At my first Healing Touch class, when we worked on each other, I felt something foreign in a fellow student’s head. When I told her, she started to cry and told us that she had an inoperable brain tumor. At that moment, I felt compelled to continue on this path of learning.

At that time, I was a psychotherapist and had been for 30 years. I was frustrated by the slow progress clients made, often involving referrals to psychiatrists and significant struggles with medication. As I learned Healing Touch, my caseload changed, too. I was able to share with my clients’ techniques they could do for themselves, and best of all, they improved more quickly.

Then, I received clients who had physical problems. A doctor sent his client to me for psychotherapy because her body was rejecting the liver she had recently received. He understood that she was also struggling emotionally to receive the gift of life the liver provided. He was amazed at a subsequent visit that her body was accepting the liver because I had taught her Healing Touch and other techniques that made acceptance possible.

I have been a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner since 2017 and am an Instructor in Training. I have been a member of Healing Touch Professional Association since 2012.  I started my practice at La Bella Luce in 2012, incorporating training as a Reiki Master of the USUI lineage and the Ama Deus method of Natural Healing. I also practice Shamanism and hold Credentials of Ministry from the Universal Life Church, a nondenominational worldwide ministry.

My background includes a Master of Science Degree in Counseling from Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and service as a psychotherapist and school counselor since 1981. In 2010, I was honored at the American School Counselors Association for contributions to evaluating counseling programs nationwide.

I have developed an eclectic approach, working with each person’s understanding, to empower individuals to participate in their own healing so they go on to lead healthy, productive lives. I am truly amazed by the inner strength of clients as they regain hope, develop insight, and heal. I am thankful to be granted this opportunity.