About Me- External & Internal Credentials

RELIGION-RELATED/OTHER CREDENTIALS --PhD Religious Studies, Temple University --DTh (Doctorate of Theology) and Ordained Interfaith Minister, The New Seminary --Significant coursework in biology and cultural anthropology from undergraduate and graduate study --Adjunct Professor of Religion, Rutgers, LaSalle, etc Universities (10 years) --Indigenous/pilgrimage travel experience, India & Americas --Tom Brown’s Tracker School, two courses (Native American, wilderness experience) --Technical Writer (3 years), Centennial Computers, Atlanta, GA --Professional Variety Entertainer (circus arts for 3 out of college- primarily juggling) -- Author, Universal Spiritual Philosophy and Practice (200 p), self-published; --Author, Dream Basics and Their Spiritual Nature (18 p. booklet) --Board of Directors, Center for Contemporary Mysticism, Philadelphia, PA 2019-present DREAMWORK --30 years recording and interpreting dreams --IASD member and conference speaker --Proficient in archetypal projective dreamwork --Certified in 5-star co-creative dreamwork --Universals Class in Dream Interpretation --Numerous CE and non-CD IASD online courses --Conduced dream circles in Substance abuse clinics and community groups --“Nighttime Adventures: Remembering and Interpreting Your Dreams” taught in Adult Educations Centers --Workshop Offered: Nightime Dreams: Getting Answers and Resolving Issues SPIRITUAL INVOLVEMENTS --Raised Episcopalian --Transcendental Meditation, 10 years -- Dabbled in: Vedanta Society, Sikhism, ISKON, Eckankar, a few drugs—2 years --Catholic retreat (big Thomas Merton fan) --Sufi Islam (Bawa Muyiahadeen), 6 months --Mankind Project NWTA Graduate and I-group, 8 years --Hollow Bones Zen Society, 3 years --TAT Foundation, 10 years, ongoing --Overall familiarity with New Age spirituality --40 years Siddha Yoga and other Bhakti groups HEALING JOURNEY My early years involved severe asthma, ADD, and finally adult-onset epilepsy. 95% of that has been fixed with the help of various therapists and healers—most of which, however, did not work until I was CRACKED OPEN with my major initiations. I think that gratitude for the existence of true spiritual masters, even if you’ve never met one, is a MAJOR credential for someone who hopes to help others sort through spiritual issues. (or ordinary life issues, for that matter).

COUNSELING-RELATED CREDENTIALS -- M.S. Community Counseling, Georgia State University, 1986 -- Adjunct Professor at Alvernia College, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-7. Taught Counseling and Behavioral Health courses -- Current Private Practice, Flourtown & Philadelphia, PA. 2017-- present -- Counselor, part-time, Southwest Nu-Stop North, Philadelphia, PA 5/2005-4/06 -- Counselor, part-time, Parkside Recovery (Methadone Clinic), Philadelphia, PA, 4/05-5/05 -- Counselor, Parkside Recovery, 3/99 – 12/03. -- Counselor, DRC, Philadelphia, PA, 9/1998 – 12/98. -- Numerous recent/ongoing trainings in CBT, ACT, Mind-Body Medicine, etc