Qualifications - Training, Education, Experience

EDUCATION

• Holistic Health for Companion Animals (Clayton College – 2007)
• MS in Environmental Planning
• BS in Landscape Architecture

TRAINING IN ANIMAL COMMUNICATION

• 3 Workshops with Penelope Smith
• Workshops with Dawn Hayman and Amelia Kincaid
• Mentoring program with Kate Solisti and Georgina Cyr

CERTIFICATIONS

• Flower Essence Practitioner
• Reiki Master
• TTouch Practioner Level I (Companion Animals)

CONTINUING EDUCATION

I regularly take teleclasses from the Animal Spirit Healing and Education Network, flower essence workshops, seminars in animal nutrition and anything that comes my way that I think contributes to understanding more about my clients, both animal and human. I have spent several years studying and practicing transformational energy healing for both animals and humans.

SERVICE

I am very active as a volunteer, and I am a member of organizations that are making a difference for the betterment of all beings.

• Downers Grove Humane Society, Chicago, IL (1997 - 2000). Fostered special needs dogs with behavioral or medical issues. Trained to be an adoption counselor.
• SPCA of Westchester (2002 - 2008). Having come in on the ground floor of our volunteer program, I helped to develop many programs and procedures used there including the foster program, intake and adoption forms, follow-up calls on all the animals adopted, and the Train-To-Adopt program for volunteers working with the dogs. In order to help develop the program at the SPCA, I have attended numerous workshops and seminars from some of the highest regarded canine experts in the field.
• Therapy team (2003 to present). My two dogs are certified by both TDI and Delta. We go to schools and libraries to help children who have reading issues regain their confidence. We also visit a church with the Headstart Program and help 3- and 4-year old Hispanic and African-American children learn that dogs really can be wonderful friends and that they don’t have to be afraid of them.
• Member of ACCAW (Animal Communicators Coalition for Animal Welfare)
• Moderator for Georgina Cyr’s “Animal Communication Forum” (2006 - 2008)
• Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT - Draft Horse program (2008 - present). Started a draft horse program at the Farm that promotes education and contributes to farm production and maintenance activities. Currently, we have two teams of English Shires working on an average of four days per week.