Dutch Red Cross, Amsterdam, 2022
Advanced First Aid Certificate

Barral Institute, Czech Republic, Prague 2022·       
Neural Manipulation I + II, Pierre Vey, DO, 64-hours   

Neuroscience and the Frontiers of Trauma, 2021·       
A Dialog with Bessel van der Kolk, Bessel van der Kolk, 4-week Live Online Course 

Codarts Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL, 2021

• Master of Arts Therapies Introduction to Music Therapy, varied professors, 21-hours

​Fascial Maneuvers, Vancouver, BC, 2021

• Essential Fascial Maneuvers Coaching Level I, Garry Lineham, 24-hrs.

​Milne Institute, Big Sur, California, 2006-2007

• Visionary Craniosacral Work I – IV, Hugh Milne, 128-hrs.

 
​Upledger Institute, Palm Gardens, Florida, 1996-2002

• CranioSacral Therapy, I – Alix McLaughlin, 30-hrs.
• CranioSacral Therapy, II – Judith Bradley, 30-hrs.
• SomatoEmotional Release Therapy, I – Suzanne Scurlock Durana, 30-hrs.
• SomatoEmotional Release Therapy, II – Susan Pinto, 30-hrs.
• Visceral Manipulation, 1A – Frank Lowen, 30-hrs.
• Core Zero Balancing, I + II, Fritz Smith, 26-hrs.

​Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California, 1990-1992
Massage and bodywork:

• Esalen Institute Advanced Massage Studies In-house Certification Program, 36-hrs.
• Sports Massage: Keeping the Players Playing, John Harris + Sherry Galloway, 26-hrs.
• Healing Without Medicines: Qigong and the Medical Knowledge of Yin-Style Bagua, Andrew Nugent-Head and Zie Peiqui, 26-hrs.Craniosacral Therapy: Healing from The Core: Suzanne Scurlock Durana & Carlos Durana, In-house Visiting Teacher Program

Cross Cultural Music, Healing and Movement Therapies:

• Language of the Drums: African Percussion, Chanting & Dance, Babatunde Olatunji, 26-hrs. x 
• Believe I’ll Sing: Singing in the African American Tradition, Ysaye Barnwell, 26-hrs. x 2
• Singing and storytelling, Joan Baez, In-house Visiting Teacher Program
• Improvisational Being, Nina Wise, 10-hrs.
• The Max: Stretching the Limits of Your Self-Expression, Paula Shaw, 26-hrs.
• The Healing Power of Theatre, Jean-Claude van Italie, 26-hrs.
• Chi Gung: Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body, Bruce Kumar Frantzis, 10-hrs.
• From Buddhism to Baking, Edward Espe Brown, 6-hrs.
• Tao of Softball, Jeff Mcay, spring training 1996 + 1997

 
Somatic Psychology/Communication Skills:

• Practical Intuition, Laura Day, 20-hrs.
• Energy Balancing, Sara Chapin, 4-hrs.
• Conscious Loving: A Body-Centered Approach to Relationship Transformation, Hendricks 10-hrs.
• Gestalt Group Process, John Heider, 34-hrs.
• Gestalt Group Process, Chris Price, 12-hrs.
• Gestalt Group Process, Will Schutz, 18-hrs.
• Gestalt Group Process, Robert Hall, 32-hrs.
• Gestalt Group Process, Gordon Wheeler, 10-hrs.
• Gestalt Women’s Group Process, Dorothy Charles, In-house Extended Student Elective
• Shamanism and Entheogens, Terence McKenna, In-house Visiting Teacher Program
• Workstudy - Gestalt Group Process, Seymour Carter, 60-hrs.
• Workstudy - Reichian Methods, Mary Goldenson, 60-hrs.
• Workstudy - Interpersonal Process, Dovid Schiffman, 60-hrs.

 
Business Skills & Ethics:

• Business practice, 10-hrs.
• Ethics, 5-hrs.

 
Integral Art of Massage, San Francisco, California, 170-hrs, 1994
Certified Massage Therapist
 
SafeSERVE Food Handling Management Level Certification, Reno, Nevada, 2008
 
Professional Affiliations
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 2004 - Present 
Writers Guild of America West, 2011 – Present
International Association of Health Care Practitioners, 1992 – Present 

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