EXPERIENCE
2017 ~ Current
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Authentic Movement leader
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT SOUL FREEDOM
~ In private practice, helping adults & kids to thrive in their lives
~ Promote the practice of Authentic Movement and the principles of Authentic Movement Soul Freedom
2015 ~ 2021
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.
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
Psycho-educator & 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.
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.
EDUCATION
2022 ~ 2023
Certificate
NUTRITIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION
~ Certified as Nutritional Therapy Practitioner after completing 1,226h of Nutritional Therapy Program.
2015 ~ 2017
Certificate
CHILD THERAPY INSTITUTE (of Marin)
~ Two-year training program in child therapy, play therapy, and sandplay.
2015 ~ 2017
Auditing Master's of Arts Degree
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES & CHICHESTER UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND
~ M.F.A., Theatre Performance Making.
2014 ~ 2017
Master's Degree
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES
~ M.A. in Counseling Psychology, with a concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy.
2008 ~ 2012
Specialization
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 ~ 2010
Training
CENTRO de Investigación y Estudio de Técnicas y Lenguajes Corporales. Dirección Silvia Mamana.
~ Training in Integración Somática®
2006 ~ 2011
Certificate
INSTITUTO DE LA MASCARA, Argentina
~ Associate of Arts, Expressive Skills and Body Work Coordinator.
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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