I discovered this work in 2012, after doing years of talk therapy. The therapy I had done often felt supportive and illuminating, but it didn’t give me the tools to actually transform my life. I felt stuck, helplessly watching myself repeat the same old unhelpful patterns, over and over and over. I felt like I understood the ‘why’ but felt powerless to effect meaningful lasting change. Working with my beloved mentor JoAnn Lovascio, (who was then my practitioner) I was able to quickly penetrate decades of conditioning to access the memories and childish distortions that kept the patterns entrenched. Core Energetics changed my life.

I began training as a Practitioner at the Institute for Core Energetics in 2021, and I am now in my fourth and final year of formal training. I have also studied (and benefited greatly) from the C-PTSD model, especially as set forth by Pete Walker. I have additional extensive experience in a number of meditation models, and I spent two years living at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, NM.