 My entrance to the healthcare field was as a Physical Therapist. After completing the Physical Therapy program at the University of California at San Francisco in 1980, I began my career in a private Orthopedic/Sports Medicine Clinic in Southern California and later in Northern California. In 1988, I moved to Iowa City with my husband and two young daughters after my husband accepted a job as a professor at the University of Iowa. A third daughter was born a couple of years later. We have loved being in the Midwest and Iowa City has been a wonderful place to raise a family and work.I began my own Private Practice in 1989 which has allowed my to develop a holistic approach to therapy. My interest in this approach began early on as I became intrigued by the mechanics and connections of the musculo-skeletal system. The more I learned, the more amazed I was at how interconnected this system was to every other system in the body. I began taking more non-traditional (at that time) classes in CranialSacral, Visceral and Lymph Drainage Therapy training. This training emphasized to me the importance of addressing the body from a global view. In 1995 I found a system, Mechanical Link, that revolutionized my practice and taught me the importance of finding and treating the “priority” within the connective tissue of the body. It remains one of the most effective tools I utilize to treat musculo-skeletal problems.
Eventually I realized that not all musculo-skeletal problems resolved by addressing the connective tissue system alone. I began to pursue some additional body-mind techniques including The BodyTalk System™, NET (Neuro-Emotional Technique), and ThetaHealing®. I was amazed how addressing the body-mind connections could directly influence the body’s range of motion and strength. I am also extremely grateful that many of the techniques I’ve studied that have taught me to tap into the Innate and know intuitively when to use one tool over another or a combination of techniques. I continue to add yearly to my toolbox and feel blessed to have had access to such incredible teachers and seminars. Below you can view many of the tools that have been added to my toolbox. Continuing Education Mechanical Link: 1995-2015 (https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=www.osteocontinuingeducation.com/Courses/Course%2520series/OML/&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)
ThetaHealing® (2014-2016) (www.thetahealing.com)
BodyTalk System (2003-2016) (www.bodytalksystem.com)
Visceral Manipulation: 1992-2016 (www.barralinstitute.com)
Matrix Energetics: 2013 (www.matrixenergetics.com) Heart Centered Therapy I: 2006 (chiklyinstitute.com) Brain Curriculum: 2005-2008 (chiklyinstitute.com)
Lymph Drainage Therapy: 2001-2003 (chiklyinstitute.com)
Neuro Emotional Technique: 2003 to 2005 (www.netmindbody.com)
General (1991-2012)
General (1980-1990)
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