About me
Kristen Tussey, Licensed Professional Counselo
To be effective as a healer and helpful as a counselor with others, it is necessary to have journeyed through myriad life experiences and authentically walked the path of personal healing.
The path of a healer is one of deep inquiry and fearless travel to the inner realms where the Source of all healing resides. This Source is the intelligence within life. It is the life within life, that creates, regenerates and transforms.
My own journey has been enriched by a wide range of inner and outer life experiences including:
10 years in a School of Consciousness dedicated to spiritual & psychological growth
25 years of meditation and spiritual practice
13 years of marriage
20 years of motherhood
25 years making my way in the business world
A graduate level education specializing in Depth Psychology
Over a decade of experience as a counselor & healer
I have walked the earth as a daughter, sister, friend, mother, wife, business partner, entrepreneur, single-mom, counselor, healer, teacher, and Soul Being. My dedication is to be of service to the awakening Essence within every Being, for the benefit of All.
The following is a partial listing of relatively recent accomplishments for those who are interested:
2010 5 weeks of in-depth Hakomi training with Ron Kurtz & Adama Hamilton
2008 Opened Ashland Transpersonal Counseling Center, Ashland, OR
2002-2007 Counselor in private practice, Boulder, CO
2003-2005 Boulder County Mental Health, Emergency Psychiatric Services, Crisis Worker
2003-2005 Naropa University, Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, Adjunct Faculty
2004-2005 Trauma Therapist Training, EMDR Basic & Advanced Training
2003-2006 Matrixwork Group Training as Support Staff & Certified Teacher
1998-2002 Counselor, Mountain Laurel Center for the Healing Arts, Bend, OR
1999-2002 Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute, GPA 3.9. Internship at Child and Family Team, County Mental Health, Bend, OR
1996-1997 Certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Master Practitioner
The field of NLP includes training in effective communication skills, language patterns, learning and motivation strategies, tools for conflict resolution, and therapeutic processes for healing and personal growth
1996-1997 Professional Training in the Enneagram Personality Typology
The Enneagram is an all-encompassing psychological system defining nine personality styles with their gifts, limitations, fears, motivations and direction for positive growth