Alongside my clinical practice, I have a longstanding role as an educator, trainer, and curriculum developer. I taught for over a decade at the California Institute of Integral Studies and currently serve as core faculty and Director of Programs at The EarthBody Institute, where I help design and lead multi-level Ecotherapy training and certification programs for clinicians, including immersive trainings, retreats, and ongoing mentorship.

My teaching draws on more than two decades of clinical experience, with particular depth in developmental trauma, attachment, somatic psychotherapy, ecopsychology, and expressive and movement-based practices. I have facilitated trainings and groups across a wide range of settings, including universities, residential addiction treatment programs, community mental health clinics, correctional institutions, and land-based contexts.

I am especially interested in supporting therapists to develop clinical capacity rather than technique alone—cultivating attunement, ethical responsibility, nervous system awareness, and the ability to work relationally with complexity, power, and context. My teaching is experiential and reflective, grounded in the realities of clinical practice, and oriented toward integration rather than adherence to any single model.

In addition to my formal teaching roles, I have been an invited lecturer and presenter at conferences and institutes, contributed to publications on ecotherapy and embodiment, and serve on the board of a nonprofit dedicated to land-based restoration and stewardship along the Yuba River. Earlier in my career, I developed the Bayside Marin Ecotherapy Program and worked with the Insight Garden Program at San Quentin, integrating therapeutic gardening, group process, and ecopsychological practice in institutional settings.

Teaching, Training & Consultation