Influences

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all those who have helped shape my professional and personal journey:

the persons I serve in my consulting and psychotherapy practice, and the loved ones that make up my family and my circle of friends, for teaching me to love, better, more completely, every day.
Ruth Denison, Dharma teacher extraordinaire whose teachings and presence have transformed me and the way I am meeting life moment-to-moment.
Bob Stahl, MBSR Practicum trainer and gifted group facilitator, from whom I learned so much about the art of bringing mindfulness into the healing relationship
Eric Poche, Director of Volunteer Services at Zen Hospice, who has helped open my heart more than I could ever imagine.
Gil Fronsdal, teacher at Insight Meditation Center, who got me started back on the path.
Jack Kornfield, whose books, and live teachings many years ago, planted the seeds of mindfulness practice that are now blossoming in the garden of my mind.
Kathy Taylor, Director of Older Adults Transition Services, at El Camino Hospital Behavioral Services, for inspiring me to serve, and also for introducing me to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Toni Morley and Vivian Banish, professors at Notre Dame de Namur University Art Therapy Psychology Graduate Program, who taught me much of what I know in art therapy.
Catharine Jones and June Matthews, Jungian analysts and wise women, with whom I did much of my early personal work.
Jim Raines, my social work practicum supervisor, at Loyola University of Chicago Doyle Center, who challenged me to be true to myself, always.
Carolyn Saari, and John Constable, my professors at Loyola University of Chicago Graduate School of Social Work, who instilled in me the values of social work, that continue to permeate my work of service.
Gabriel Halpern and Judy Landecker, my first yoga teachers, with whom I first learned about the mindfulness of body and breath.

May they all be at peace, and at ease, and may they all continue to shine the light for others as well.