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.