Interview with Pacifica

The Trauma Research Foundation and Bessel van der Kolk would like to extend a warm invitation to the 32nd Annual Boston International Trauma Conference Psychological Trauma: Neuroscience, embodiment and the restoration of the self. It will be held online this year May 26th – 29th, 2021. I am pleased to share that I’ll be presenting…

Fire and Sand documents healing in the community of lower Puna, Hawai’i Island, in the wake of the 2018 Kilauea eruption. Through exploration of the living mythology of Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of the volcano, the inner and outer landscapes of traumatic loss, hope, and new beginnings are revealed.
Local kumus (teachers), students, residents and helpers are featured…

Photo by Mark Venner, www.tiltedaxismedia.com
I have always been mesmerized by the sight, sound, smell, and feel in the air when molten lava meets the ocean.  On the Big Island of Hawaii, I witness this miracle of transformation as often as I can.  The newest earth is in the state of becoming.  The goddess Pele reigns.  Ferns will…

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A big mahalo to Pacifica Graduate Institute for invited me to do a live webinar CE course on the Living Mythology of Pele in Sandplay and Psychotherapy. It starts Tuesday, June 10, 2025 and will run four weeks (6/10, 6/17, 6/24, & 7/1) from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm Pacific Time….

“The Effect of Sandplay Therapy on the Thalamus in the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder” by Mariana Foo, Lorraine Freedle, Riryn Sani and Grace Fonda is now available! A true labor of love with my friends in Indonesia. Very exciting to have more sandplay studies in this APA Journal!