A reconnection with Mother Earth and with each other is fundamental to disrupting
global patterns of trauma and mass corrosion of the spirit. — Melanie Goodchild

I am a multidimensional artist and scholar who is dedicated to better understanding and facilitating our individual and collective health and healing. My work is holistic — blending research, education, and practices drawn from ancestral & contemporary wisdom. I am a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center, completing my clinical internship at Kennesaw State University.
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Over 31 years of experience: academic, psychiatric, scientific, medical, technical, civic, conference, and the performing arts
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Services: interpreting; mentoring; supervision; presenting; facilitating small and large interpreter trainings; video production.
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Certified by the Registry of Interpreters for the deaf
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Over 16 years of mixed-method lab & community- based experience
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Services: consultation; research design; project management; data collection, analysis, reporting (quant. & qual.); peer review; research videos & science communication
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Specialties: mental health; social sciences; lab & portable neuroscience & electrophysiology; experience sampling; photovoice
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MA & MPhil in Psychology & 10 years of doctoral training in health, clinical, and biological psychology, & neuroscience
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Languages: English & American Sign Language
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Over 40 years of experience
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Services: public speaking; leading panel & roundtable discussions; conference & symposium planning & chairing
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Musical performances; open-mic spoken word & poetry events
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Storytelling coach and producer
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Live and virtual
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Languages: English & American Sign Language
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Over 8 years of experience
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Services: individual and group yoga & fitness classes; speaking; support & book groups; conference self-care; mindfulness; video production
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Specialties: trauma, stress & anxiety, BIPOC mental health, deaf mental health
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Group Fitness Instructor Training (Shape Up NYC)
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Certified Holistic Yoga Teacher Training (200 hours)
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MA & MPhil in Psychology & 10 years of doctoral training.
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Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Hours
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Intervention: 1,674
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Assessment: 495
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Supervision: 691
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Support: 4,287
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Languages: English & American Sign Language