LANA MARIE WILLOW, MA is a full registered member of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and holds degrees in both Psychology and Transpersonal Studies. She has extensive specialised training in somatically oriented and body-mind psychotherapy, creative expression, and stress management. Lana uses mindfulness, a gentle, spacious, nonjudgemental way of paying attention, as the foundation for her work. She can help you to release limiting constructs that keep you stuck in old patterns so that you can reclaim your true nature and live your truth.
FORMAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Master of Arts, Transpersonal Studies
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
Palo Alto, California, August 2002
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC, July 1999
Advanced Professional Certificate, Hakomi Method of Body-Centered Psychotherapy
Hakomi Institute of Canada
Victoria, BC, January 2002
Creative Expression Certificate
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
Palo Alto, California, April 2001
Professional Certificate, Hakomi Method and Re-Creation of the Self
Hakomi Institute of Canada
Victoria, BC, October 2000
OTHER COURSES AND TRAINING
Somatic Transformation, Education, Research and Consultation
Group for new training in Somatic Transformation
with Sharon Stanley Ph.D.
Victoria, BC, February to June 2007
Personality and Spirituality: Attachment, Attunement and Trauma
with Ian MacNaughton
Victoria, BC, May 2008
The Path of Attainment: Reconciling Ambition, Accomplishment, and Integrity
with Thomas Atum O’Kane
Victoria BC, February 2008
Medicine Path: Music as Spiritual Practice
with Michael Waters
Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC, August 2007
Healing Voice
with Jill Purce
Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC, July 2006
The Healing Power of Image
with Judith Bertoia
C.G. Jung Society of Victoria, February 2006
Sound Healers Training
with Tom Kenyon
Seattle, WA, September 2004
The Biology of Belief
with Bruce Lipton and Lee Pulos
Victoria, BC, February 2003
Advanced Sound Healing Certificate
UK Sound Healers Association
Victoria, BC, Completed September 2002
Advanced Training, Counselling and Buddhism
Pacific Center Family Services
Victoria, BC, Completed June 2001
Critical Incident Stress Management: Basic
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
Victoria, BC, September 2003
Studies in Shamanic Healing
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 2002
Intensive Workshop for Couples
Hakomi of Canada
Victoria, BC, July 2000
Mind-Body Skills Training
Victoria Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Victoria, BC, Completed 1999
Dancing the Body’s Wisdom
PD Seminars
Gabriola Island, BC, September 1999
Lay Counselling Training
Pacific Center Family Services
Victoria, BC, Completed October 1998
WORK EXPERIENCE
Psychotherapist
Private Practice: January 2001 to present
Description: Individual and couples therapy using a combination of affective neuroscience and mindful awareness for a broad range of clinical and transpersonal issues.
Co-facilitator
Bringing the Body into Practice: Two year somatic training for Professionals
With Lisa Mortimore Ph.D.
Description: Clinical experiential training in interconnected realms of embodied and relational somatic psychotherapeutic practices. Includes application and understanding of attachment, neuroscience, trauma studies, embodied practices, and earth-based wisdoms.
Victoria BC, 2013 to present
Co-facilitator
Somatic Transformation: Two Year Training for Psychologists and Psychotherapists
with Sharon Stanley Ph.D.
Description: Lifespan approach to healing trauma based on neurobiological response to acute and chronic stress and trauma, applying therapeutic processes to shape brain functioning and shift patterns of adaptation to a higher level of resilience and functioning.
Victoria, BC, September 2007 to 2011
Workshop Facilitator
Cook Street Village Professional Counselling
Victoria, BC, 2004 to 2011
Description: Designing and teaching various workshops for the general public with various themes including: Mindfulness, Wisdom of the Heart, Connecting to the Earth, Awakening from Darkness, Self- Awareness, Cultivating Stillness
Tutor
College of Sound Healing, UK
July 2006 to present
Description: Overseas Tutor helping to teach people how sound can be used for healing.
Instructor
Course: Living Consciously: The Practice of Mindfulness
University of Victoria: Division of Continuing Studies, Victoria, BC
Ongoing classes from Spring 2003 to Fall 2006
Description: Creating, designing and teaching a course in self-awareness and mindfulness.
Conference Presenter
Workshop: Ecopsychology and the Hakomi Principles
Hakomi Conference, Embodied to Love: Somatics, Science and Relationship in Psychotherapy
Boulder Colorado, August 2005
Description: Designed and co-presented a workshop for the Hakomi Institute Conference.
Instructor
Course: Transpersonal Psychology II: Theorists and Applications
Naropa University, Boulder Colorado
Description: Online instructor for graduate level students. Duties included designing course material, facilitating online exercises, responding to online discussions, and grading papers.
January to April 2004
Faculty Supervisor
Naropa University, Boulder Colorado
Description: Supervisor for an independent study by a Master’s student in the Transpersonal Psychology program.
April to August 2004
Instructor
Course: Self-Discovery through Expressive Arts
University of Victoria: Division of Continuing Studies, Victoria, BC
February 2004
Description: Creating and teaching a course in self-discovery through the use of movement, drawing, guided imagery, and writing.
Workshop Assistant
Falling Awake, with Senior Hakomi Trainer Jon Eisman
Victoria, BC
November 2001
Description: Assisting workshop participants in exercises bringing awareness to relationship patterns.
Therapy Group Facilitator
Pacific Center Family Services
1999 – 2000
Description: Facilitating therapy groups for women. Topics covered included self-esteem, anger management, discovering the inner critic, guided imagery, creative expression, relaxation, and meditation.
Counsellor
Pacific Center Family Services
January 1998 to July 2001
Description: Seeing clients with a wide range of clinical issues in both the ASTAT program (adult short term counselling) and the Subsidized Counselling program for individuals, families, and couples.
Socializer
Laurel House, Capital Mental Health Association
July 1997 to June 2000
Description: Helping people with severe mental illness to feel more confident and able to function in a social environment.
Responsibilities included: developing and facilitating a relaxation and stress reduction program, leading groups in music and sports, and participating in conversation, games, and art projects with the clients.
Owner/Manager of Retail Business
Canuck Industries Inc, Operating as Sports Traders
Grande Prairie, Alberta
1988 to 1996
Description: Operating a retail business with a staff of ten employees. Responsibilities included hiring, training and managing staff; marketing and merchandising; purchasing inventory; bookkeeping and accounting; managing and working on the sales floor.
PUBLICATIONS
Willie, L. M. (2005) “What is Transpersonal Therapy?” Published on various internet sites
Willie, L. M. (2002). “Re-connecting Mind and Body.” Goldstream News Gazette 13
November: A17
Willie, L. M. (2002). “Journey to Love: An Investigation of Hakomi and Re-Creation of the
Self from a Transpersonal Perspective.” Palo Alto, CA: Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Unpublished Master’s Thesis.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors
Full Registered Member from April 2003
UK College of Sound Healing
Overseas Tutor from 2003
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Mother
Parent of three awesome adult children.
Pilgrimage to Tibet
In 2004 journeyed to Tibet with a sound healing group. Participated in many ceremonies and initiations in Tibet’s hidden Monasteries and Nunneries.
Sweet Adeline’s International
Lead tenor and choreographer for woman’s semi professional barbershop chorus.
1994 to 1996
Responsibilities included teaching and managing the tenor section of the chorus; leading the group in warm up exercises; designing and teaching choreography for the performance pieces.
Iyanger Yoga
1995 to present
Participant and student of yoga, helping to focus and integrate body, mind, and spirit.
