Hakomi Institute Faculty
Our international faculty are psychotherapists, counselors, social workers, and professionals in their fields. They continue to develop and evolve the Hakomi Method in alignment with new discoveries in the psychotherapy and neuroscience fields. They also use their in-depth ongoing experience in clinical practice to enhance and evaluate the effectiveness of new developments in the Method.
Our faculty create a mindful, supportive training environment where the Hakomi techniques and methodology can be explored in a safe, experiential context. Many also teach in universities worldwide, allowing them to integrate their academic expertise and knowledge of current research and developments in the field of psychology. Click here to see the many colleges and universities where Hakomi Institute faculty teach.
The Training Staff are authorized to teach Hakomi Workshops and lead Hakomi Trainings. The Teaching Staff are authorized to offer Hakomi Workshops of all kinds.
Faculty Index
Trainers: Canada | Israel | Japan | Mallorca | Pacifica | USA
Teachers: Brazil | Canada | China | Israel | Japan | Pacifica | USA
Emeritus Faculty
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Trainers
Canada
Jaci Hull, M.A., L.M.F.T., leads Hakomi trainings and workshops throughout the U.S. and Canada. She has served as as faculty for the Somatic Psychology M.A. program at Naropa University and for the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute. Jaci is on the Hakomi Institute Board of Directors and is a co-developer of Experiential Couples Psychotherapy. She received her degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University in 1997. Her post-graduate training includes Family Therapy, EMDR II, Somatic Trauma Resolution, Brainspotting, Group Leadership Training and she is a Certified Relational Life Therapist. She brings her extensive experience, as well as warmth, safety, and humor, to her teaching. A licensed psychotherapist in private practice for over 25 years, Jaci works with individuals and couples, emphasizing clear, heartfelt and solution-focused communication.
Vancouver, BC
604-566-1109
Beth Falch-Nielsen, R.C.C., is a Certified Hakomi Therapist and Trainer, and a Registered Clinical Counsellor. She has been in the counselling field since 1976, and has been in private practice since 1987. She lives and has a private practice in Vancouver, BC. Beth is the lead Hakomi Trainer for Edmonton, Alberta and also teaches in Calgary, Alberta, and also leads small mentoring groups and on-going supervision groups. Beth offers both individual and couples counseling. Clients and students say that Beth brings a calm, centered place in herself to her work, that provides a nurturing and strong container in which to grow and learn. She also brings the ability to articulate, in simple language, the complex concepts of human behavior.
Vancouver, BC and Berkeley, CA
(Canada) 778-875-5322, (US) 510-882-3363
dominiquelando@gmail.com
Brian Lim, MA, LMFT is a Certified Hakomi Therapist and Teacher, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 105034). He holds a Masters of Counseling from John F. Kennedy University, and is in private practice serving adults and couples. He is an adjunct faculty professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, supervises Associate Marriage and Family Therapists, and is an authorized Re-Creation of the Self (RCS) facilitator.
Brian brings relational and somatic attunement to the darkest places that have impacted us, knowing beneath challenges and trauma are an even deeper truth of our innate wholeness and aliveness. His work weaves together multiple therapeutic approaches including: Neuro-affective Touch, Recreation of the Self (RCS), EDMR, Trauma-to-Dharma (now ISITTA), Somatica, and a lens of cross-cultural awareness throughout his practice.
204B, 10544-106 St.
Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 2X6
780-439-5088
thompson.p@shaw.ca
Hakomiedmonton.ca
Pamela Thompson with over 21 years of experience as a registered psychologist and over 25 years working with individuals and families in crisis, supporting people towards healing and wellness has become Pamela’s life work. She is dedicated to the advancement of the profession of psychology and works as a mentor and supervisor for people entering the field. As a psychologist and teacher, Pamela believes her priority is to hold what is already well in people and provide support as they challenge limiting beliefs about themselves and the world, and learn new ways to engage. In addition to a Master’s degree in Counseling, Pamela has advanced training in Hakomi and in trauma recovery through the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute as well as EMDR. She has found these methods particularly useful in the resolution of traumatic memories and stressors, the development of personal insight and awareness, and in facilitating improved relationships. Her interest in trauma and recovery led her to volunteer at a crisis center in the Philippines for 18 months, training psychologists and other professionals working with women and children who have been victims of violence and exploitation.
Israel
24 Hanagar St.
Hod Hasharon, Israel
058-642-0046
office@hakomiisrael.com
Keren Tzarfaty, Ph.D, MFT is the co-founder of the Hakomi Institute of Israel, a Hakomi Trainer and a trainer for MAPS in Israel (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). She is a clinical investigator in the MDMA PTSD FDA-approved clinical trial, examining the impact of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy on severe PTSD patients. Keren is the clinical director of the Open Access project of MAPS and the Israeli MOH, which offers MDMA assisted therapy for 50 participants in five governmental hospitals in Israel. She is also one of the founder of the new MA program at Haifa University: Integrative psychotherapy: Body, Mind, spirit. Keren holds an MA in Somatic Psychology and a Ph.D. in East- West Psychology, both from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She specializes in integrating mindfulness-based psychodynamic psychotherapy with somatic psychotherapy, attachment psychotherapy, trauma psychology and transpersonal psychology. Her approach is grounded in traditional western psychologies as well as inspired by Eastern and Shamanic spiritual traditions.
Japan

2-3-41 Ikinomatsubara
Nishiku Fukuokashi Fukuokaken
092- 881-7351
chieko.okada7351@gmail.com
Mallorca
147 West King Street
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-885-4858
julia@juliacorley.com
www.juliacorley.com
Julia Corley, M.A., LCHMC-A is a Certified Hakomi Trainer and Therapist. She has worked in the healing arts since 1998, first as a massage therapist with a passion for the mind/body connection and now as a somatic psychotherapist, international trainer, and facilitator. She began studying Hakomi in 2003 and immediately fell in love with its loving presence, depth, potency, and how each session feels like a bit of an adventure. She joined the Hakomi Institute faculty in 2015 and teaches on the Mallorca, Spain, and Southeastern US teams. She lives in North Carolina, in the Southeastern U.S., with her beloved husband and dog in a cozy house with an amazing garden. Julia is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and a Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist. In addition to teaching Hakomi, she facilitates Passion and Presence® couples’ retreats on mindful sexuality created by Hakomi Trainer Maci Daye and teaches Right Use of Power, ethics work combining power and heart created by Hakomi Trainer Cedar Barstow.
Offices in Decatur, Georgia and Mallorca, Spain:
-P.O. Box 233
Decatur, GA 30030
-Carrer de l’Alqueria del Comte, 72, 07100
Soller, Balears, Mallorca, Spain
maci@macidaye.com
www.macidaye.com
www.hakomimallorca.com
www.passionandpresence.com
Maci Daye, LPC, CST, CHT, is the creator of Passion and Presence®, an approach to sexuality that combines Hakomi’s curious and experiential spirit with neuroscience and modern sex therapy. She is an AASECT certified sex therapist, Hakomi Trainer, and author of Passion and Presence: A Couple’s Guide to Awakened Intimacy and Mindful Sex. For over two decades, Maci was a lead trainer in Asheville, NC, and part of the Atlanta training team. She co-founded Hakomi Mallorca in 2010. Maci has advanced human development and counseling degrees from Harvard and Georgia State Universities and a doctorate in sexuality from the Parkwood Institute. She also completed the Intermediate Somatic Experiencing Training, the Coach Training through Coaches Training Institute, and the Matrixworks Group Leadership Training. Originally from the United States, Maci now resides in Spain and Germany. She enjoys mentoring Hakomi graduates and provides consultation on combining sex therapy with Hakomi.
Licensed Psychologist. After a gratifying career as a music and movement teacher and educator, Valentina met Hakomi. It was a pivotal and life-changing encounter. She studied the Method in Europe and did additional Hakomi training in the United States while completing a second master’s degree in psychology. Valentina currently works as a licensed psychologist in private practice in Rome and is a Certified Hakomi Teacher and the Executive Co-director of Hakomi Mallorca. She is engaged in the forefront of spreading Hakomi in Italy and Europe as she believes that the values and techniques the Method promotes can dramatically enrich the world of mental health in the old continent. She has recently applied her passion for art to words. Through her writing activity, she aims to inspire people into mindfulness and the Method, trying to convey Hakomi’s beauty and its limbic way of interpreting the helping relationship. Among her published works, “Meditare con la vita” (Erickson 2022, with A. Montano) has reached a vast audience in her country.
130 Greenfield Ave, Suite #A
San Anselmo, CA 94960
415-339-7847
shailavie@hotmail.com
www.shailavie.com
24 Hanagar St.
Hod Hasharon, Israel
058-642-0046
office@hakomiisrael.com
Keren Tzarfaty, Ph.D, MFT is the co-founder of the Hakomi Institute of Israel, a Hakomi Trainer and a trainer for MAPS in Israel (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). She is a clinical investigator in the MDMA PTSD FDA-approved clinical trial, examining the impact of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy on severe PTSD patients. Keren is the clinical director of the Open Access project of MAPS and the Israeli MOH, which offers MDMA assisted therapy for 50 participants in five governmental hospitals in Israel. She is also one of the founder of the new MA program at Haifa University: Integrative psychotherapy: Body, Mind, spirit. Keren holds an MA in Somatic Psychology and a Ph.D. in East- West Psychology, both from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She specializes in integrating mindfulness-based psychodynamic psychotherapy with somatic psychotherapy, attachment psychotherapy, trauma psychology and transpersonal psychology. Her approach is grounded in traditional western psychologies as well as inspired by Eastern and Shamanic spiritual traditions.
Lagerlofstrasse 22, 22391
Hamburg
(011-49) 40-27141256
HalkoHD@aol.com
Halko Weiss, Ph.D., Dipl.-Psych., ECP, supervisor (BDP), is a licensed clinical psychologist, co-founder and Senior Trainer of the Hakomi Institute in the U.S., and founder of the Hakomi Institute of Europe, based in Germany, where he served as International Director for over 25 years. Halko has worked as a therapist since 1973, in private practice and in a number of institutions. Since 1978 he has also been a psychotherapy trainer in Europe, North America, New Zealand and Australia. Additionally, he works as a trainer and coach for executives within international corporations, such as DaimlerChrysler. Halko has published a number of books and articles, and is co-editor of the new books Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice and Handbook of Body Psychotherapy. (2004, with G. Marlock, eds.)
Pacifica
Karen Baikie, Ph.D. M.Clin.Psych., C.H.T.
Grow Mindfully
Level 1, 134 Willoughby Road
Crows Nest, NSW, 2065
+612 9436 0919
karen@karenbaikie.com.au
Karen Baikie, Ph.D. M.Clin.Psych, C.H.T. is a Certified Hakomi Therapist and consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 19 years experience working with individuals and couples in private practice in Sydney, Australia. Karen is a Certified Hakomi Trainer with the Hakomi Institute Pacifica Team, teaching on the Sydney Professional Training, and co-facilitator with Halko Weiss in the Australian Hakomi Embodied and Aware Relationships Training (H.E.A.R.T.) in Sydney. She runs workshops on aspects of Hakomi and H.E.A.R.T. throughout Australia and provides supervision. Karen is the Director and Founder of Grow Mindfully: Centre for Psychology, Psychotherapy and Health, a group private practice of mindfulness informed practitioners. Karen supports people with difficulties in the areas of attachment, trauma, emotional health, relationships, parenting, fertility, eating, and gut health. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology on the use of expressive writing as a therapeutic tool for survivors of trauma. She has worked extensively with adult survivors of child abuse, is trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and has completed Somatic Experiencing training. Karen is passionate about assisting individuals, couples and other therapists in using mindfulness-based approaches to support deepening awareness and connection with themselves and others.
Willowbank Holistic Center, 4 Willowbank
Dunedin, New Zealand
0064-3-47306 00
willow-bank@xtra.co.nz
Suhari Mommsen-Bohm is a registered Psychotherapist and Naturopath. She has been a health practitioner for over 30 years, beginning as a medical doctor in Germany. Since living in New Zealand her interest has turned towards Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. She studied Hakomi Experiential Psychotherapy in the early 90’s and became a teacher with the Hakomi Pacifica Team in 2001. She is currently part of the teaching staff in the New Zealand Hakomi training, offering workshops in New Zealand and Australia and presenting at conferences. She was awarded “ Advanced Clinical Practice” by the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (N.Z.A.P.) and has been in private practice in Dunedin for over 20 years, integrating Natural Medicine and Hakomi with a passion for Mind-Body Holism. She has a particular interest in the use of mindfulness in chronic pain syndrome, as a supportive treatment in illness and stress management.
20 Grange Rd Sth,
Haumoana, NZ
(06) 8751984
jmorgaine@xtra.co.nz
Jules Morgaine, DIP. O.T., M.N.Z.A.P., is a registered Psychotherapist, and a full member of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (N.Z.A.P.), where she holds a Certificate of Advanced Clinical Practice. She has over 20 years experience in private practice offering psychotherapy and supervision. She has also worked extensively in community education in areas of domestic violence intervention and sexual abuse healing, and teaches in B.A. Social Sciences at Eastern Institute of Technology, N.Z. Jules leads three-year professional Hakomi Trainings in N.Z. and Perth, Australia, and offers workshops throughout Australia and New Zealand.
USA
Deah Baird, N.D., L.P.C., C.H.T.
4531 SE Belmont Street, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97215
503-515-5188
deah@deahbaird.com
www.deahbaird.com
1485 Sumac
Boulder, CO 80304
720-480-1342
cedar@rightuseofpower.org
www.rightuseofpower.org
Dr. Cedar Barstow, D.P.I., M.Ed. is a Certified Hakomi Therapist in private practice, and a Certified Hakomi Trainer. She has led trainings nationally and internationally, in England, Ireland, Asheville, N.C., Santa Barbara, Seattle, Chicago, and Atlanta, and has taught workshops throughout the U.S., and in the South Pacific. Cedar is currently developing and teaching a professional training in Ethics and Right Use of Power. She served as Administrative Director of the Hakomi Institute for ten years, has served on the Board of Directors, Ethics Committee, and as Managing Editor of the Hakomi Forum. As Hakomi Librarian, she collects, organizes, and re-distributes the computerized log of evolving theory, curriculum, and exercises. She is the author of several books on women and healing, and is a core member of a ceremonial dance community in Boulder, Colorado.

147 West King Street
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-885-4858
julia@juliacorley.com
www.juliacorley.com
Julia Corley, M.A., LCHMC-A is a Certified Hakomi Trainer and Therapist. She has worked in the healing arts since 1998, first as a massage therapist with a passion for the mind/body connection and now as a somatic psychotherapist, international trainer, and facilitator. She began studying Hakomi in 2003 and immediately fell in love with its loving presence, depth, potency, and how each session feels like a bit of an adventure. She joined the Hakomi Institute faculty in 2015 and teaches on the Mallorca, Spain, and Southeastern US teams. She lives in North Carolina, in the Southeastern U.S., with her beloved husband and dog in a cozy house with an amazing garden. Julia is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and a Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist. In addition to teaching Hakomi, she facilitates Passion and Presence® couples’ retreats on mindful sexuality created by Hakomi Trainer Maci Daye and teaches Right Use of Power, ethics work combining power and heart created by Hakomi Trainer Cedar Barstow.
Offices in Decatur, Georgia and Mallorca, Spain:
-P.O. Box 233
Decatur, GA 30030
-Carrer de l’Alqueria del Comte, 72, 07100
Soller, Balears, Mallorca, Spain
maci@macidaye.com
www.macidaye.com
www.hakomimallorca.com
www.passionandpresence.com
Maci Daye, LPC, CST, CHT, is the creator of Passion and Presence®, an approach to sexuality that combines Hakomi’s curious and experiential spirit with neuroscience and modern sex therapy. She is an AASECT certified sex therapist, Hakomi Trainer, and author of Passion and Presence: A Couple’s Guide to Awakened Intimacy and Mindful Sex. For over two decades, Maci was a lead trainer in Asheville, NC, and part of the Atlanta training team. She co-founded Hakomi Mallorca in 2010. Maci has advanced human development and counseling degrees from Harvard and Georgia State Universities and a doctorate in sexuality from the Parkwood Institute. She also completed the Intermediate Somatic Experiencing Training, the Coach Training through Coaches Training Institute, and the Matrixworks Group Leadership Training. Originally from the United States, Maci now resides in Spain and Germany. She enjoys mentoring Hakomi graduates and provides consultation on combining sex therapy with Hakomi.
Jon Eisman is a founding member of the Hakomi Institute, a Senior Hakomi Trainer, and the Founder and former Director of the Hakomi Institutes of Oregon and California. For more than 50 years, Jon has been teaching and practicing in the U.S. and worldwide. He has made innumerable contributions and refinements to the theory, practice, articulation and applications of the Hakomi Method, and has written several volumes of the Hakomi Training Manual. He is also the creator of the unique complementary model and method of human dynamics, The Re-Creation of the Self (R-CS), and the overarching therapeutic framework integrating Hakomi, R-CS, Neurobiology, Attachment and Trauma: Mindful Experiential Therapy Approaches (M.E.T.A.). His practice these days consists mostly of consulting with graduates and advanced practitioners.
621 Eucalyptus Way
Mill Valley, CA 94941
415-269-1186
robfisher@HakomiCA.org
www.robfishermft.com
Rob Fisher, M.A., M.F.T., is a psychotherapist, consultant and CAMFT certified supervisor in private practice in Mill Valley. He is a certified Hakomi Therapist and Teacher. He is an adjunct professor at JFK University where he teaches marriage and family therapy classes and case consultation seminars as well as an adjunct professor at CIIS where he teaches Hakomi and Theories and Techniques of Body Oriented Psychotherapy. He also teaches couples therapy at the post graduate level at a variety of agencies in San Francisco and Marin country. He is the publisher of the Couples Psychotherapy Newsletter and the author of a book about experientially oriented couples therapy entitled Experiential Psychotherapy With Couples, A Guide for the Creative Pragmatist, published by Zeig/Tucker. He has been a Master and Peer Presenter at the annual CAMFT Conference and at other national conferences such as the USABP. He is also a California State Licensed Continuing Education Provider.
Gregory Gaiser, (demi-gender; pronouns: he/they) resides in Longmont, CO, the ancestral homeland of the Northern Arapaho people. After the U.S. government broke an 1860s treaty with several tribes, the Northern Arapaho lost their land and were forced onto the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Gregory is a Pastoral Counselor and has served as the Lead Trainer for Hakomi Southwest since 2010. He is also an associate instructor with both the Right Use of Power Institute (devoted to ethics with heart) and the Matrix Leadership Institute (devoted to group work and developing a sense of community in all group settings). He first studied Hakomi in 1983 with founder Ron Kurtz, Pat Ogden, and Phil Del Prince. He worked with Dr. Ogden for many years at the beginning of the development of her work – first called Hakomi Bodywork and then later on called Hakomi Integrative Somatics. He trained with Peter Levine in Somatic Experiencing in the early 1990s. Gregory was on the faculty of the Boulder College of Massage Therapy teaching various courses emphasizing the body-mind-spirit connection. While there Gregory co-developed with Amber Elizabeth Gray, a graduate level course entitled Trauma And The Body, which offered skillful, attuned bodywork to trauma survivors including families from Columbine High School and survivors of the Bosnian War. His life’s work is about helping folks in the embodied application of spiritual principles to their relationships with themselves, their partnerships and families, and their communities.
Melissa Grace, M.A., CHT, is a Senior Hakomi Trainer, and Lead Trainer in the Colorado and Northeast Hakomi Trainings. Melissa has led workshops and trainings throughout the U.S. for 30 years, and continues to design, innovate and teach all levels of Hakomi with her team. She serves on the Hakomi Institute Board of Directors and the Faculty Council. Melissa has worked with thousands of clients in her private practice, first as a psychotherapist for 30 years, and now as a Hakomi integrated life coach, professional development coach, and relational intelligence coach. She works with founders, leaders and executives on leading teams and organizations with compassion and self-awareness. Melissa has an M.A. in Counseling Psychology, and is trained as a coach and facilitator through the National Training Laboratory, CTI, Conversant, Matrix Leadership and LeaderSmarts. She has been a course leader at the Integral Institute, and adjunct faculty at Naropa University. Melissa lives in Boulder, CO where she hikes, dances, cooks, and celebrates with long time friends and family. Her spiritual practice is a simple one of returning to presence and connection in the everyday moments and contexts of life.
Morgan Holford, has been a Trainer for the Hakomi Institute since 1990. She has led trainings in many cities throughout the U.S. and has taught Hakomi at Southwestern College and Scherer Institute in Santa Fe, N.M. One of Morgan’s loves is to work with Hakomi graduates to help them deepen their skills with the method and become certified. Morgan co-created and continues to teach the Hakomi for Bodyworkers Training, bringing key elements of the Hakomi Method to this population of health practitioners. She provides consultation for other practicing therapists on the inclusion of the body in the psychotherapeutic process. She also designed Embodying Spirit, a series of experiential workshops. She has been a practicing therapist for 25 years in Santa Fe, integrating her trainings in Hakomi, couples work, somatic trauma therapy, massage and the Rosen Method. Morgan brings her deep commitment to spiritual growth and embodiment to her work with individuals, couples and groups.
Jaci Hull, M.A., L.M.F.T., leads Hakomi trainings and workshops throughout the U.S. and Canada. She has served as as faculty for the Somatic Psychology M.A. program at Naropa University and for the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute. Jaci is on the Hakomi Institute Board of Directors and is a co-developer of Experiential Couples Psychotherapy. She received her degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University in 1997. Her post-graduate training includes Family Therapy, EMDR II, Somatic Trauma Resolution, Brainspotting, Group Leadership Training and she is a Certified Relational Life Therapist. She brings her extensive experience, as well as warmth, safety, and humor, to her teaching. A licensed psychotherapist in private practice for over 25 years, Jaci works with individuals and couples, emphasizing clear, heartfelt and solution-focused communication.
Vancouver, BC and Berkeley, CA
(Canada) 778-875-5322, (US) 510-882-3363
dominiquelando@gmail.com
130 Greenfield Ave, Suite #A
San Anselmo, CA 94960
415-339-7847
shailavie@hotmail.com
www.shailavie.com
Mukara Meredith, M.S.W., has over 30 years of experience in teaching, consulting, and training. In addition to her Hakomi work, she is developer of the Matrixworks approach to working with groups as Living Systems, and trains individuals and corporate leaders internationally (in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and Central/South America) in this Hakomi-based approach. In her corporate work with Proctor and Gamble, Mattel, The Gap, General Mills and other large organizations, Mukara trains executives and employees to work together to facilitate the change and transformation inherent in groups. Since 1993 she has also served as Adjunct Faculty at Naropa University, teaching Group Process Leader for the Somatic Psychology department and developing curriculum for the Environmental Leadership program. Mukara believes knowledge of groups, membership, and leadership is key to our personal, community, and planetary healing. A Buddhist practitioner for over 20 years, Mukara is devoted to the practical application of world wisdom teachings in everyday life.
Santa Fe, NM
505-235-2678
lorenamonda@gmail.com
http://lorenamonda.com
Lorena Monda, M.S., D.O.M., L.P.C.C. is a certified Hakomi therapist and a trainer for the Hakomi Institute, teaching Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy in the U.S., Argentina, and Japan. She has been a practicing psychotherapist since 1977. Lorena is also a Doctor of Oriental Medicine (since 1984) and a member of Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh’s core community, the Order of Interbeing. In addition to teaching Hakomi, Lorena is a certified teacher of Sheng Zhen Meditation and Qigong. She lives and practices in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Lorena is the author of the book The Practice of Wholeness: Spiritual Transformation in Everyday Life, and co-editor of I Have Arrived, I Am Home: Celebrating 20 years of Plum Village Life and our current, primary book on Hakomi: Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice. Lorena uses the pronouns ‘she/her’ or ‘they/their’, and is committed to anti-racism, anti-oppression, radical dharma, liberation, and love.
Jessica Montgomery, M.S.W.
3434 SW Kelly Avenue
Portland OR 97239
503-449-4978
jessica@meta-trainings.com
http://www.meta-trainings.com
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-862-3010
Email: Manuela@embodywise.com
Website: www.embodywise.com
Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, MFT., is an international Hakomi Trainer and teaches somatic psychology, movement and trauma psychotherapy. She co-founded the Hakomi Institute of California and recently created Embodywise, a non-profit learning community that supports the wisdom teachings through the body. She has developed an integrative trauma approach that centers movement as a primary healing modality called: Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approach (ISITTA), an in-depth training program for therapists and practitioners.
Manuela has 25+ years of clinical experience in the field of trauma working somatically and psychedelic assisted psychotherapy with first responders. She lectures and trains professionals on the topics of mindfulness-somatic psychology, trauma therapy and compassionate relational approaches to healing. She integrates Hakomi work into working with executive business leaders and leadership trainings in organizations.
Manuela is the author of several books, including 125 Somatic Psychotherapy Tools for Trauma and Stress (PESI 2018), 8 Keys to Practicing Mindfulness: Practical Strategies for Emotional Health and Well Being (W.W.Norton 2015). She is currently finishing her new book on Movement therapy tools for clinicians soon to be released. Visit Manuela’s website manuelamischkereeds.com and embodywise.com to find out more about her work.
P.O. Box 712
Santa Cruz CA 95061
831-212-7373
counseling@juliemurphy.org
www.juliemurphy.org
Julie Murphy, M.A., L.M.F.T., Certified Addictions Treatment Counselor, Certified Hakomi Trainer and Therapist has over thirty years of experience consulting, teaching and working in the Healing Arts. Julie is a Co-Director of the Hakomi Institute of California and trains mental health professionals in California, Canada, Israel, Australia and New Zealand. With a strong background in the fields of anthropology, contemplative psychology, addictions, attachment theory, massage therapy, Buddhism, and poetry, Julie has developed numerous programs that integrate cutting-edge research with humanistic and contemplative approaches. She is adjunct faculty at John F. Kennedy University in Holistic Counseling Psychology, was an instructor in the California Institute of Integral Studies Certificate Program in Mindfulness and Compassion in Psychotherapy, and has presented at numerous professional conferences including the Non-Dual Wisdom Conference, the Hakomi Institute International, AMTA, and USABP Annual Conferences. She specializes in developing mindfulness and compassion in relationships, attachment theory, addictions counseling and creative writing. Julie developed Embodied Writing™, a contemplative and somatic approach to creative writing and self-expression. She also developed “Attending to Attachment: A Mindfulness Based Approach to Working with Attachment Issues and Relationship Repair”. Julie practices experiential somatic psychotherapy with individuals, couples, adolescents and families in Santa Cruz, California.
Donna Roy, MS, L.P.C., C.H.T., is a licensed professional counselor and a Certified Hakomi Therapist and Trainer. She has a private counseling and consulting practice in Portland, Oregon, offers certification support to Hakomi graduates, teaches in local and international Hakomi and Primary Attachment trainings, and serves on the Hakomi Institute board. Her experience includes teaching in Portland State University’s Department of Counselor Education, founding a local affordable counseling clinic, and authoring a chapter entitled, “Body-Centered Counseling & Psychotherapy” in the counseling textbook, Theories and Interventions in Counseling and Psychotherapy, published by Prentice Hall. She has advanced training in couples, marriage and family therapy, experiential dreamwork, and clinical supervision.
Pernilla Siebenfreund, C.H.T.
65 Royal Pde
Alderley, Brisbane
QLD 4051, Australia
+61 410 462605
pernilla@hakomi.com.au
healingbeyondwords.com.au
Pernilla Siebenfreund is a Certified Hakomi Therapist and Trainer. She works as a counsellor and psychotherapist with couples and individuals in private practice in Brisbane, Australia. Pernilla is on the faculty of the Hakomi Institute Pacifica Team, teaching in the Sydney Professional Training. She offers Hakomi workshops in Australia and is the Brisbane organiser of Hakomi events. Pernilla has an extensive counselling background, including suicide prevention and work at KidsHelpLine and ParentLine. She is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and also trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. She has been a meditation practitioner for 25 years, and is passionate about fostering compassion for self and others, as well as strengthening our sense of interconnectedness.
Susan San Tara, M.A., M.F.T.
2915 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Berkeley, CA 94703
510-982-6034
SanTaraMFT@gmail.com
anamcaratherapycenter.com
Watkinsville/Athens, GA
404-834-4777
hakomihiromi@gmail.com
hakomihiromi-en.com
Her translation of Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy and Practice of Wholeness by Hakomi trainer Lorena Monda were published in Japan in 2014 and 2019. Hiromi was born in Japan and came to the USA in 1994. She is a caring wife and mother of three wonderful children and live in Watkinsville, GA.
Teachers
Brazil
Largo do Machado 54/607,
CEP 22221-020 Brazil
phone: 55 21 25563988
juliaandrade@terra.com.br
www.matrixhakomi.com.br
Rua Roquete Pinto 35/201,
Urca, Rio de Janeiro
RJ, Brazil, CEP: 22.290-280
+55 21-984490434
carloseduardomelo5@gmail.com
Canada

#109, 10411-122 Street
Edmonton, AB T5N 4C2
780-441-9844

#204, 1909 17 Ave. SW
Calgary, AB T2K 0H7
403-437-7557
annaharland@shaw.ca
www.annaharland.ca

10065 80 Ave.
Edmonton, AB T6E1T4
780-914-6399
susann@integratedtherapies.ca
China
Israel

Japan

5-11-11 Nakameguro, Meguroku
Tokyo, Japan 153-0061
phone: (+81)-90-7281-3358
info.space.tao@gmail.com
www.space-tao.com
Motoko works as a psychotherapist at a psychiatric clinic in Tokyo, and has worked as a facilitator to apply Hakomi with traumatized people in the clinical psychiatric setting since 2006. She has also worked in private practice in Tokyo since 2010, mostly seeing clients with traumatic episodes. Her clinical approaches are based in Hakomi, SE, NARM (Neuro Affective Relational Model), Family Constellations, and Brainspotting. Motoko has co-translated the book “Trauma and the Body” into Japanese and co-written a book, “Eight Stories with Hakomi” in Japanese.
Pacifica
Australia
Ph 0418861582
deb@holisticcounselling.com.au
www.holisticcounselling.com.au

Waimanu, 39 McGiven Dr, RD1
New Plymouth
067539331
c.j.crawford@xtra.co.nz

23 Leila Road
Warburton, Victoria 3799
Australia
+61 0490123199
aladdinjones@gmail.com
www.aladdinjones.com
485 Kairakau Rd RD14
Havelock North 4295
New Zealand
021-877-104; Mobile: +6421877104
sarahetj@gmail.com
USA

3710 Cedar St
Austin, TX 78702
512-917-3404
rupeshchhagan@gmail.com
DBT Center of Marin:
895 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
San Anselmo, CA 94960.
Blue Oak Therapy Center:
Berkeley, CA 94705.
415-459-5206 Ext. 1
dvfish12@gmail.com

P.O. Box 465


4531 SE Belmont St.
Portland, OR 97215
503-358-5263
novamindfultherapies@gmail.com

14665 FM 849
Lindale, TX 75771
903-508-2737
rebecca@lincolnlpc.com
https://provider.kareo.com/rebecca-lincoln

License #: 115141
PO Box 6356
Altadena, CA 91003
(818) 925-6432
ashleyrosstherapy@gmail.com


1606 NE Holman Street
Portland, OR 97211
503-724-4850
selinstrait@selinstrait.com
870 Market St. #907
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-938-6636
gal@thecouplescenter.org
http://thecouplescenter.org
Emeritus
P.O. Box 23
Mill City, Oregon 97360
503-897-4830
GregoryJJohanson@gmail.com
www.gregjohanson.net
Gregory Johanson, Ph.D., L.P.C., is a Founding Trainer of the Hakomi Institute. He is editor of the Hakomi Forum, and has served as co-editor (with Ralph Cohen) of the Journal of Self Leadership, Book Review Editor of the Journal of Spirituality in Counseling, and on the editorial committees of the Journal of Pastoral Care, the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy Journal, and the Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association. He has taught in a number of schools, including the graduate schools of Loyola in Chicago and Northeastern Illinois State University, and as Research Faculty at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. Greg leads Hakomi workshops and trainings throughout the United States and overseas in Japan and Hong Kong, and is a trainer in Internal Family Systems work. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Pastoral Psychotherapist with degrees in psychology, philosophy, and theology, who was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship with the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. He has published over one hundred items in the fields of pastoral theology and psychotherapy including the book (with Ron Kurtz) “Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of the Tao-te Ching”, which has been translated into five languages. He is co-editor of the new book Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice. His special interest is in Integral Psychology, which relates spirituality to individual consciousness and behavior, in the context of social and cultural issues. Greg currently lives and practices in Oregon.

1742 Fernwood Avenue
Inge Mula Myllerup-Brookhuis Cand Psych, LPC, CEAP
501 Tanner Street
Carrollton, GA 30117
770-836-1205 Office
770-313-1741 Cell
thezenterga.com
Ingemula@gmail.com
Maya Shaw Gale, M.A.
410 Palm Ave. #A7
Carpinteria, CA. 93013
805-857-1789
email: mayashawgale@gmail.com
Maya Shaw Gale, M.A., is a Certified Hakomi Practitioner and Trainer and has served on the Board of Directors of the Hakomi Institute for many years. She has trained professionals in the Hakomi Method in California, Kansas, Georgia, North Carolina, and for the past 15 years in New Zealand and Australia. Maya has also trained in Process-Oriented Psychology and World Work Conflict Resolution, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Embodied Dreamwork , Holodynamics, Authentic Movement and holds her Master’s degree in Expressive Arts Therapy. Maya is a certified life coach and has a mindfulness-based wellness coaching practice in Santa Barbara, CA with a focus on individuals, couples and organizations moving through transition. She is also a Certified Trainer with the Circle of Life Coaching Foundation and, as adjunct faculty of Cambridge College Graduate School of Education for 8 years, trained educators in curriculum applications of somatic awareness, mindfulness and emotional intelligence. Maya is also a performance artist in dance/theater and brings her love of movement and embodied learning processes into her teaching, counseling and coaching work. She particularly enjoys sharing her transformational work in nature retreat settings and is the founder of Women in the Wild, Inner Nature/ Outer Nature, and True Nature Retreats.
Phil Del Prince, M.A., is a Senior Trainer and Co-Founder of the Hakomi Institute. He has been a practicing therapist for over 27 years, and a trainer at all levels of the Hakomi Method since its inception. His teaching and therapy rest on a broad base of training and experience with traditional counseling approaches, Gestalt, Bioenergetics, Group Therapy, and Psychodrama. Phil is particularly interested in teaching the neuropsychology underlying psychotherapy and the Hakomi Method. He also enjoys assisting students and therapists to refine and integrate their skills in the Hakomi Method with their unique personal wisdom and professional styles. Phil and his family live in Boulder, Colorado, where he maintains a private practice.