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Formal Education & Professional Licenses

  • BA, Humanistic Studies, Minor, Social Work, St Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, 1980

  • MS, MFT, Seattle Pacific University / Presbyterian Counseling Service’s two year,
    Post-Graduate Marriage and Family Clinical Training Program, 1986

  • WA State Marriage and Family Therapist Licensure # LF00001340

  • Washington State Massage License, LMT # MA60110930

  • Arizona Marriage and Family Therapist Licensure, # LMFT10077

  • Arizona State Massage License # MT15319

Additional Professional Trainings, Licenses, & Certifications

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  • From the mid-80s through the mid-90s, Kathleen pursued Advanced Trainings in Systemic Marriage and Family Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Gestalt Theory, Narrative Therapy, Voice Dialogue Work, Treatment for Physical and Sexual Abuse Recovery and Addictions, Psychodrama, Dream Work, “Process Oriented Psychology” (integrating the body and mind), Orgodynamics (based on Wilhelm Reich’s Work with clearing blocks to energy flow in the body and emotional channels), Mindfulness Meditation, and Centering  / Contemplative Prayer.

  • American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, AAMFT, Clinical Fellow Accreditation 1989

  • Washington State Marriage and Family Therapist Certification, 1989 and grand mothered into Licensure 2001

  • Beginning and Advanced Courses in EMDR in 1995 - 1997  Advanced Level with Dr Francine Shapiro.

  • American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, AAMFT, National Supervisor Accreditation, 1998

  • David Schnarch Sexual Crucible Training 1998

  • John Gottman Couples Training, 1999

  • Four-year Center for Object Relations, COR, Training in Developmental / Attachment, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 1999 - 2002

  • Earned Arizona LMFT Certification 12/2002. Grandmothered into Arizona LMFT Licensure 7/2004

  • SEP Accreditation through Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, SETI, Professional Training, 2001 - 2003

  • Teaching Assistant at 68 SETI national and international trainings between 2003 through the present

  • Wisdom Schools and Group Mentoring with Cynthia Bourgeault from spring 2005 - 2017.

  • Completed Kathy Kain’s first , three-year, Touch Training for Trauma Therapists, TST, (2004 - 2006)

  • Earned SETI Approved Individual Session Provider for Beginning - Advanced Trainings, 2006

  • Pre-natal and Peri-natal Workshop Intensives with Dr. Ray Castellino 2006 / 2007

  • Bellevue Massage School, 2008 -2009, Passed National Exam & Awarded NCBTMB Certification 2009.

  • Washington State Massage License # MA60110930, 2009

  • Colorado School of Energy Studies, two-year, 700-hour, IABT Certified, Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapy Training, with John and Anna Chitty, 2008 - 2010.  ***IABT Certified BCST

  • Arizona State Massage License # MT15319, 2012

  • Earned NCBTMB National Board Certification 2013

  • Interpersonal Neurobiology Trainings with Alan Shore, 2001; Daniel Siegel, 2004; Stan Tatkin, 2011 (year-long training before it was called PACT)

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy Workshop with Susan Johnson, 2009

  • InterPlay Life Practice Year-Long Training and Weekend Intensive for Therapists and Pastors, 2011 - 2012

  • Earned SETI Approved Individual Clinical Case Consultation Provider for Beginning - Advanced Trainings, 2011

  • SETI Approved Small Group Clinical Case Consultation Provider for Beginning - Advanced Trainings, 2016

  • Family Systems Theory Class for Parish Clergy / Leadership Teams 2013 - 2016

  • Motivational Interviewing Training 2014

  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, ACT, Training, 2015

  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Two-day Training & 4-Day Externship Intensive, Fall of 2015

  • Teaching Assistant for Kathy Kain's SE Post Advanced Touch Skills Trainings in Canada and the USA 2015 - present

  • The Heart of Trauma: Healing Our Embodied Brains in the Context of Relationships; Three Day Trainings with Bonnie Badenoch, MA, LMFT, April 2016 (Part I) and June 2016 (Part II)

  • Somatic Resilience and Regulation for working with Early Trauma with Kathy Kain, MA, and Stephen Terrell, PsyD. 3 Modules (4-day training): October 2016 through Dec 2017, Seattle, WA.

  • Integral Somatic Psychology Professional Training, Module 1 (4 Day Training) with Raja Selvam, Ph.D., March 17 - 20, 2017, San Diego, CA

  • Cranial Sacral Therapy with Infants Training ( Advanced Cranial Sacral 1 Day Training) with Pat O'Rourke, LMT, January 12, 2018

  • Experiential Developmental Group (4-day) Intensive with Stephen Terrell, PsyD, March 30 - April 2, 2018, Seattle, WA

  • NARM (Neuro-Affective Relational Model) 4 Module Training (4.5 Days each training with additional requirements of experiential individual case consultations), with Brad Kammer, LMFT: May 30th, 2018, through March 31st, 2019.   *** Earned Certification as NARM Therapist on March 31, 2019

  • AAMFT Approved Supervisor Refresher Course, August 29th, 2019 (for AAMFT Approved Supervisor Status till October 2024)

  • Psychobiology of Systematic Oppression Parts I & II, with Anne Phillips, LMHC, SEP, and Liz Goodwin, LICSW, Nov 10th / 11th, 2019

  • NRT (Neural Reset Therapy) for the Upper Body, 2 Day Training with Leif Grunseth, LMT, 1/25 - 26/2020

  • *** Completed Dr Aline LaPierre’s NeuroAffective Touch Foundation Training 5/9/2022 Module I (4-Day In-Person Training) with Dr. Aline LaPierre, 2/14 - 17/2020. Module 2 (4, 4.5 hr Online Training Days) with Dr. Aline LaPierre, 6/13/20 & 6/14/20 and 7/11/20 & 7/12/20.                                Module 3 (4, 4.5 hr Online Training Days with Dr. Aline LaPierre, 8/22/20 & 8/23/20, 9/12/20 & 9/13/20.  Module IV (in person and completed on 4/4/22 in LA).                                                                                     Note: On-going Individual Case / Experiential Consultation Intensives with Dr. Aline La Pierre fall of 2020 through May 2022.

  • NARM Master Class: 3 Training Modules, August 2020 through April 2021. Each Module consisted of 4 days, 6 hours a day, taught online by Larry Heller, Ph.D., with the assistance of Marcia Black, Ph.D., and other small group facilitators. Online teaching, coaching, extensive group consultation, & demos during each Module, with additional Individual and Small Group Case Consultation, as well as Study / Practice Groups, were all part of the requirements for completion of the Class.   

  • NARM Post-Advanced Masters Class with Larry Heller, Ph.D.: (6 bi-monthly 3-day weekend Modules, each comprised of 12 hours of online teaching, coaching, extensive group consultation, & demos from Feb 2021 - Dec 2021.

  • The second year of NARM Post-Advanced Masters Class / On-going Study Group with Larry Heller, Ph.D.: (6 bi-monthly 3-day weekend Modules, each comprised of 12 hours of online teaching, coaching, extensive group consultation, & demos from Jan 2022 through Dec 2022.

  • AAMFT Approved Supervisor Refresher Course, 9/6/2023 (for Approved Supervisor Status 11/2024 - 11/2029)

  • WAMFT Annual Conference 2023: Self of the Therapist - Entering into Fullness, Spokane WA 9/22&23/2023

  • LMFT Continuing Education: Beyond Identification Program; “The Healer’s Heart”  12/2/2023

  • Somatic Practice On-going Study Group for Kathy Kain’s Training Assistants; 8, 1.5-hour Wednesdays in 2024

  • “A Parts Approach to Preverbal Attachment Trauma”: 3 CEU Hour, Online Course with Frank Anderson through  National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, NICAM; 09/26/2024

  • “EMDR Interventions for Recent Trauma Recovery with Dr Laurel Parnell, PhD: Proven Techniques for Immediate Aftermath of Traumatic Events; PESI: Online Interactive 3.5 Hour Course; 10/16/2024

  • “Strategies to Help Clients Navigate Rupture and Build Skills of Repair”; Online 11-Hour Team Taught Course, through the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, NICAM; October 2024.

  • American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, AAMFT, National Supervisor Accreditation Approved 11/2024 - 11/2029.