Resources

And please reach out to me via email here with any recommendations for teachers and trainings, resources and musings, poems and books, close to your heart. As you can see, I love learning.

Every teacher and influence I have noted on the Home and About pages include an underlined hyperlink on their name, organization, or discipline that when clicked will lead you to their work. Please find your way to explore and discover any of them with whom you aren't yet familiar.

Teachers and Influences

Take the ACE Quiz – And Learn What It Does and Doesn’t Mean Adverse Childhood Experiences, Harvard University.

Relational Grid Assessment Terry Real, Relational Life Therapy.

Attachment Style Quiz Diane Poole Heller

Self Assessments

Birth Trauma & SomatoEmotional Integration after Birth Info sheet by Michelle Kilcoyne, LCSW.

Becoming Known: A Relational Model Utilizing Gestalt and Ego State-Assisted EMDR in Treating Eating Disorders. Andrew Seubert (2018) (*Note, this article contains detailed transcripts of integrative work that is akin to the work I do incorporating Gestalt parts work, EMDR and Natural Processing somatic work)

“Somatic Therapy: 5 Ways Body‑Based Healing Transforms Trauma Recovery” Grace Ogren (2025)

“The Language of Neuroception & the Bodily Self” by Aline LaPierre Psy.D., Hakomi Forum, Issue 18, 2007, p37.

Navigating the Labyrinth of Love – How Attachment Styles Sneak into Adult Relationships Heller, Diane Poole-Heller. (2013).

Info Sheets & Articles of Interest

Already Free - Bruce Tift, LMFT

Fierce Intimacy - Terry Real

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma – Bessel van der Kolk, MD

Loving What Is - Byron Katie

Polysecure - Jessica Fern

No Bad Parts - Richard Schwartz

Getting Past Your Past - Francine Shapiro

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma – Peter A. Levine and Ann Frederick

The Tao of Trauma - Alaine Duncan and Kathy Kain

The Presence Process – Michael Brown

Nurturing Resilience: Helping Clients Move Forward from Developmental Trauma--An Integrative Somatic Approach – Kathy L. Kain and Stephen J. Terrell

A General Theory of Love - Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, Richard Lannon

Wired for Love - Stan Tatkin

The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation - Stephen W. Porges

The Universe is a Green Dragon – Brian Swimme

Women Who Run With the Wolves – Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Ishmael: A Novel – Daniel Quinn

Siddhartha – Herman Hesse

More coming soon...

Books of Interest

Here's a link to my Spotify profile, with years of Open Floor soundscapes I've curated for classes and dances and retreats. Enjoy!

And poets that move my heart and soul...

Mary Oliver

Rumi

Hafiz

Andrea Gibson

Jeff Foster

Music & Poetry to Move You

Local San Diego Gems...

• San Diego Circlesongs

• Jacumba Hotsprings

• Sunset Cliffs

• Torrey Pines

• San Diego National Wildlife Refuge

• Los Penasquitos Creek Falls

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California Havens...

• Esalen Institute

• Harbin Hotsprings

• Orr Hotsprings

• Yosemite

• Redwoods

• Big Sur

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Beyond Borders...

• Breitenbush Hotsprings

• Taos

• Sedona

• Rancho La Puerta

• Inscape An integrative treatment program for addiction, emotional health and ibogaine aftercare that combines indigenous plant medicines with naturopathic systems, phytotherapy and psychotherapy.

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Places & Experiences of Rest, Magic, Delight