About
A coach you can rely on. A therapist you can trust.
It’s important that you feel comfortable with the person that you choose for your Life Coach or Marriage Family Therapist. I have been in the personal growth field for 24 years in various capacities, learning and growing with each modality. Learning experientially in the modalities of therapy, coaching, mindfulness, emotional expression, and visualizations, balanced by training in linguistics, marriage, couple, family therapy and life coaching has provided a holistic foundation for me as a Life Coach and Therapist. I find it personally rewarding to help facilitate the growth of others as they tap into their resourcefulness, combining the head and the heart.
I have lived and traveled in many different countries, teaching, training, presenting workshops, and learning about the diversity of humanity. I have worked with individuals, couples and families, facilitating change and growth in a holistic way with diverse people in survivors of torture, hospice, veterans' drug and alcohol rehab and high school. Life itself is an amazing teacher - marriage, deaths, deep relationships, children have all taught me and changed me. Creativity is important to me through crafts, workshops, teaching and coaching. I also enjoy walking, yoga, meditation, dancing and being in nature.
Education and Training
I have lived and traveled in many different countries, teaching, training, presenting workshops, and learning about the diversity of humanity. I have worked with individuals, couples and families, facilitating change and growth in a holistic way with diverse people in survivors of torture, hospice, veterans' drug and alcohol rehab and high school. Life itself is an amazing teacher - marriage, deaths, deep relationships, children have all taught me and changed me. Creativity is important to me through crafts, workshops, teaching and coaching. I also enjoy walking, yoga, meditation, dancing and being in nature.
Education and Training
- Life Coach Training - Coach for Life
- Master of Science Degree in Counseling - Marriage, Family Therapist
- Master of Arts Degree in Linguistics
- Additional training in marital therapy, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, men's healing, couples, compassion, spirituality
- Private Practice - Life Coach, Marriage Family Therapy
- Fulbright Lecturer - Univerzitet Kiril i Metodij, Skopje, Macedonia
- Adjunct Faculty - San Diego Community College District Continuing Education (present); University of CA Extension, San Diego (past); Alliant University (graduate program, past)
- "The Inner News", Quarterly column in CATESOL News (California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages). Read the column online at catesolnews.org.
- "Inner Dialogue", Ongoing column in "The Dialogue", a newsletter for the San Diego Community College District ESL program. Read the column at programs.sdce.edu.
- "Healing and Thriving in the Emotional Body", In the E-zine "Courageous Creativity", May, 2011. The the article online at issuu.com.
- "The Lowdown On Burnout", CATESOL NEWS, Volume 32, Number 3, 2000, Lynn Francis and Louise Chandler.
"I have such gratitude and appreciation for her boundless thoughtfulness. She helped me find my path and gently guided me into allowing me to discover myself. I thank her for being who she is." ~ Tim K., San Diego (in recovery)