EXPERIENCE

Current

Authentic Movement leader

AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT SF

-    Promote the practice of Authentic Movement

2015-NOW

Associate MFT

CHILD THERAPY INSTITUTE

-    Mental health consultant in preschools, Berkeley, facilitate play groups & individual attention. 

-    Individual Child Therapy 
 

2015-2017

Expressive Teaching Artist

SPOTLIGHT; GO GIRLS (Summer camps)

-  Run opening and closing circle each day, teaching and reinforcing social/emotional skill building. 
- Lead art classes, honoring art as a reflective, sensory part of each camp day.

2003-2016

Expressive Bodywork Workshop Coordinator

INDEPENDENT

Extensive experience creating and coordinating workshops of expressive body work and creativity with children, adolescents, and adults in Greece, Argentina and Peru.

2012-2014

Psychotherapist & Clinical Coordinator

TAKIWASI, rehabilitation center

-    Provide individual psychotherapy and expressive arts therapy group workshops.
-    Communication, evaluation and administer acceptance of new clients.
-    Create, review, and classify medical records.

2010-2012

Psychoeducator - Workshops Coordinator

FUNDACION GIRASOL (Sunflower Foundation)

Create and coordinate educational workshops on self-awareness and skills development through storytelling and art, at public schools for children and teenagers at an economic disadvantage and at-risk neighborhoods.

EDUCATION

2015-2017

Certificate

CHILD THERAPY INSTITUTE (of Marin)

Two-year training program in child therapy, play therapy,

and sandplay.

2014-2017

Master's Degree

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES

M.A. in Counseling Psychology, with a concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy.

2015-2017

Auditing Master's of Arts Degree

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES & CHISTESTER UNIVERITY, ENGLAND

M.F.A., Theatre Performance Making.

CENTRO de MOVIMIENTO AUTENTICO, Argentina –CeMAAR. Dirección Karin Fleischer

4 year training in the theory and practice of Authentic Movement, with regular weekly meetings and intensives

2008-2012

Specialization

2006-2011

Certificate

INSTITUTO DE LA MASCARA, Argentina

Associate of Arts, Expressive Skills and Body Work Coordinator.

2008-2010

Training

Centro de Investigación y Estudio de Técnicas y Lenguajes Corporales.

Dirección Silvia Mamana.

Training in Integración Somática® 

1999-2004

Bachelor's Degree & Master's Degree

ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY of THESSALONIKI, Greece

Degree in Psychology

Licensed Psychologist in Greece since 2005. 

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