A Society of Souls, 1997

Barbara Brennan School of Healing, 1994
Training in Healing Techniques, Psychodynamics and Human Relations Skills

University of Massachusetts Law Center, 1986
Training in Conflict Resolution in Organizations and Negotiation and Mediation Techniques

Major Focus - Communication and Humanistic and Behavioral Studies

Boston University, 1970
Major Focus - Communication Disorders
Academic Honors - Partial Assistantship, 1967-70

McGill University, 1967
Major focus - Psychology and Sociology

Training in computers, business planning, grantsmanship and various theories and practices of interpersonal relations, communications, problem-solving skills, energy work and spiritual practices. 1972-present

Healer/Counselor, 1990-present. Counseling and hands on healing working with the energy field of the body to align and balance the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual parts of the individual. Integrated Kabbalistic Healing which focuses enlivening the already existent wholeness within.

Teacher-trainer, 1994-1996. Completed a two year teacher training program at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, Long Island, NY. Taught students at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing both healing and personal dynamic skills.

1997-present. Assistant to Jason Shulman in the teaching and supervision of students learning Integrated Kabbalistic Healing.

Adjunct Professor, English Department, Bentley College, Waltham,MA September 1984-May 1985.

Taught Technical Writing and Editing and Effective Speaking in the Business Communication Major

Associate Professor, Speech Communications and Theatre Arts Department, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA November-December 1984.

Taught Language Development and Acquisition, Phonetics, and Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Voice Mechanism

Professor, Theatre and Speech Communication Department, Salem State College, Salem, MA January 1972-December 1983 and September 1985 - present. Department Chair September 1987-January 1990.

Created, developed and taught courses focusing on various aspects of Speech Communication skills including persuasion, speaking for business, small group and interpersonal communication. Helped create the Oral Communication Minor at Salem State College. Instrumental in developing the Communication Disorders program and teach Phonetics, Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Voice Mechanism, Language Acquisition and Development, Diagnosis and Evaluation in Communication Disorders, and Selected Topics in Communication Disorders. Supervise students in Clinical Practicum in Communication Disorders.

Speech and Language Clinician, Communicative Health Care Associates, Waltham, MA. June 1990-October 1990. Provided speech and language services in hospitals, nursing homes, and the Boston Public Schools.

Speech and Language Clinician, Home Health Care, Salem, MA 1972

Speech and Language Clinician, Natick Public Schools, Natick, MA September 1970 -January 1972

Speech and Language Clinician, Rehabilitation Center of Worcester, Lincoln Plaza, Worcester,MA July 1968-August 1970

Teacher-Therapist, Grafton Public Schools, Grafton, MA July-August 1968

Resource Management

Coordinator of Guest Services at the Data Group Corporation, Lexington, MA, January 1984-August 1984. Organized prospective clients’ visits to the corporate offices. Presented company philosophy, discussed software products and provided software demonstrations. Developed a Customer Support Services brochure, users manual for a software product, training manual for end users and a training program to promote effective utilization of the software.

Product Management

Interim manager of marketing and sales for a software system for microcomputers at Learning Tools, Inc., Cambridge, MA, November 1982-August 1983. Responsibilities included creating promotional materials such as press releases, product announcements and marketing letters, as well as selling to OEMs, distributors and end users of the software system.

Training

A specialist in the area of human relations training. Provided training to interested professionals and others in the North Shore and Greater Boston communities at both private and public institutions in the areas of assertive techniques and behavior, effective listening and responding, communication skills and conflict resolution.

Administration/Organization

Co-chaired the programming for a state wide convention involving fourteen speakers from across the country and attended by over six hundred professionals in the field of Communication Disorders. Served as chairperson on many peer evaluation committees. President of a community organization consisting of ninety people. Founder and Executive Director of the Newton Racewalkers Association. Treasurer of the Angier School PTA, Waban, MA 1984-86. Provided consultation to health/fitness companies August 1984-February 1985. Active member of the Advisory Board of the City of Newton Human Rights Commission 1984-1987. Member of the School Improvement Council, Brown Junior High, Newton, MA September 1987 - June 1991. Member of the School Improvement Council, Angier School, Waban, MA 1988-1990.

American Speech, Language Hearing Association

Certificate of Clinical Competency in Speech Pathology - American speech. Language, and Hearing Association.

Teacher of Speech and Hearing Handicapped - Massachusetts Teacher Certificate

Licensed as a Speech-Language Pathologist - Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Registration in Speech, Language Pathology and Audiology

Outstanding Young Woman of America, 1982

"Mother Love" in The Mother’s Book: Shared Experiences. Ronnie Friedland and Carol Kort, editors. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1981.

Doctoral Dissertation. The effects of Systematic Human Relations Training on Self-Actualization and Clinical Effectiveness of Undergraduate Students in Communication Disorders, 1979.

Unpublished book. Interacting with Energy: Understanding and Using Energy in Living, Loving, Communicating, Guidance, Healing and Taking out the Garbage.

Touching the Essence, Finding the Soul, Healing Through Being, Barbara Brennan School of Healing Senior Thesis, 1994.

Integrated Kabbalistic Healing, published in jewishfamily.com, May 1998.

Body & Soul, PBS series on mind, body and soul with Gail Harris. Beacon Productions, Inc. 1999. Show #105 featuring Kabbalistic Healing with Lenny Zakim.

Effective Presentations, produced by Claudyne Wilder, 1994

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