About

• Master’s Degree,Holistic Counseling Psychology (1990), John F. Kennedy University (San Francisco Bay Area)
• Lomi School – Somatic Psychotherapy training, (1991)
• More than two decades of professional experience on the front lines of intensive and long-term care Psychiatry; end-stage AIDS caregiving during the height of the epidemic;
• Individual, Family, and Group Counseling;  Substance Abuse and Addiction Treatment
• 1 year as a volunteer in Seattle, and 5 years as a paid Counselor on Ward 5A at SF General Hospital with Shanti Project (1986-1992)
• Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Senegal, W. Africa (1983)
• 40 years of study and training with Ram Dass in Meditation and Karma Yoga (the art and science of Service as a spiritual practice) and elder teachers in the U.S. and India
• Extensive history of Vipassana Meditation practice and study in long-term retreats
• Long-term Advaita Vedanta study and practice
• Board President, Gay Buddhist Fellowship SF, a 503c non-profit (2020-present)