Our faculty—which includes psychologists, physicians, chaplains, and specialists in expressive arts therapy, body therapy, and multi-cultural counseling—collaborate with the visiting practitioners to create a curriculum that reflects their unique cultural experience. Our training process, which encourages students to adapt, elaborate, or discard the theories and practices we present, empowers them to create flexible approaches to trauma treatment that can be adapted to the unique needs encountered in their home countries. This creative process also provides a model by which they can collaborate with and empower other practitioners in their home countries.

Eli Berniker, Ph.D.: Eli received his undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Wayne State University in Detroit. He worked as a consultant Israel for 11 years, and has taught at many business schools including UCLA, University of Southern California, the University of Colorado – Denver, and the Industrial Engineering Department at Wisconsin in Madison, as well as in Estonia and France. He currently teaches Operations Management and Management Information Systems to MBA and undergraduate students at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA.

“Bernie” (Bernardine A. Clarke RN MS, FAAN): Bernie (pictured at left) is a retired university nursing faculty member and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner who is also a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and Instructor. After retiring from 40 years of teaching nursing she lives with her husband in a local retirement community where she holds a weekly Energy Wellness Group Clinic, sees individuals upon request and teaches Healing Touch in the broader Olympia community. She began sharing her energy work with participants in the ITTP program in the fall of 2005.

Gregg Dorris: Gregg (pictured at right) is a behavioral medicine psychologist who has specialized in interdisciplinary chronic pain management for 12 years. He has been a member of interdisciplinary chronic pain management programs in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Seattle, Vancouver, B.C. and Puyallup, WA. He also maintains a private practice in behavioral medicine in Olympia, WA and conducts psychological evaluations and follow-up support for patients undergoing bariatric surgery. He has been a practitioner of mindfulness meditation for 14 years.

Please visit Gregg’s website: www.drdorris.com

Kirk Erickson: Kirk is the wire editor of The Olympian, a daily newspaper in Olympia, WA, where he has worked for 14 years, selecting national and international news to place in the paper. Prior to that, he worked for USA Today in Washington, D.C., and as a reporter and editor for Title a weekly newspaper in Western Washington. He is a graduate of Western Washington University with a degree in journalism and concentrations in philosophy and history.

Vern Flesner: Vern is the chaplain and supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education at Providence St. Peter Hospital. He received his B.D. in theology from Wartburg Theological Seminary in 1961. He has been certified as a Full Supervisor for Clinical Pastoral Education since 1967.

Stephen Langer: Stephen is clinical psychologist who has been in private practice in Olympia since 1984 and teaches mental health professionals advanced psychotherapy skills through the Northwest Brief Therapy Training Center. He has presented a number of papers at international conferences on the treatment of trauma and applications of solution-focused therapy with various populations. He is active in the community with environmental and political issues.

Marsha Zaritisky: Please come back! Soon, we will have a photo and bio for Marsha!

Liv Monroe: Liv’s biography is coming soon.

Leticia Nieto: Recently named Outstanding Faculty of the Year at St. Martin’s College, Dr. Nieto (pictured at left) brings an innovative approach to her training and facilitation work. She draws on expressive techniques to involve participants deeply and provide opportunities for them to open to insight and change. She has successfully brought her skills to higher education and other learning communities, to service providers in helping agencies, to workplace teams, and to many community groups.

Leticia has been a practicing psychotherapist since 1983, and is involved in training counselors as a core member of the faculty of the Saint Martin’s College Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology program in Olympia, Washington. As a teacher, consultant, and student services professional, Leticia has been associated with a number of higher education institutions on the Pacific coast of the U. S. and in Mexico. Leticia earned a B.A. in theatre and psychology, an M.A. in human development, and a Psy.D. in clinical psychology. Her areas of specialty include developmental psychology, expressive and arts therapies, psychodrama, sociodrama, anti-oppression, and cultural awareness in counseling.

Joanne Osband: Joanne (pictured at left) is a kind and masterful guide for assisting others to discover the gifts that live within us. As an art therapist she invites the exploration of the creative process through art media to foster awareness and insight. Art therapy is a psychoeducational therapeutic intervention that focuses upon art media as primary expressive and communicative channels. Joanne has spent 15 years as an art therapist, school counselor, and consultant with school districts in Oregon and Washington as well as having a private practice. More recently she has been an art therapist for the elderly population in nursing homes and a Providence Hospice Comfort Care Therapist. Joanne designs unique workshops for group or individual intent with specific areas of focus using art media. “Artistic expression lies in all of us and requires only a sense of trust and the freedom to allow the flowing for magic to happen.”

Please visit Joanne’s personal webpage: www.ColoringOutOfTheLines.com

Joe Pellicer, MD: Joe (pictured at left) has practiced emergency medicine for the past fifteen years at Providence Saint Peter Hospital, a large community hospital in Olympia, Washington. In addition to his clinical duties there, he teaches the residents that rotate through the ER. As the medical director for the county’s Medic One program, he also teaches and supervises an excellent group of paramedics.

Dr. Pellicer started his career as a family physician in Seattle, Washington. As a consultant to UNICEF in the East African country of Uganda in 1987, he conducted research and designed teaching materials about the AIDS epidemic. He has traveled extensively throughout the world and has served as a medical advisor on several international expeditions. Dr. Pellicer has expertise in both high-altitude and diving medicine, and he is working on his first novel.

(biography and photo taken from Notes from the ER website)

Sonja Wentz: Sonja is a licensed mental health counselor in private practice specializing in anxiety disorders. She works with children and adults and utilizes a variety of treatment modalities including cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR).

Robert Provosoli: Robert’s Bio will be provided shortly. Thanks for your patience.

David James: David (pictured at right) is an Episcopal priest and the Rector of St. John’s Church in Olympia. Ordained in 1987, David has served parishes in LaQuinta, Pomona and Tracy, California. In addition to being a parish priest, David has been a Professor of Psychology and Spirituality at Trinity College in Anaheim,California, a Clinical Consultant at the Barbara Sinatra Center for Abused Children in Rancho Mirage, California and the Director of the Youth Mentoring and Leadership Program for the Cathedral Center of St. Paul in Los Angeles.

David is the author of “What Are They Saying About Masculine Spirituality?” by Paulist Press, “Sacred Vision: A Man’s Legacy” by Authors Choice Press and numerous journal and popular articles. http://www.stjohnsoly.org.

Dr. John R. Van Eenwyk: ITTP’s Clinical Faculty Director, received his PhD in religion and psychological studies from the University of Chicago. A clinical psychologist, he maintains a private practice in Jungian Analysis in Olympia, Washington. He is also an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church, a clinical instructor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and the Director of the International Trauma Treatment Program. The author of Archetypes and Strange Attractors: The Chaotic World of Symbols, he lectures internationally on Jungian psychology and the treatment of torture survivors. (Gaza, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Switzerland, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Sri Lanka)