As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Marilynne’s clinical training has focused on existential-transpersonal depth psychotherapy. Her areas of focus include managing anxiety, depression, stress-related conditions, PTSD, chronic pain and medical conditions, life transition, authentic self expression, conscious relationship, sacred dimensions of intimacy, and transforming life and relational trauma. She has trained in the treatment of trauma through the mind-body approaches of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute and EMDR through the EMDR Institute.

Her clinical work has been influenced by modern psychology and the ancient practices of meditation and yoga. She draws upon many therapeutic approaches including psychodynamic, analytic, intersubjectivity, somatic psychology, object reltions, self psychology, attachment theory, and psychoneurology. Some of the teachers that have informed her work include the depth work of Carl Jung, inward searching work of James Bugenthal, existential psychotherapy of Irving Yalom, somatic awareness of Arnold Mindel, Eugene Gendlin and Milton Trager, and the treatment of trauma of Peter Levine, Pat Ogden, Francine Shapiro, and other leaders in the field of trauma.

Her mindfulness and somatic approaches have been inspired by over 20 years experience teaching meditation and yoga, teaching relationship workshops, being a practitioner of Trager Psychophysical Integration body work for 15 years, and she has practiced Tibetan Buddhist, Zen, and Vipassana meditation for over 25 years.

Her clinical orientation in cultivating conscious relationship has been informed by many leaders in the field of relationship including, Harville Hendrix (Getting the Love You Want), Terry Real (How Can I Get Through to You), Peter Pearson (In Quest of the Mythical Mate), Marshall Rosenberg (The Center for Nonviolent Communication), John and Jennifer Welwood (Love and Awakening: Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationship), Margot Anand (The Art of Sexual Ecstasy), and Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks (Conscious Loving).

Marilynne’s depth work is informed by 30 years of holistic study, practice, and teaching of psychotherapy, yoga, meditation, breath work, tantra, body work, and movement. The teachers who have inspired her include the Dalai Lama, Pema Chödron, Chödon Rinpoche, B.K.S. Iyengar, Milton Trager, Thich Nhat Hahn, Chögyam Trungpa, Sakyong Mipham, Lama Thubten Yeshe, Bryan Wittine, Ph.D., Judith Lasater, Elise Miller, Donald Moyer, Jack Kornfield, and John & Jennifer Welwood.

Continuing Education Units
All weekly classes, monthly Practice Days, workshops, and weekend retreats are approved for CEUs for Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists and Licensed Clinical Social Workers as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. (#PCE3734)

Sessions are available by appointment.
Complementary initial consultation.
Contact Marilynne at (415) 492-1042
to discuss your interests and questions.

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