I offer counseling, training, workshops, and mediation, all designed to engage people in the skills of creating authentic peace and justice. I offer my services in the San Francisco Bay Area, and beyond.
My primary interest is the healing application of empathy and Compassionate Communication.
For Individuals:
- Personal Counseling: Healing empathy in a natural neutral setting in Marin County or by phone/Skype/Zoom.
- Conflict Resolution from One Side: Counseling for peace within you if you are involved in a conflict
- Mediation Services for both parties in a conflict
- Mentoring for peacemaking practitioners
For Groups:
Facilitation:
- Group facilitation for inclusive and efficient decisionmaking
- Restorative Circles: a process to return to trust and community after a break
- Sacred Conversation: guided conversation and dialog to build group relationship using the skills of empathy
Workshops (teaching and practice):
- How to Forgive: Releasing an Enemy Image of Another Human Being
- How to Repair a Relationship when a Break has Occurred
- Introduction to Compassionate Communication (2-4 hours, one-time)
- Exploring Compassionate Communication (1-4 days)
- A Study of Love as a Universal Need
- Self-Connection and Respect through Mindfulness and Empathy
- Solving World Conflicts Clinics (ongoing, rotating participation; 2-4 hours)
- Empathy – How To (1-4 days)
Vision:
- Life is sacred and full of wonder. Life speaks to us and through us in every moment. Connection to ourselves, to others, and to the natural world creates and protects peace and justice, because it allows us to respond to the needs of life. Connection is possible in any moment and in any setting. We can learn the skills and awareness of connection no matter who or where we are. These skills allow us to create a world where each of us matters, and we can work together to allow life to thrive in all its diverse beauty.
Training:
- Certification Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker, CA LCSW #25061
- Regenerative Design and Nature Awareness Mentoring Program at the Regenerative Design Institute, Bolinas, CA (8-Shields Cultural Repair Model)
- Masters of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, CA
- BA in Psychology, Santa Clara University, CA
Current Work:
- Clinical Healthy Lifestyle Counselor at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco
- Motivational Interviewing Counseling Skills Trainer, Kaiser Permanente Northern CA
- Private 1:1 and Group Counseling, Consultation, and Mediation
- Co-Host, Talk It Out Radio, KPFA 94.1 FM, Berkeley, CA Sundays 7-8 pm
Practices:
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Honesty and Empathy
- Gratitude
- Play
- Silence