APPROACHES TO HEALING – SPRING 2004 -- Scheduling as of March 17 – LH 3, 5:30-7:30

Betty Kutter, Lab I 2023, kutterb@evergreen.edu -- Cindy Beck, Seminar 4158, cbeck@evergreen.edu
 
 

I. March 31 Rain Delvin -- Mind-body healing – an international exploration  raindelvin@hotmail.com

Rain was a student at Evergreen from 91-94 where began her work with healing through her studies of medicinal plants. She subsequently served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand where she worked with AIDS and Environmental education. During that time she apprenticed in Thai Massage and herbal medicine through the traditional healing center at the hospital in her village. She completed her massage studies at the New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics, and her studies as a Clinical Herbalist with Michael Moore at the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. She has worked with several native Athabascan villages in Alaska, and spent six months doing conservation work in China last year as a World Wildlife Fund volunteer. She currently practices Swedish, Thai and other forms of massage full-time in Olympia at Get in Touch, 943 7739.

II. April 7 Curt Eschels LAc & Brent Swift LAc: Oriental medicine: traditional and modern

Curt Eschels and Brent Swift are acupuncturists licensed by the state of Washington.  They have both taken and passed national examinations covering all aspects of Traditional Chinese Medicine, point locations and safety technique.  Curt graduated from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (in Seattle), and Brent  is a graduate of the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine(Portland).  Brent  enjoys a special focus on seniors and chemical dependency issues.  He has studied both Chinese and Japanese acupuncture modalities and has additional training in Chinese Herbology. He uses Qigong (a energetic exercise form), and foot reflexology as appropriate; Curt and Brent also employ both Tuina (a form of Chinese massage) and Shiatsu (a Japanese massage).

Talk Outline        WHO list
 

III. April 14 - Ana Schofield -- Skills for Conflict Resolution – from Laban Movement Analysis to Jungian psychology   360 402 0641 www.creatingwellbeing.com--or--    ana@creatingwellbeing.com
                 MEET IN THE LONGHOUSE!
Ana specializes in mediation, facilitation and training for groups of all sizes.  She has an MA in Conflict Resolution from Antioch University and a BA with emphasis on psychology from Evergreen.  She is also a certified massage therapist, Laban Movement Analyst, and Mediator.  She conducts seminars and workshops for non-profit, private, state and federal agencies on such topics as Body Language in Mediation, Health Development (stress management, communication, conflict resolution and creative problem solving) and Effective Listening and Memory Development.  She also does mediation for family disputes and other private problems.  She has produced videos focused on stress management for 911 operators, dental hygienists, nurses and mediators, as well as two documentaries: Peace Please: Children and War (1991) and Tibet: The Chinese/Tibetan Situation (1989).
 
 

IV. April 21 - Kate Quebe - Hospice: Healing when the body can't be healed & life after death for those left behind
                    katyq4tx@aol.com
Kate was a student of The Evergreen State College from 2001-2003 where she specialized in the studies of counseling, developmental psychology, and grief and bereavement.  She is currently the Bereavement Coordinator for Assured Home Health and Hospice where she developed a comprehensive bereavement program which services five Washington counties.  Kate currently facilitates bereavement support groups in five counties; visits dying patients; provides support to family members, both before and after the death; provides community education through presentations in the grieving process and communicating with children; speaks at conferences; writes pediatric workbooks; holds pet loss and surviving the holidays workshops; provides community memorial services; and much more.  Prior to working for Assured, her interest in death and dying led her to work with the Make-a-wish Foundation and Christopher House (an AIDS facility) in Austin, Texas.  Kate has received certificates from both the American Academy of Bereavement and the Dougy Center, specializing in children's grief and bereavement.
 
 
 

V. April 28 – Marijke van Roojen LM - Midwifery

VI. May 5 - Jane Guiltinan, N.D. - jguiltin@bastyr.edu

Dr. Jane Guiltinan has been a practicing naturopathic physician for eighteen years.  She graduated from Bastyr University in 1986.  She completed two years of residency training at Bastyr, and is currently a clinical professor at Bastyr University and Director of the Bastyr Center for Women’s Wellness.  She was the co-medical director for the King County Natural Medicine Clinic, the first publicly funded integrated health clinic in the United States.  Dr. Guiltinan was the Medical Director on the Healing AIDS Research Project, and co-author of the paper that was published in The Journal of Naturopathic Medicine in 1992.  She was the principal investigator for another clinical trial in AIDS research at Bastyr, and has been involved in research on naturopathic treatments for fibroid tumors in women. She is currently a consultant on an NIH grant awarded to the Group Health Center For Health Studies for a clinical trial of alternative treatments for menopause. She has presented to both professional and public conferences internationally, including a presentation to a subcommittee of the British parliament.  She shared the Blackmore International Award for Outstanding Research in Natural Medicine in 1990.  She was awarded the 1995 Physician of the Year by the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians.  In October of 1998 she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Harborview Medical Center, and is currently serving on that Board.  She was elected to the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians Board of Directors in August of 2002.  Dr. Guiltinan’s areas of interest include women’s health and immune system disorders.
 

VII. May 12 -- Alex Schauss, PhD – American Institute for Biosocial and Medical research – 253 286 2888; nutrition, health and natural products research

Alex is president of the American Institute for Biosocial and Medical Research in Tacoma and Adjunct Research Professor of Botanical Medicine at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland and has held academic appointments at SW College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in Tempe, Arizona and Bastyr University in Seattle. He has been a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) Advisory Council (AMPAC), now the National Advisory Council of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the ad hoc Developmental Planning Committee of the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), setting up natural products research centers around the United States. He has studied nutrition and botanical medicine for nearly 30 years and belongs to the American Public Health Association, the American Chemical Society, the Society for Food Science and Technology, the Academy of Eating Disorders, and the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP), where he co-chairs the accreditation board. He chairs the Safety Subcommittee of the Compliance and Labeling Integrity Committee (ComPLI) of the National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA), overseeing the NNFA’s GMP certification an TruLabel Programs, and is on other natural product association committees. He is the author/co-author of more than 125 papers or works, including: Minerals, Trace Elements and Human Health (Life Sciences Press; 4th Edition, 1999), published in three languages; Uncaria Tomentosa (Keats Publishing); Nutrition and Behavior (Keats); Anorexia and Bulimia (Keats); Zinc and Eating Disorders (Keats); Eating for A's (Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster); Nutrition and Criminal Behavior (in Japanese; Brain Shuppan, Tokyo); Orthomolecular Treatment of Criminal Offenders (Parker House); and, Diet, Crime and Delinquency (Life Sciences Press). His forthcoming book, with co-author Laura Frank, PhD, RD, is on obesity.
 
 

VIII. May 19 POTLUCK @ 5:30 – in Longhouse followed by Terry Tempest Williams

IX. May 26 - Mike Neely, DC & George Sullivan - rolfer
Michael Neely, DC – Chiropractic History, Training, and Methods of Treatment
Michael is a doctor of chiropractic, with an active clinical practice in Tumwater. He received his BS from Evergreen in 1994 and in the same year was certified as a Zentherapy bodyworker.  After graduating from Evergreen, he and his wife served as a Peace Corps Volunteers in the Republic of Panama from 1995-97 teaching sustainable agriculture and reforestation. He returned to Evergreen to complete his pre-med classes in 1997. He completed his doctor of chiropractic degree at Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, OR, graduating in December of 2001. His practice mainly focuses on treating neuro-musculo-skeletal disorders through chiropractic and soft tissue therapies, but he also integrates exercise rehab education and nutritional counseling/supplementation as adjunct therapies. His business is Integral Chiropractic and he can be reached at 943-2940.

X. June 2 - Pilates & Yoga : Santee Brewster [Pilates instructor] & Beau VanDendolder [Yoga instructor]
 Wear comfortable clothes that you can move in - and be able to remove socks
MEET IN CRC 116 - if you have an exercise mat - please bring it