My Profile

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certified Laughter Yoga Leader, taught by Dr.Madan Kataria, the Founder of Laughter Yoga
• M.A. (Master of Arts) in Counseling from Regis University, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Play Therapy Italy Institute, (Graduate Study Abroad Program) Reggello, Italy 
• Integrative Somatic Psychotherapy Program (Two year,,250 hours) Center for Somatic Psychology, LLC, with David Sawyer, LPC, Boulder, Colorado, USA
• B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts) in Sculpture, B.F.A. History of Art, French minor from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kanses, USA
• Summer Language Institute (Undergraduate Language Immersion Study Abroad) Paris, France

LAUGHTER YOGA & PLAY EXPERIENCES:

• Hosted regular, weekly free online social laughter club for population recovering from brain impairment, since October 2022
• Five years previous experience conducting play therapy sessions and workshops with individuals and groups, ranging in age from young children to adults

"The opposite of play is not work - the opposite of play is depression." 

"Play isn't the enemy of learning, it's learning's partner.  Play is like fertilizer for brain growth. It's crazy not to use it." 

- Dr. Stuart Brown, founder of the National Institute for Play