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Guest Biographies |
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 Raffi
Cavoukian
Ana
do Valle, OTR, SEP, SIC, NDTC
Annie
Brook, Ph.D., LPC
Carrie
Contey, Ph.D., M.Ed., M.A.
Cynthia
Divino, Ph.D.
Gayle
Buchner, M.A.
Laura
Uplinger
Marcy
Axness, Ph.D.
Marti
Glenn, Ph.D.
Myrna
Martin, MN, RCC, RCST®
Robin Grille
Suzanne
Marie, MA, LPC, RCST |
Raffi Cavoukian
RAFFI
Cavoukian is known to millions simply as Raffi, a renowned
Canadian singer once called "the most popular children's entertainer in
the western world" ( Washington Post).
Raffi
is also a renaissance man: record producer, author, systems
thinker, ecology advocate and entrepreneur.
In
recent years Raffi's work has changed: he has become a "global
troubadour", lecturing and networking to help create a viable future: a
restorative, child-friendly world for ourselves and for those to come.
With
Child Honouring, his original philosophy, Raffi Cavoukian comes to
the world stage as a catalyst for change at a defining point in human
history-with "an idea whose time has come."
For more information, www.raffinews.com |
Ana do Valle, OTR, SEP, SIC, NDTC
(This
audio is not available at this time)
Ana
do Valle, OTR, SEP, SIC, NDTC
is an
Occupational Therapist who specializes in affect regulation with
children, infants and adults. She is a body centered therapist,
certified in Sensory Integration and Neuro Developmental Approach. She
has experience working with trauma resultant from cultural
fragmentation and she has studied cross-cultural perspectives of trauma
with indigenous and shamanic communities in South America.
Ana has developed a program for
Preventing Surgical Trauma addressing the needs of children and adults
undergoing medical procedures. Ana has extensive experience in the area
of Physical Medicine addressing medical diagnosis to include
Fibromyalgia, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD),Chronic Pain and other
diagnosis related to the autonomic nervous system dysregulation.
Ana co-facilitates an Addictions
Relapse Prevention Group (Recovery Awareness and Resiliency )in
Boulder, CO.
Ana facilitates and coordinates
Intensive Programs for clients from out of state or the country
interested in experiencing an inter-disciplinary approach to Healing
Trauma.
Ana offers workshops on the
subjects of affect modulation, self-regulation and surgical trauma
prevention. She combines the Sensory Integrative Approach (Sensory
Integration Dysfunction) with Somatic Experiencing in healing trauma.
Ana is approved to provide
individual and group supervision sessions for all levels of Somatic
Experiencing Practitioners.
Ana currently has a private
practice in Boulder CO. She contracts with schools and hospitals in the
area.
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Annie Brook, Ph.D., LPC (This audio is not available at
this time)
Annie
Brook, Ph.D., LPC is
a psychologist who holds a doctorate in perinatal psychology and human
sexuality, with a focus on movement education, sacred sexuality and the
sacred arts. She is the co-owner of Colorado Therapies,
former director of Naropa University Body Psychotherapy track for
Somatic Masters program, is a certified BodyMind Psychotherapist and
BodyMind Centering® teacher. Annie has worked in
trauma units in Children's Hospitals in Oakland and Seattle.
She is a skilled educator and therapist with over 25 years experience
working in mental health clinics, public schools, and in private
practice.
Annie has taught internationally
and worked with infants, teens, families, and individuals.
Her community work and international training includes courses in
Perinatal Psychology, Working with Babies, Trust, Attachment, Adult
Intimacy and Healthy Sexuality, BodyMind Psychotherapy, BodyMind
Centering®, and Contact Improvisation.
Annie is a the author of three
books on movement-based learning, From Conception to Crawling, Contact
Improvisation and BodyMind Centering, and Sexuality and the
Sacred. She has is a published poet, wrote a column for
"Tantra: The Magazine", and has developed numerous audio and video
tapes on movement education. Her newest book, Intimacy, Attachment, and
Imprints: A Perinatal Guide for Therapists, Couples, and
Parents, is soon to go to press.
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Carrie Contey, Ph.D., M.Ed., M.A.
Carrie
Contey, Ph.D., M.Ed., M.A. is a clinical
psychologist who holds a masters degree in education with an emphasis
on holistic prenatal, birth and early childhood health
promotion. She also holds a masters degree in prenatal and
perinatal psychology.
She is a nationally recognized early parenting coach, consultant,
speaker and educator. She writes… “our earliest
experiences in the womb, during birth, after birth and throughout
childhood create imprints within our brains, bodies and nervous systems
that shape who we are and how we behave.” Dr.
Contey helps bring about more parental confidence through support,
information and tools which create conscious, connected and balanced
lives in all stages of early parenting from before conception through
childhood.
She is the co-author of CALMS: A Guide to Soothing Your Baby
with Debby Takikawa, DC. She is the co-founder of the Slow
Family Movement and currently serves on the board of directors of the
Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH).
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Cynthia Divino, Ph.D.
Cynthia
Divino, Ph.D. is
a clinical psychologist in private practice, a clinical supervisor for
the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a board member of the
Boulder Institute for Psychotherapy and Research (BIPR). She co-teaches
the year-long Psychotherapy Seminar for BIPR Interns and Postdoctoral
Students. Dr. Divino also serves on the Training Committee and Research
Committee for BIPR. In the past, she has presented both small group
seminars and large group presentations for BIPR.
Dr. Divino has served as the
Assistant Director of the Child and Family Treatment Center of
Children's Hospital of San Francisco and as Assistant Professor at the
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
With co-authors Michael Freedman,
Ph.D. and Samuel Rosenberg, Ph.D., she has published a book, Living Well With Asthma.
Dr. Divino has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology (awarded June
1979) from the University of Utah and a Ph.D. from the California
School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley (awarded January 1997). Her
research interests are in the area of Affect Tolerance and Modulation,
Trauma, and Bipolar Disorder.
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Gayle Buchner, M.A.
Gayle
Buchner, M.A., holds a bachelors degree in teaching, and a masters
degree in special education. She has taught from
kindergarten through university levels, including courses for teachers.
For many years she has delivered programs for children having
difficulty and has also taught regular classes. Gayle has been working
professionally with children since 1975 and with adults since 1990,
through her work with Brain Gym (©2008 Brain Gym
International. Brain Gym is a registered trademark of Brain Gym
International/Educational Kinesiology Foundation, Ventura, CA--an
internet search on "Brain Gym" will allow you to learn more about this
resource, developed by educators, Dr. Paul Dennison and Gayle E.
Dennison in the 70's)
Gayle came by her love of children early in life; her father was a
pediatrician and her summers were spent helping him in the office and
accompanying him as he did rounds of seeing babies in the hospitals.
She loves to work with other teachers as well as with families of
challenged children. Being very active herself helps Gayle in her
understanding of and patience with children. Her experience in raising
two children of her own has been both challenging and fun--it was her
son's difficulties within the educational system which provided Gayle
the impetus to work with movement in education.
Over the past 6 years Gayle has worked in remote coastal villages in
British Columbia. She has gained much experience and understanding
about the challenges faced by children with FAS/FAE (fetal alcohol
syndrome and fetal alcohol effect) in learning. In this
capacity she has also developed a fuller understanding of the effects
of alcoholism and abuse.
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Laura Uplinger
Chair
of
the XIII international congress of the Association for Prenatal
&
Perinatal Psychology and Health – APPPAH - “Birth
& the
Human Family ~ Embracing the Power of Prenatal
Life” held
in Los Angeles, 2007 (www.birthpsychology.com)
Served on the Board of Directors of APPPAH from 1988 to 1999
Author of “Womb Service ~ three dozen delicious ideas for
wombmates and their Moms”
Scriptwriter of an award winning video “A Gift for the Unborn
Children”
Contributor of chapter on conscious conception entitled “A
Cosmic
Collaboration” to “The Marriage of Sex and
Spirit”,
an anthology published in 2006 by Elite Books.
Facilitator of ‘Mommy & Me’
groups in Los Angeles, 1997-1999
Chair of the VI International APPPAH Congress, “Womb Ecology,
World Ecology”, Washington, DC., 1993
Member of the Psychosomatic Medicine Team in the Hospital da Lagoa and
in the maternity ward of the Hospital Santa Casa da Misericordia, Rio
de Janeiro, 1981-1985
Worked with CPAIMC (Center of Research and Assistance Integrated for
the Woman and the Child) in a slum area of Rio de Janeiro, 1980-1981
Prepared a Brazilian implementation of the Venezuelan “Family
Project” for the Superintendent of Education and Culture in
the
State of Rio de Janeiro, 1980
Staff Member of the “Proyecto Familia” in Caracas
during
the project’s pre-operational phase. A program of the
Venezuelan
Ministry for the Development of Intelligence, 1979
Volunteer at the Children’s Orthopedic Hospital of Caracas,
in charge of the children’s library, 1979
Teacher of French, Spanish, Portuguese and English at the Berlitz
School of Language in Caracas (1979) and Washington, D.C. (1987)
Staff member of the Office of Public Information at UNESCO (United
Nations Education Science, Culture & Communication
Organization) in
Paris, 1977-1978
Licence de Psychologie Appliquée, Sorbonne, Paris V, 1977
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Marcy
Axness, Ph.D.
Marcy Axness, Ph.D.,
earned her doctorate (Ph.D.) in Early Human Development, which
encompasses such wide-ranging fields as neurobiology [brain
development], prenatal and developmental psychology, attachment theory,
consciousness research, and even quantum physics. Her masters
degree is in developmental psychology. Dr. Axness’s
particular specialization is in very early
development—beginning even before conception. She
is a professor at Santa Barbara Graduate Institute and is a leading
authority on the prenatal issues related to adoption.
Dr.
Axness received an emmy nomination for the CBS feature magazine story,
"Adoptees in Search", has written many, many articles for professional
journals, magazines, and has been a featured speaker on many talk radio
programs.
Dr.
Axness has a private counseling practice in Southern
California: with her “Quantum Parenting”
approach, she helps thoughtful people become conscious parents...
mindfully applying the latest research to guide clients in nurturing
their children’s healthiest development from pre-conception /
pre-adoption onward. She also helps parents to apply this to
their own inner development as parents. For the past 15 years
she has been a popular speaker nationally and internationally on
adoption, attachment and early development, and how our cultural
approaches to parenting don’t always serve the needs of
children for their healthiest
“unfoldment.” She offers alternatives
based on current research on early brain development and
attachment.
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Marti Glenn, Ph.D.
Marti
Glenn, Ph.D. holds a doctorate in
Educational Administration, with an emphasis in Counselor Education,
and a Masters degree in Health Science in Counseling. Her
areas of Expertise: Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology, Psychotherapy
with adults, families and
children, Clinical supervision, Group psychotherapy.
Dr. Glenn is founding President of Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.
She has been a pioneering psychotherapist and educator for over 25
years. Her current research interest is in the neuroscience of
psychotherapy, and she is currently engaged in infant brain development
studies with Dr. Allan Schore.
She has facilitated trainings and seminars all over the United States
and in Europe. Dr. Glenn is a board member of the Association
for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health and has been Chair of
their past three International Congresses. She has also chaired
numerous conferences including Neurons to Neighborhoods: Preventing and
Healing Trauma in Children and Adults.
She is the founding Clinical Director and current board president of
the Center for ReUniting Families where she implemented leading edge
pre- and perinatal therapy and trauma resolution techniques with
adolescents and their families.
She is also a member of the Santa Barbara Citizen’s
Continuing Education Advisory Council and is the founding Academic Dean
at Pacifica Graduate Institute.
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Myrna Martin, MN, RCC,
RCST®
Myrna
Martin, MN, RCC, RCST® is a
registered nurse (RN) with a Masters' degree in Family Therapy, a
member of the BC Association of Clinical Counselors, The North American
Craniosacral Association, BC Adoption Association, The Western Canada
Infant Mental Health Association and the American Association of
Prenatal and Perinatal Health and Psychology.
Myrna has 35 years experience
working with people therapeutically as a nurse, public health nurse,
family therapist, Integrative Body/Mind Therapist (IBP) and a
craniosacral therapist.
For many years she was Director of
Nelson and Area Mental Health Services (British Columbia, Canada).
Myrna has been studying and
practicing early trauma resolution work with babies and young children
for many years.
Myrna is a long term resident of
Nelson, BC, who practices and teaches there. She also travels
to the USA, England and Europe facilitating process workshops for
adults and trainings and seminars for professionals.
Myrna is certified by Dr. Ray
Castellino to give process workshops and by Dr. William Emerson to
facilitate personal intensive workshops. She teaches a two year
Prenatal and Perinatal Professional Training in Canada and the United
States.
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Suzanne Marie, MA, LPC, RCST
Suzanne
Marie, MA, LPC, RCST is a Licensed
Professional Counselor, has a Masters degree in Marriage &
Family Counseling Psychology, and holds advanced training in Somatic
Experience and Trauma Resolution. She is trained as an Integrative Body
Psychotherapist and instructor and is a registered Cranial Sacral
therapist.
Suzanne teaches Somatic Psychotherapy for Naropa University and is an
instructor at Healing Spirits Massage School. She has 20
years of experience as a massage therapist, a cranial sacral therapist,
and as a body-centered individual, couples & family
psychotherapist.
Suzanne has a private practice in Boulder, Colorado, where she works
with trauma resolution for individuals, mothers & infants, and
families, provides specialized services for attachment &
bonding work, active involvement with hospital births, and pre
& post care for mother & baby. She is
currently completing attachment pre & perinatal certification
with Myrna Martin, and a birth coach doula certification.
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Robin Grille
A
passionate speaker and social change activist, Robin's extensive
research has led him to feel that improved attention to babies' and
children's emotional needs is the most powerful way to move societies
toward sustainability and peace. His second book, Heart to Heart
Parenting (2008), is published by ABC Books.
Robin’s experiential, skills-based and informational parenting
courses help people to embrace parenting as a transformative, personal
growth journey. They focus on healthy emotional development for
children as well as parents, while building supportive, co-operative
parenting communities.
When not at his office or on seminar tour, Robin indulges his second
professional passion: singing and playing percussion with a jazz/swing/
latin band.
To find out more about Robin Grille’s work, his books, articles
and seminars visit this web-site www.our-emotional-health.com.
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