Staff
CORE LEADERS
Matthew Budd, M.D.
Matthew Budd is an internist, writer (You Are What You Say), lecturer, and former teacher at Harvard Medical School. He has 25 years of experience in leading healing workshops. He and his wife, Rosalind, own the F. Holland Day House.
Lora Cecca Lyons
Lora Cecca Lyons, MA, CSC, is a certified Somatic coach, martial arts expert, teacher and healer. Lora guides people to unleash their innate power. She uses her expertise to support her clients to cultivate balance and drop into a natural state of ease so they can live a life where they are fully expressed, fully alive and fully contributing. She works with individuals in person and on the phone and works with groups. To learn more about Lora and her work, please visit www.LyonsLeadershipCoaching.com.
Alison Shaw
Alison Shaw is a Nurse Practitioner, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Energy Healer and graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. Over 25 years practicing and teaching in conventional and alternative medicine she has developed Re~Sourcing Therapy, a multidimensional healing approach combining energy healing, body-centered counseling, and integrative bodywork. In private practice and seminars Alison helps individuals discover how their bodies hold the stories of their lives, and guides them in unwinding and releasing the held emotions and beliefs that can create imbalance, limitation and disease on all levels. She is currently in private practice in Arlington, Massachusetts. Visit Re-Sourcing Therapy for more information.
Lindsay Wolf
Lindsay's work with the F. Holland Day Center has helped guide her to pursue a masters in Art Therapy at Naropa University. She is a current student of the Transpersonal Counseling Psychology department there. 2008 marks her fourth season with the Center, assisting in the orchestration of our participant's creative unfolding through photography and writing.
Jill Fischer, M.S., APRN, B.C.
Jill Fischer, M.S., APRN, B.C., a Jungian therapist, is a board certified, advanced nurse practitioner, a clinical specialist in psychiatric nursing and a diploma candidate at the C.G.Jung institute in Boston. With over forty years of clinical experience, she has a private practice in Norwich, Conn. and has taught embodied imagination worldwide.
In 1997, Jill became a founding member of www.cyberdreamwork.com the premier voice program on the Internet for interactive work on dreams and imagery. As the site's webmaster, she coordinates all group programs, plans activities and trains Embodied Imagination Practitioners.
In September, 2001, along with Robert Bosnak and IASD (the International Association for the Study of Dreams), Jill, co-founded The National Nightmare Response Line (1-866-DRMS911). As the Executive Director, she works with 40 volunteers who assist callers, 24hrs./7 days a week. She is a past member of the IASD Board of Directors.
GUEST LEADERS
Roberta L. Colasanti, LICSW
Roberta L. Colasanti, LICSW, is a psychotherapist with more than 20 years of experience developing, teaching, and researching programs in mind/body medicine. She co-founded a nationally recognized program that demonstrated significant improvements in the symptoms, mood, and overall well-being of individuals with chronic health problems. She has served as the clinical director for the Center of Psychology and Social Change, an affiliate of the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, MA, and as the clinical manager for the Behavioral Medicine Department at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care in Boston, MA. Roberta is the CEO of Colasanti & Associates, LLC, a company, based in Concord, MA, that assists businesses with the well-being and performance of their workforce.
Elizabeth Opalenik
As a photographic artist, Elizabeth Opalenik has been conducting workshops internationally for the past 20 years. Believing that all photographs are self-portraits, she uses the creative process as a tool for revealing inner thoughts, discovering new direction, and finding the beauty within. To learn more about Elizabeth, please visit www.opalenik.com.
Bernard Steinberg, Ph.D.
Bernard Steinberg is a teacher of Jewish sacred texts, an educator, public speaker, and President of the Harvard Hillel.