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PROFILE
Following a career as a professional ballet dancer (Metropolitan Opera Ballet,
New York, NY; Cincinnati Ballet, etc) I established Equipoise ~ enlightened
exercise LLC in Portland OR in 1998, developing a therapeutic mind-body
practice, and culminating in the integration of my passions for movement
and mindfulness in becoming a somatic mental health counselor. I am also a
published writer of articles, essays, and poetry.
EXPERIENCE
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC),
Clinical Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)
Equipoise Integral Counseling LLC
Individual counseling ages 15 and up; family/couples counseling for working with chronic illness within relationships. Specializing in C-PTSD, depression, anxiety, life transitions, grief, ADHD, career and empowerment, creativity and expression, identity issues, performance enhancement, sexuality, spiritual explorations, end of life.
Registered Counselor Associate, Three Firs Counseling, Portland OR —
July 2022–January 2024
Individual and family counseling. I specialize in trauma-informed care for C-
PTSD, chronic pain, chronic illness, and disability. My interventions are
informed by Polyvagal/Somatic, Existential-humanistic, Psychodynamic,
Buddhist psychology, CBT/DBT, & QiGong modalities.
Qualified Mental Health Provider Intern, Lutheran Community Services
NW,, May 2021 - June 2022
Individual and group counseling in non-profit, community and immigration/
refugee oriented wrap-around mental health services provider.
Adjunct Professor, Dance, Portland State University School of Music and
Theater, 2019-2021:
Instructing, mentoring, advising inclusive 200/300 level ballet class. Invited
by PSUs Office of Academic Innovation to facilitate faculty in exploring how
movement enhances learning using somatic practices and QiGong.
Business owner, teacher, fitness and rehabilitation trainer, Equipoise ~
enlightened exercise, LLC, 1999-2022
Fitness programs, rehabilitation from injury, performance enhancement, and
maintenance for clients and students ages 10-96, including cancer survivors,
elders, those with severe neurological disabilities, dancers, and athletes.
Ballet, Anatomy, & Pilates instructor, choreographer, and program creator
1998-2019:
Portland Festival Ballet, 2004-2016
Ballet Philippines, April 2016, May 2017
Oregon Ballet Theater School, 1998-2006
Nike headquarters, Beaverton, OR, 1998-2001
EDUCATION
Portland State University — MS, Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling 2022
University of Cincinnati - BA, English Literature 1985
North Carolina School of the Arts, High School Diploma, Dance 1980
School of American Ballet, 1978/1979
CERTIFICATIONS
• Licensed Professional Counselor
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