Additionally, I have an incredibly diverse personal history, having lived and worked all over the world with a wide variety of peoples and cultures, and having undertaken a wide variety of personal explorations, including:

Professional Dancer
Veterinary Technician
Caterer
Database Design and IT
Graphic and Web Designer
Waiter and Bartender
International Human Rights Activist
Caretaker at a Spiritual Sanctuary
Construction

I feel that this rich personal history gives me the ability to connect with pretty much anyone, and to have a sense of what it is that they’re going through, if for no other reason than that I probably have gone through something similar myself! I’ve been told that I show an unusual ability to just accept another’s reality as it is, and to join them there, again in my opinion giving me the ability to truly “get” someone else at a level that is not often found.

Certifications

Hakomi Professional Skills Training Graduate
April 2009
Hakomi Responding to Life Training Graduate
December 2009
Hakomi Institute of California

Associations

Association of Family Therapists of Northern California
GAYLESTA (Gay and Lesbian Therapist Association)

Note: I have currently resigned my membership with CAMFT (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists), due to their overtly homophobic and transphobic stances, as well as due to their continued support for reparative therapy (aka SOCE, or Sexual Orientation Change Efforts; there's a good pdf about the topic here, and the original APA resolution itself can be found here). Should they ever decide to rectify this situation, I will consider rejoining at that time.

Education

M.A. Clinical Psychology
Multicultural Social/Clinical Program
New College of California
San Francisco, CA, 1997

B.A. Zoology
B.A. Art
University of Texas
Austin, TX, 1986