I am dedicated to helping you find, support and be alive in whatever you are passionate about bringing forth in your life.
When we weave together the practical, the imaginative, the heartful and a good laugh—we are unstoppable!
About Kathleen Dunbar, LMFT
Each time we meet I'll help you take with you:
- A felt sense, practiced-in-session connection with your True Self
- that will not only sustain you,
- but surprise you, enliven you
- and which you will use to build on and deepen into,
- healing trauma, calming anxiety, deepening connections
- and learning to love your amazing self!
I've been helping clients since 1997.
I offer a huge palette of tools and a creative and creativity-inspiring soul. I offer you a down-to-earth palette which is kind, practical, creative, experienced, and works. I’ll help you reconnect to your most-alive self in the present moment through embodied, take-away practices that will help you thrive and fulfill your dreams. I’m also a performer and singer-songwriter with five albums, a writer, poet and artist. I know the thrill of expression and also what we must face in ourselves in order to truly express.
I’ll help you discover the satisfaction and meaning of living from your Wise Self with the pleasurable participation of your body. You’ll learn to to bring compassion and love to yourself, your relationships, and your life’s work and manifest your unique personal mission statement for your life.
From the very beginning of my career I fell in love with the power, dignity, efficacy and joy of somatic and mindfulness-based healing practices. I am a Certified Hakomi Therapist with extensive training and over twenty eight years' experience offering a variety of somatic and experiential modalities, neuroscience and mindfulness approaches.
- Anxiety Therapy
- Trauma Therapy for Trauma, PTSD, C-PTSD, Panic Attacks
- Attachment Therapy
- IFS Internal Family Systems Therapy
- Depression Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Mindfulness Based Therapy
- Hakomi Therapy
- Body Centered Therapy, Mind-Body Therapy
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Energy Work, Archetypal Work
I am a woman who loves and spreads the village life. I feel deeply connected with people and nature. I sing because I am made to sing. I offer myself as a healer because that is my path. That is how I came to this work of healing. I've learned transformation, respect and love from the inside-out. What I know in my bones and heart I offer to you.
Finding the right therapist is an important decision. Your journey is an important one.
I offer you a down-to-earth palette which is kind, practical, creative, experienced,
and works.
You are a delight!
Reach out and call. The consultation is free.
415/668-5130
I look forward to speaking with you.
Credentials
Licenses and Certifications
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (2003)
- Certified Hakomi Therapist (2004)
Degrees
- California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, MA in Integral Counseling Psychology, 1997
- Newcomb College of Tulane University, New Orleans, BA in English Literature, 1981
Affiliations
- California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
- Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS)
- Certified Hakomi Therapist with the International Hakomi Institute
- Coming Home Project (2008-2020)
Supervisor 2006 – 2022
- Counseling centers where I've offered supervision for trainees and associates include: Center for Mindful Psychotherapy, Center for Somatic Psychotherapy, Golden Gate Counseling Center, Grateful Heart, Integral Counseling Center at Church Street, Integral Counseling Center at Pierce Street, Liberation Institute, Marina Counseling Center, New Perspectives Center for Counseling, and Oak Creek Counseling Center.
Selected Training History
SOMATICS, HAKOMI, ATTACHMENT
- Certified Hakomi Therapist, 2004
- Two-Year Comprehensive Training in Hakomi Mindfulness Centered Psychotherapy, Hakomi Institute of California
- Psychophysical Therapy Professional Training in Somatic Resourcing, Bill Bowen
- Re-Creation of the Self, Jon Eisman
- Attending to Attachment Training, Julie Murphy, Hakomi Institute of California
- Group Leadership, Hakomi Institute of California
- Hakomi Couples Therapy, Rob Fisher, Hakomi Institute of California
- Responding to Life: Developmental Character Maps, Hakomi Institute of California
- Waking Up from the Family Trance, Julie Murphy and Manuela Mischke Reeds, Hakomi Institute of California
- Making Friends with Anger, Hakomi Institute of California
- Accessing the Divine, Hakomi Institute of California
TRAUMA/SENSORIMOTOR
- NICABM Advanced Master Program on the Treatment of Trauma
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute Professional Training in Resolving Trauma: 1 Trauma Themes
- Janina Fisher Sensorimotor Trauma Consult Group 2006-2011
- Working with Anger, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
PSYCHODRAMA
- Principles of Psychodrama, Armand Volkas
- Using Dreams, Metaphors and Images with Psychodrama, Sylvia Israel
TABLEWORK, ENERGYWORK
- The Tamura Method, Wynn Tamura
- Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Work, Charles Ridley
- Biodynamic Approach to Cranial Sacral Work, Allison Post, private teaching group
- Healing the Light Body, The Four Winds Society, full mesa carrier
- Energy Awareness and Healing, The Foundation Series, Bear McKay
- Wilderness Quest, Holos Institute
- Shamanic Drumming Circle
- Wilderness Quest, Dance of the Deer Foundation
CONTINUUM MOVEMENT PRACTICE
- Continuum and Trauma, Manuela Mischke Reeds and Linda Chrisman
- Continuum Movement Workshops, Manuela Mischke Reeds, Linda Chrisman, Lucia Miracchi and Beth Pettengill-Riley
FOCUSING
- Focusing, Anne Weiser Cornell
