Shannon is an Integrative Art Therapist, trained movement therapist, master facilitator with Healer Within Retreats and the co-founder of the NeuroImaginal® Institute. Shannon has over 20 years experience in practice. Her Ph.D. is in Imaginal Psychology and Creative Arts Therapy, she is certified in PsychoSpiritual Integration® and Integrative Breathwork with Jacquline Small and Eupsychia, trained to the full extent in 5Rhythms® Movement Therapy with Andrea Juhan and Gabrielle Roth, certified in Thought Field Therapy®, Street Yoga™, and PSYCH-K™ and has extensive study in Authentic Movement and Shamanic Studies from various gifted heart centered teachers.
Shannon has a thriving NeuroImaginal® private practice, offers RemedyWave® movement, art and imagination workshops and Healer Within Retreats for clinicians and the general public. She has a talent for creating integrative, experiential learning and healing experience and works with the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM) to infuse this medicine into conferences and workshops. She serves as a member of the AIHM Healer Within Committee and offers Healer Within Retreats.
Most recently, Shannon served as the Director of the Expressive Therapies Department at the University Neuropsychiatric Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. In this role she managed over 20 Expressive Therapists and joined them in providing 140 groups a week throughout the hospital – providing service to children, adolescents and adults with moderate to highly acute psychiatric and addiction recovery needs. Dr. Simonelli teams with Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Addiction Counselors, teachers, families and patients to provide excellence in patient care in all her work.
Shannon has been awarded “Best in Honolulu”, for her private practice work in Integrative Art Therapy, this is a community nominated award and one she is very proud of. She supports clients in aligning with their truest self, skill building and taking practical steps to ground their work in daily life. This helps to deactivate fear cycles or negatively patterned responses, and supports clients and participants in living from their deeper truth, purpose and joy to live at their full potential.
Shannon excels at imagination and embodiment practices, integrative program design and is a passionate educator, trainer and facilitator. She has written numerous publications and presented at many professional conferences. *Shannon is not a Psychologist.
Nita is a psychotherapist, teacher and retreat facilitator. She is the co-founder of The Neuroimaginal™ Institute. She currently teaches Neuroimaginal practices for graduate students at Cambridge, University in Cambridge, England. She also teaches the practices at workshops and retreats in America and Europe. She has a PhD in Shamanic and Psycho-spiritual Studies; MA in Clinical Psychology; is a Internationally Certified Substance Abuse Counselor; Certified Shamanic Breathwork™ Facilitator with Venus Rising Association for Transformation; and Ordained Psycho-Spiritual Pastoral Counselor.
Nita studied for 9 years with R.D. Laing in England in the 70s, where she trained and worked in the middle of the transformation of psychiatry and psychotherapy. R.D. Laing helped to change the way psychosis was held by practitioners – understanding that insane behavior is often a response to an insane system. Returning in 1980 to the USA she attended Fielding University and earned a master degree in clinical psychology. Drawn to work with people who were diagnosed as psychotic, she worked in psychiatric hospitals where she recognized that most people were in an spiritual emergence that was being seen as psychotic. She did not fit in with the field of psychology with its focus on diagnosis and treatment and individual pathology. Her work using guided imagery and shamanic journey in psychiatric hospitals led her to further training with native elders and eventually with Jaquline Small and Linda Star Wolf, two leaders in the field of the practice of breathwork. She deepen here experience of facilitating shamanic journey and imaginal practices through her work with Star Wolf and Venus Rising Institute for Transfromation.
She co-created “Healer Within” a series of retreats with Lee Lipsenthal, MD, (www.findingbalanceprograms.com) where she teaches Neuroimaginal™ practices to physicians and other healthcare professionals. She continues to teach the “Healer Within” series. She is author of The Women in Storage Club: How to Reimagine Your Life. Nita radically transformed her life after a career and marriage crisis catapulted her out of her comfort zone. She has been helping others make similar changes through her work. She guides people, from all walks of life, to find their inner voice and make changes that bring joy and peace to their lives.
She has over 25 years experience at a director level in multiple hospitals private and non-profit, in psychiatric services, including United Behavioral Health; the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine; www.holisticboard.org, Aloha House, Inc, Maui. She has trained and supervised, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, psychotherapists and nurses specializing in holistic and transpersonal psychotherapy. She is a mother and grandmother, as well as a successful leader in her field. She currently lives and works in Maui, Hawaii and Cambridge, England and travels leading workshops nationally and internationally.
LEE LIPSENTHAL, M.D., an internist, trained in the prevention of heart disease and in integrative medicine. A popular and respected speaker and author, he was the medical director of Dean Ornish’s Preventive Medicine Research Institute for a decade and has also served as president of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. He was the Founder & CEO of Finding Balance in a Medical Life. He co-created Healer Within Retreats and collaborated in the formation of the NeuroImaginal Institute. Dr. Lipsenthal created and delivered programs for practicing physicians, medical students, and residents in practice, community settings, hospitals, and medicals. He was also the Medical Advisor for HeartMath, LLC, a company that delivers training and consulting services to large organizations. These programs focus on finding value in the workplace, managing emotions, and enhancing productivity. He was a member of the Physician Wellness Committee of the AMA and a Consultant. He had been the Medical Director for Lifestyle Advantage, The Preventive Medicine Research Institute, the Benjamin Franklin Clinic, Medical College of Pennsylvania, as well as a Research Associate for the NIH and Howard University College of Medicine. He received numerous awards in the Academic and Medical field and held many editorial board positions and was published in many medical publications throughout the world. His personal interests and passion were with his wife and children, music, guitar playing, baseball, reading, bike riding, Nordic Track, and weights.
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2009, Dr. Lipsenthal was inspired to write his new book, Enjoy Every Sandwich: Living Each Day as if It Were Your Last, released by Crown Books in November 2011.
Lee Lipsenthal passed away on Monday, Sept. 19th, 2011.
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