicum and internship included 40-hour paraprofessional anti-violence training for crisis intervention, and 40+ hours of additional trainings on social and cultural topics, group work, and advocacy.
• Education for Racial Equity. 80 hours of participation, including trainings, Community Consultations, and small group work. I also received one-to-one coaching.
• Embody Lab. Reclaiming Pleasure: Embodied Joy in Trauma Recovery and Social Change. For changemakers to learn tools to not only effect change in others, but to sustain their bodies and spirits in the work.
• Cascadia Training. Being Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical World: Strengths-based training, exploring neurodivergence. Centering lived experiences of neurodivergent folks. Focus on Autistic and ADHDer experiences.
• Northpoint Recovery. Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for addiction recovery. Northpoint addresses substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions using a holistic approach.
• National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). I worked at NCAR for seven years where I learned with and from scientists, and co-taught workshops related to climate change and emotional resilience.
• Right Use of Power Institute, Boulder Colorado. Core training: Dynamic, inspiring, and relational approaches to the ethical use of professional and personal power.
• Faculty of Astrological Studies, London. Foundations course: I list this here for potential clients who orient to astrology as a way of knowing, and who are looking for a counselor or coach who has a basic understanding of this framework.
• Spirit is Calling and additional BPI (Berkeley Psychic Institute) based training: Foundations course in meditation, and over 2 years of private mentorship in clairvoyant healing. Exploring overlaps between energy work and neuroscience.