certifications, trainings, & continuing experience

Education

Master of Social Work (specialization in Adult Mental Health and Wellness), University of Southern California

Bachelor of Science (major in Family Science), University of Maryland

Professional Training & Experience

  • Practitioner of Generative Trance with Dr. Stephen Gilligan, 70+ hours of study and practice of generative states of consciousness for healing and transformation, San Diego, CA, 2023

  • 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher with Green Yogi — 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training with a focus on pranayama (breath practices), asana (physical postures), and meditation, Berkeley, CA, 2023

  • Associate Clinical Social Worker #91626 with over 3,000 hours of clinical experience

  • Advanced Relational Gestalt Training at The Relational Center - 2019-2022

  • Certificate in 20-hour Trauma Center-Trauma Sensitive Yoga: A neuroscientific pathway to anti-oppressive practice, Los Angeles, CA, 2020

  • Certificate in The Relational Center’s comprehensive 10-month Foundational Training in Relational Gestalt Therapy with a social justice orientation for healing trauma, 2018-2019

  • Group Facilitator, Bodies and Trauma at The Relational Center, 2019-2020

  • Group Facilitator, Authenticity and Vulnerability at The Relational Center, 2018-2019

  • Group Facilitator, Meditation and Mindfulness at The Relational Center, 2018-2019

  • Yoga Teacher, certified with the Power of Love 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training using yoga, mindfulness, meditation, breath-work, and mantra for healing, Los Angeles, CA, 2019

  • Certificate in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Clinical Intervention Training Course Completion, USC, 2019

  • Certificate in Problem-Solving Therapy Clinical Intervention Training Course Completion, USC, 2018

  • Certificate in Motivational Interviewing Clinical Intervention Training Course Completion, USC, 2017

  • Conference Presenter: “The influence of cognition, emotion, and spirituality on the depth and meaning of practitioner and client engagement,” The Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development, Dublin, Ireland, 2018

  • Conference Presenter: “Using sound to heal: the neuroscience of sound perception, mysticism, and healing,” The International Conference on Mindfulness, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2018

  • Social Work Intern in Healing Arts with at-risk youth at Safe Place for Youth in Venice, California, 2017-2018

  • Certificate of Achievement from The National Child Traumatic Stress Network, September 2017

  • Researcher on the Consciousness, Communication, and Change project with Dr. Cassandra Vieten, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, 2017

  • Peer and Academic Counselor at the University of Maryland Counseling Center, 2015-2016

  • Elephant Journal Columnist and Teaching Assistant and Healevate Featured Author, 2015-2017

  • Editorial Research Assistant and Researcher in violence prevention, meditation, and addiction (Dr. Robert Marcus, Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland's Department of Education & Dr. Rael Cahn, Brain & Creativity Institute, University of Southern California’s Department of Neuroscience), 2014-2015 & 2018, respectively

    Personal Development Experience & Trainings

  • Spiritual Mentorship and Coaching with meditation teacher Vanessa Scotto of the Bliss and Grit Podcast, current

  • Relational, attachment-focused, Somatic Experiencing Therapy Client with Anne Thompson, 2018-2023

  • Womb School: A year-long, pleasure forward seasonal immersion anchored in the womb continuum with Jeevan Singh, Kris Gonzalez, Marissa Correia and Raven, 2021

  • Can We Talk? How to talk about trauma - minicourse with Jess at Soft Path Healing, 2021

  • Wild Rituals - Cathartic Ritual course with Rachel Pringle, 2021

  • Racism: Reveal To Heal with Nyasha and Reuben at The Ascension Seed, 2020

  • 6 month Transformational Coaching with Mia Banducci, 2018

  • Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference Attendee - Topics including Generative Trance, Flow States, Intimacy, Trauma, Existential Theory, Family Systems, Addiction, & Body-Based Healing facilitated by Bessel Van Der Kolk, Stephen Gilligan, Robert Dilts, The Gottmans, Peter Levine, Cloé Madanes, & Irv Yalom, 2017 & 2020

  • Completion of Landmark Forum and Landmark Advanced Training, 2017 & 2018

  • Research Participant in a year-long mindfulness-based DBT study at the University of Maryland, 2015