Specialties
Finding the right therapist is an important decision. Your journey is an important one. I offer you a down-to-earth palette which is kind, practical, creative, experienced, and works. I am dedicated to helping you find, support and be alive in whatever you are passionate about bringing forth in your life.
I am a psychotherapist and supervisor with a huge palette of tools and a creative and creativity-inspiring soul. I'm also a performer and singer-songwriter with four albums, a writer, poet and artist. I know the thrill of expression and also what we must face in ourselves in order to truly express. I am dedicated to helping my clients and supervisees find, support and be alive in whatever they are passionate about bringing forth in their lives. When we weave together the practical, the imaginative, the heartful and a good laugh--we are unstoppable!
I attended California Institute of Integral Studies and received my Master's in Integral Counseling Psychology in 1997, and I became an MFT in 2003. From the very beginning of my career I fell in love with the power, dignity, efficacy and joy of somatic and mindfulness-based healing practices.
I am a Certified Hakomi Therapist (2004) with extensive training and over 20 years experience offering a variety of somatic, experiential and trauma work modalities, neuroscience and mindfulness approaches.
I have offices in San Francisco and Mill Valley.
History
Established in 2003.
Years in Practice: 20+ Years
School: California Institute of Integral Studies, 1997
License No. and State: MFC39880 California
Certified Hakomi Therapist: 2004
Modalities:
* Hakomi Mindfulness Centered Somatic Psychotherapy
* Relational Psychotherapy
* Trauma Resolution and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
* EMDR
* Parts Work Hakomi-and-RcS-Style (an offshoot of Internal Family Systems, or IFS)
* Somatics
* Attachment Therapy
* Neuroscience Approaches
* Mindfulness
* Creative Expression
* Psychodrama
* Psychotherapy-Informed Tablework
* Biodynamic Cranial Touch
Psychotherapy-Informed Tablework:
* Mind Body Integration
* Biodynamic Cranial Touch
* The McKay Method of energy work
* Cranial sacral work
* Energy work and shamanic perspectives
Somatically Grounded Creative Expression:
* Embodied dreamwork
* Psychodrama techniques
* Drawing
* Meditation
* Visualization
* Archetypal journeys
* Family constellation work
* Sacred drama
* Sound and vocal expression
Meet the Business Owner: Kathleen D.
Welcome to my profile based on my website, River of Life Healing Arts. I call it this because the river, like the soul, has its own wisdom in finding its path. In our healing work together, I invite you to join me in the flow of life, and fully experience the wise currents of your own being. In indigenous traditions there is a sacred process people go through when they are ready to let go of their old, hurting stories and to embrace their new story. This is the practice of transformation.
When we take the leap to be our true selves, the road rises to support us in ways that we couldn't have imagined. I'll help you learn to hear, trust and follow your wisdom, and tap into your heartfelt and gut-sense knowing. Together we will find your new and beautiful story.