Background & History

Colleges, Universities & Continuing Education

• Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Portland, OR (Sept. 2005 - current)
• Masters of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
• Acupuncture, Shiatsu, Chinese Herbology and Qigong
• American Horticultural Therapy Association annual conference (2004)
• University of New Hampshire Counseling Conference (2001)
• NH Division for Children, Youth and Families conferences (2000 - 2001)
• The Use of Self in Human Services
• Communication Skills in Juvenile Justice
• Coping with Violence
• Working with Families with Mental Health Issues
• University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (1995 - 1999, 2003)
• Bachelor of Arts, Psychology/English
• Intense study on Women & Aging (Masters level social work)

Alternative Medicine

• Reiki/Shamballa
• Level I (Claudia Lynch, 2002)
• Level II (Aru'vah Ferrill, 2002)
• Shamballa I-IV (Claudia Lynch, 2004)
• Herbalism
• Rosemary Gladstar's Art & Science of Herbology (present)
• Plant Spirit Medicine with Scott Kloos (2007)
• Practitioner Days with Herbalist Margi Flint (2004)
• American Herbalist Guild Annual Conference (2004)
• Green Nations Gathering (2004)
• Animal Medicine with Herbalist Matthew Wood (2003)
• Women's Herbal Conference (2002)
• Aromatherapy
• Essential Oils for Emotional Disorders with Peter Holmes, L.Ac, M.H. (2007)
• Using Essential Oils in Chinese Medicine (2006)
• Foundations in Aromatherapy with Linn Stilwell (2003)
• Flower Essences
• Plant Spirit Medicine with Lucinda Babin (2004)
• Bach Flower Essence I, II and III (2003 - 2004)
• Flower Essence Society - Member since 2007
• Meditation
• Sahaja Yoga Meditation with Kathy White (2005)
• Dreams
• The Dream Workshop with Judith Scharff, PhD (2003)