The therapists at the Institute for Personal Change are highly qualified and include licensed marriage and family therapists with extensive training in relationship and family of origin issues. In addition to the Process, the therapists provide individual, couple and group counseling. All the faculty members are themselves Process graduates.
MFT 22273
Palo Alto, CA and Sarasota area, FL
Cris has been a Process Therapist for over 30 years. She has had a private practice offering individual, group and couples counseling. Currently Cris is the Clinical Director at the Institute for Personal Change. Becoming a Process therapist requires one not only to first experience the work as a client, but to continue on a path of self examination. It also means a commitment to staying abreast of research and methodologies in psychotherapy, as well as the many exciting new findings in neuroscience that are influencing how we approach personal growth today.As a result of doing the Process herself and then seeing her clients move so deeply and quickly toward awareness, resilience and balance in their lives, Cris continues to use a Process-oriented approach in all her clinical work.Cris has a strong background in the research arena and continues to seek out evidence-based clinical practices. She was part of the research team on the Coronary Cancer Prevention Project at the Meyer Friedman Institute (now part of the University of California San Francisco Medical Center). This study followed 3,000 participants for 10 years. Results showed significantly lower incidences of both cancer and coronary disease between the control group and the participants receiving cognitive-behavioral interventions, including training in mindfulness and meditation.Cris is trained in The Human Element, a renowned team building and leadership coaching program developed by Will Schutz, PhD. The Human Element is used by major corporations around the world. Cris worked with Ron Luyet, one of that organization’s founders, as well as a founder of The Institute for Personal Change.
Autobiography in Five Short Chapters (01:29):
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California License LMFT 90549
https://www.danielleghilotti.com
San Francisco and Fairfax, CA
Danielle is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She received her Masters degree in Counseling Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She has been providing depth, relational and trauma informed psychotherapy to a wide range of clients since 2011. While she currently works with adult clients in private practice, she has also led nature-based rite of passage groups for adolescents and has worked extensively with teens and their families in private practice as well as residential treatment settings. Upon graduating from The Process herself, Danielle was inspired to join the team of therapists holding space for this remarkable, healing and integrative work.
California License PSY 17321
Redwood City, CA
Julie has both gone through the Process herself (life-changing work!), and taken clients through the Process (very meaningful and rewarding). She believes in the power of the Process, which combines group, individual, writing and visualization modalities to help people make profound changes in their lives through better understanding and being able to de-program what they learned about themselves while growing up. Julie is a clinical psychologist, dedicated to helping people expand their ability to accept and love themselves, and to create more meaningful, joyful and connected lives. She completed a doctoral degree from SUNY Stony Brook, an internship through the Palo Alto VA, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Medicine at Stanford. She has been in private practice for 20 years.
Davis, CA
Ron is a co-founder of the Process for Personal Change. He co-authored the book Where Freedom Begins, which describes this intensive family-of-origin therapy he delivers with a team of therapists in a structured 2-month intensive psychotherapy program. He holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Santa Clara University.
Ron’s early training was in group encounters. He trained in Client-Centered therapy and small group processing with Dr. Carl Rogers. He also trained and worked for 20 years as a colleague with Dr. Will Schutz, another encounter group pioneer and developer of Fundamental Interpersonal Relationship Theory and The Human Element Program for Organizations.
Ron worked with Ralph Metzner, a psychologist who collaborated with Timothy Leary and Ram Dass at Harvard University, to explore the therapeutic potential of various psychedelics. He was introduced to mindfulness and meditation practice by Allan Watts and continues a variety of integral practices.
Ron co-authored the best-selling book Radical Collaboration: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relations. He presents Radical Collaboration Training and certifications around the world.
Ron has developed and delivered social and emotional intelligence programs for leaders and teams for many Fortune 500 companies, including Boeing, Proctor and Gamble, Seagram, and non-profits, including NASA, the United Nations, the U.S. Army, and the Stockholm School of Economics. He was a senior consultant with Business Consultants of Japan and developed their Executive Social Intelligence year-long program for Japanese corporate executives and CEOs.
Ron is also available to business and corporations for on-site sessions in organizational consulting, team building and stress management.
The Process is about cleaning dirty windows (00:41):
Survival as children (01:31):
janelle@burlingamepsychotherapist.com
MFC 45483
https://burlingamepsychotherapist.com
Burlingame
MFT 40545
Berkeley
With over twenty-five years experience facilitating transformational groups, Cynthia is a Marriage Family Therapist & Somatic Experiencing Practitioner with a rich, eclectic approach to healing & change. She has trained directly with Dr. Peter Levine since 1988 & has been a student & collaborator with Dr. Claudio Naranjo since 1989 to the present. She has facilitated groups throughout the U.S. as well as Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and Canada. In her Berkeley, California private practice, working with individuals, couples, & children Cynthia catalyzes self-acceptance & self-compassion in her clients while facilitating the resolution of traumatic & developmental stress & the healing of nervous system disregulation.
Fremont
Swap Mushiana, MS, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist with background training in health psychology and program implementation to improve healthcare access for underserved communities. He has provided care to children and families in hospital settings, and adults and couples at the Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Swap is a Bay Area native, soccer player/coach, and avid hiker.
MFC 35733
San Francisco, Palo Alto
Working in depth (01:36):
The Process Clients (01:08):
MFT 46059
Los Angeles Area and Palo Alto
Areas of specialization: Trauma Recovery, Shame Reduction, Mood Disorders (depression and anxiety), and Cross-cultural issues.Malcolm is certified in Grief Recovery and has extensive experience working with individuals, couples, families and groups.His specialized training in Trauma Recovery and Shame Reduction methodology came from working at the John Bradshaw Center for Codependency.Further training was acquired in personality disorders (a la James F. Masterson, M.D.), Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (better known as Davanloo therapy), attachment theory, affect theory, and Psychodrama.Malcolm has studied the works of Frantz Fanon as they apply to Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome and other shame-based cross-cultural issues.Malcolm has the depth of life experience that has benefitted many clients in both in-patient locked psychiatric hospital settings, and out-patient private practice settings.
He practices Zen meditation, Christian Contemplative prayer (a la Joel S.Goldsmith, a contemporary Christian mystic), and Taoist yoga.
He was a competitive collegiate gymnast, gymnastics coach, personal athletic trainer, and currently trains in Japanese Shotokan Karatedo.
Friendly and compassionate with a no-nonsense approach, Malcolm is dedicated to his clients’ full awakening of potential in the Process.
Foster City
Kathy became a Marriage and Family therapist in 1972. She took the Process in 1977, and went straight into training as a Process therapist with the Process staff. When the Institute for Personal Change was incorporated as a non-profit (1984), Kathy was one of the cofounders.
Dorothea Hamilton,
MA, MFT
Co-Founder of IPC
1929 – 2018
Marion Pastor, Ph.D.
Co-Founder of IPC
1921 – 2013
