California Licensing Credentials

California Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor #5292


Advanced Professional Training in Trauma and Attachment

Somatic

Training for the Treatment of Trauma: Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses, and Traumatic Memory, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, Broomfield, CO, 2012-2013

The Essential Role of Nonverbal Communication in the Treatment of Dissociative Disorders, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, Broomfield, CO, 2013

The Role of Rhythm and Action in Brain Development, Attachment, and Trauma, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, Broomfield, CO, 2012

Other

Trauma Informed Expressive Arts Therapy Level One Certificate, Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute, Abiquiu, NM, 2017

Animal-Assisted Interventions: Integrating Animals to Enhance Treatment in Clinical Practice, PESI, 2017

Treating Trauma, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, 2012


Additional Advanced Training

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Radically Open Blended Learning, 2022

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents and Families Skills Training, Behavioraltech, 2020

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training, Behavioraltech, 2019


Seminars

The Relational Nature of Shame: A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Perspective, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute Online, 2020

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy in Context: Sociocultural Perspectives, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute Online, 2020

A Therapist’s Path to Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma, Academy for Therapy Wisdom, 2020


Education

Master of Arts in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, Naropa University, Boulder, CO, 2013


Master Level Independent Study

Polyvagal Theory: A Modern Perspective on Psychopathology, Naropa University, 2013


Experience

Owner/Clinical Director, The Lang Center for Somatic Psychotherapy, Encinitas, CA 2018-present

Psychotherapist/Trauma Specialist in Private Practice, Living Clinical Counseling, Encinitas, CA, 2017-2018

Psychotherapist/Trauma Specialist in Private Practice, Rituals of Healing Psychology Group, Encinitas, CA, 2016-2017

Psychotherapist/Trauma Specialist, Confidential Recovery, San Diego, CA, 2016-present

Assistant Trainer, Training for the Treatment of Trauma: Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses, and Traumatic Memory, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 2015-2016

Primary Therapist/Trauma Specialist, West Coast Recovery Centers, Carlsbad, CA, 2015-2016

Psychotherapist/Trauma Specialist in Private Practice, Boulder, CO, 2011-2014


Professional Memberships

American Counseling Association

California Association for Professional Clinical Counselors

International Association for Traumatic Stress Studies

International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation


Mindfulness Training

I have 13 years of experience in the areas of mindfulness, meditation, and the interplay between personal psychology and spiritual practice.  Prior to training in the counseling field, I spent three years practicing and studying at the monastery of Pema Chödrön, in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Following my monastic studies I engaged in intensive meditation practice in short and long term group and solitary retreats. Naropa University, from where I earned my Master Degree, is a contemplative university focused on mindful awareness in all aspects of psychological learning and practice.