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Spring 2011 CIIS Alumni NewsMay 10 2011
Padma Catell (COU ’84) has published a second edition of her book "Drugs and Clients: What Every Psychotherapist Needs to Know," written for practitioners who are trained in the art of psychotherapy and need greater familiarity with the biochemistry of psychotropic drugs and medications. She hopes that this book will also prove useful to doctors, nurses, and the many other health-care professionals who are not trained in the specialty of psychiatry, but who are working with clients taking psychoactive medications and/or using nonprescription psychotropic drugs.
Eugene Herrington (CLN ’89) is owner of Herrington Consultants & Psychological Associates at Peachtree in Atlanta, Ga. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) as well as a licensed clinical hypnotherapist and licensed Reiki master. He is assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Morehouse School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
George Taylor (ICP ’91) recently opened a psychotherapy office in San Francisco to complement his Marin County practice. He works with couples and individuals on recovery and communication/relationship issues. He and his wife, Debra Chamberlin-Taylor, a Spirit Rock Meditation Center teacher, offer couples programs and classes locally and in Hawaii. His book on men’s groups, "Talking with Our Brothers," has been republished in Australia and on the web.
Alexander Shaia (CLN ’92) received three honors for his 2010 book, "The Hidden Power of the Gospels: Four Questions, Four Paths, One Journey" (HarperOne 2010). Spirituality and Practice awarded it Best Christian Book of 2010, Tikkun magazine gave it an honorable mention, and the New Mexico Book Awards designated it as Best Religion Book of 2010.
David Talamo (ICP ’96) is the founder of Wilderness Reflections and has more than 30 years of experience as a wilderness guide. He is a certified Hakomi therapist who works with youth and adults in his private practice in San Rafael.
Rosa Granadillo-Schwentker (EXA ’96) has been working in the mental health, education, community, and organizational areas for more than 30 years. Currently she is the director of the Transpersonal Integrated Energy Therapies Center and the creator of shiftinNRG for change: a model integrating feminine shamanism, energy medicine/psychology, and the arts for teaching and coaching. Trained as a psychologist in Venezuela and U.S., she is also an adjunct faculty member at CIIS and the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology.
Mary Ellen Halloran (ICP ’99) is the owner and anger management coach at Reworking Anger in Willimantic, Conn. She recently did a successful presentation to the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce on “Coping with Stress and Anger in the Workplace.”
David Zeitler (EWP ’00) has recently published the book "Integral Psychotherapy: Inside Out/Outside In" (SUNY Press). He is an assistant professor who teaches in the Integral Theory program and Integral Psychology program at JFK University.
Marguerite Rigoglioso (WSE ’01, HUM ’08) has published her second book and was featured in the new documentary "Honor of the Sacred Honey Bee" (Alchemy Films). Her newest book is "Virgin Mother Goddesses of Antiquity" (Palgrave Macmillan, September 2010).
Jayne DeMente (WSE ’01) has published a new book titled "Feminine Reformation: A Goddess Meta Narrative," a textbook to honor the theories and research of foremothers and beacons in the women’s spirituality movement and the next generation of female scholarship.
Mirka Knaster (ACS ’03), in collaboration with Robert Pryor, has written "Living This Life Fully: Stories and Teachings of Munindra" (Shambhala), the first book about a Bengali Buddhist master and Pali scholar who became one of the most important Vipassana meditation teachers of the 20th century and a grandfather of the mindfulness movement in the West.
Kevin Hibbitt (ICP ’04) recently became licensed as a marriage and family therapist. He has a private practice in San Francisco and continues to teach vinyasa-based yoga at International Orange and the Jewish Community Center. He also leads seasonal restorative yoga workshops at the Mindful Body in San Francisco.
Sandy Miranda (WSE ’05) is a radio broadcaster at KALW in San Francisco and received the Aloha Spirit Award in November 2010 from the local Hawaiian community for her work in radio.
Tamara Thebert (ICP ’08) published the article “How to Make the Most Out of Therapy: Notes from Ecopsychology” on the website Awakening the Bay: The Holistic Network.
Ginny Lin (PAR, ’09) is excited to be working on her book on the topic, "Ecological Crises: the Tao and Yin Yang of the Environment." She keeps very busy with her research and volunteering two hours every weekday to tutor mathematics at Evergreen Valley College. Ginny is very happy to be 75 years old and in good health. Her key to long life is to live humbly and frugally while giving back. She states, “Don’t think of yourself, think of humankind.”
Carrie Love (Sound and Healing Certificate ’09) opened her own practice called Discover the Sound of YOU. Carrie teaches creativity through songwriting workshops and beginning guitar workshops, and she offers private sessions in creative sound coaching.
Barb Harris (IHL ’10) former editorial director of Shape magazine, will teach movement and stress management in spring 2011. Barb also serves as a chaplain and integrative health practitioner for Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland.
Keiron Le Grice (PCC ’10)
is an adjunct faculty member at CIIS and author of "The Archetypal Cosmos: Rediscovering the Gods in Myth, Science and Astrology" (Floris Books, 2010).
Chanda Möllers (IHL ’10) has accepted a wellness manager position at Pacific Gas & Electric. For the last few years, she has worked as the program coordinator for the Integrative Health Studies program at CIIS. She continues to work with the Glide Women‘s Center at Glide Memorial Church, creating a photo story, made and directed by women participants in a support program.
