I am Chevalisa Bruzzone and I have worked as a Marriage and Family Therapy trainee at PTI since June 2009.

In 1987, in my senior year at college, I underwent a profound spiritual awakening which landed me on the psychiatric ward and started me on a long and very interesting journey toward wholeness.

Over the last twenty-five years, I have learned much about personal growth, natural health, energy medicine, multi-cultural forms of spirituality, addiction recovery, family dynamics, intimate relationships and the importance of community.

Of all that happened along the way, however, I experienced the most powerful transformation when I began to make conscious the connection between mind and body. We store all of our history, conscious and unconscious, deep within our tissue. By bringing awareness to the body and its movements, we allow for a profound unwinding that leads us back home to an inherent sense of vibrancy and wholeness.

As a result of this discovery, I bring a mindfulness-based, body-oriented approach to my sessions, offering clients a direct line into this kind of profound wholebody transformation. I include conscious, non-sexual touch if it is needed and wanted, as touch has played an essential role in my own healing. I also have a depth of experience in communication issues (NVC), dreamwork and astrology.

Would you like to:

* Break free from the past restrictions and live a more vibrant, nourishing life?

* Transform defeating habits and beliefs into spontaneous, life-giving expression?

* Connect to your sense of source and purpose?

* Experience more passion and compassion in your relationships?

Please feel free to call me with questions or comments at (408) 358-2218 x 410, or email me at chevalisa@processes.org.

I train under the supervision of Don Hadllock, MFT15316.

I see clients in Palo Alto, Los Gatos and Santa Cruz.


Background:

* BA in Communications Studies from UCLA; Career in Journalism, 1985-87.

* MA in Counseling Psychology from(CIIS) California Institute of Integral Studies), a San Francisco-based school dedicated to integrating the best of East and West, December, 2010.

* Lived in India for a year where I studied yoga, mindfulness and non-dual spirituality.

* Completed Hakomi Professional Skills Training, 2010.
www.hakomicalifornia.org

* Currently facilitate weekly NVC (Non-Violent Communication) practice group. nonviolentcommunication.com

* Currently facilitate "Interpersonal Dynamics at Stanford University, a class that teaches MBA students how develop their emotional intelligence to become more effective leaders, 2008-present.

* When I am not working, attending trainings or writing papers, I can be found at home dabbling with the I Ching, out tromping around in the Santa Cruz Mountains with friends, or in the water exploring my latest passion: surfing.