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Creative Body Release is grounded in decades of professional training that combine traditional and integrative approaches. Each one adds a piece to the whole, shaping how CBR supports people as they learn what else is possible for health, relationships, and vitality.

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• Los Angeles Neurological Center: I grew up inside my father’s pediatric neurology practice, attending rounds and home visits, learning to decipher EEGs and CT scans, serving as the “demo body” at his lectures, and observing the ethos and leagcy of compassionate, patient-centered care pioneered by his mentor, Dr. Arnold Gold.  As a pioneer practitioner  in the early years of ADD/ADHD/Autism, my father taught me literacy with the vastness of neurodiversities and the many ways they express in the body and  behavior.  While working for him in the mid-80’s, I trained in assessment practices, including the state-mandated boxing exams used to evaluate sensory-motor and neurological function in high-performance athletes. These experiences sharpened my ability to see patterns, track subtle changes, and understand how the nervous system responds to both trauma and resilience. This depth of knowledge about the "human mammal nervous system" as body, brain, and mind was passed on to me by my father and seeded my lifelong curiosity to bridge conventional medical practices with embodied, relational care. 

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• Natural Therapeutic Specialist: This program gave me a wholistic foundation in anatomy and physiology—always seeing the person as more than a set of parts and instead as a whole human being. This wholistic lens shapes every aspect of CBR. It also grounds my decades of work guiding clients who are curious to explore beyond conventional care in ways that are safe, trustworthy, and effective.

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• Clinical Herbalist: My training in herbal therapeutics emphasized constitutional evaluation and a panoply of pathologies so that “dis-ease” could be differentiated from “disease.” This training added the chemistry of plant–human relationships, known throughout generations of traditional healers and now expanded into a massive modern industry. It gave me a deep respect for the difference between evidence-based herbal therapeutics and “snake oil,” and it allows me to help clients explore available options with discernment—and even a sense of fun.

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• Advanced Bodywork & Somatic Education: With over 30 years of massage, pelvic health, and craniosacral practice, I help clients translate what a practitioner did to them into skills they can embody and replicate themselves. This shift from passive receiving to active learning creates ownership and advocacy for overall well-being. It allows clients to restore—or gain anew—confidence in the body’s own capacities, while also cultivating clarity and acceptance around its natural limitations.

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• Naropa University – B.A Expressive Arts & Healing:  At Naropa I designed a two-year intensive interdisciplinary program called “Healing and the Creative Process.” My exploration was an integration of the performing arts and their therapeutic counterparts, storytelling and Jungian psychology, and Naropa’s contemplative practices  all as a journey for gathering tools that transform grief and loss. As the first U.S. university founded on Tibetan Buddhist principles, Naropa’s educational framework blended Eastern and Western disciplines and rooted my approach to mindfulness (and mind-fullness). at a time when more and more clients are seeking ways to ease distress and anxiety not only in their bodies but also in their minds.. For clients, this translates into CBR practices that engage imagination, creativity, and meditative principles—tailored for the realities of busy lives—as essential tools for transformation.

 

•  Master’s in Education & Adult Learning: Alongside my health and bodywor  credentials, I hold a Master’s in Education with decades of experience creating curriculum, designing programs, teaching in classrooms and mentoring adults. My  training at Antioch focused on Waldorf and Integrated Day pedagogies, exposing me to  high-level reformist thinkers who asked why we educate in the first place, how it can be done differently, and what it means to educate children to become free human beings. This perspective influences my work with adults by approaching sexual health education as a pathway to agency, freedom, and wholeness. For clients, this translates into clear,             step-by-step teaching; observation and assessment through both an educational and health lens; and the tools to practice self-assessment so skills are transferable and integrated  long after the session ends.

    

• Sensory-Motor & Remedial Education (Rudolf Steiner College): This two-year training focused on movement, development, and sensory integration. It taught me how patterns laid down early in life can be reshaped through body-based practice. It began as a way to help children feel more at ease in their bodies so that learning became less of a struggle and neurodivergence could be met with compassion, skill, and creative workarounds. In CBR, this informs my ability to see how stress, trauma, or developmental gaps show up in adult clients—and how movement and touch can restore resilience and regulation.

 

• Family Life Education: As a Certified Family Life Educator, my work has always been grounded in human development, trauma literacy, and relational systems. This perspective makes it clear that sexual health is not a silo but part of the full arc of life—how we grow, parent, age, and partner. Within Creative Body Release, this training also shapes my approach to stress management: understanding how chronic stress erodes relationships, sexual vitality, and overall health. For clients, this means learning practical ways to regulate stress through movement, breath, and connection, building resilience not just for sexual well-being but for daily life.

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• Sexological Bodywork and Somatic Sex Education: This state-recognized, trauma-informed practice fills a critical gap in sexual healthcare by offering hands-on, client-led coaching while in arousal states. Where most providers stop at advice or prescriptions, sexological bodywork allows learning in real time—building erotic skills, confidence, and regulation in the body itself. For clients, this means the abstract becomes practical: arousal is no longer a source of fear or confusion but a state that can be understood, practiced, and enjoyed with greater ease.

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• Intimacy Choreography & Consent-Based Movement Training: My training with organizations such as IDC and Theatrical Intimacy Education brought dramaturgy, choreography, and consent-based process design into my practice. These skills sharpened my ability to create safety in vulnerable spaces, design embodied practices step by step, and teach sex as movement and energy. For clients, this means re-scripting intimacy with clarity, playfulness, and a renewed sense of agency.

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