"I was delightfully surprised to learn how all the different practices I do - Zen, 12-Step programs, reading other authors, and bodywork - are harmonious. I also heard the description of a past issue of someone else that resonated with my own experience. The anger process is something I've been looking for, for years. Finally something made sense." Toronto Workshop - Toronto, Canada - 4/2001
Anne Marie Jackson

'It was the right workshop for me at this time of my life.  I found deeper insights into my inner self that offers me new opportunities for healing & growth.  The Inner Bonding process provides me with a guidance to future growth on my own.' Rowe, MA Workshop, 4/08

Raymond J. Crowley

'There are so many pieces falling into place, leading me to a deeper knowing of how to handle my life and relationships.  The tools are invaluable and clear and easy to use.  I am just so very happy I came to be a part of this!' Los Angeles Weekend Workshop, 3.11
Caroline Waters

"It was truly transformative and enlightening.  Generous, well-done in terms of not being heavy-handed.  The one-on-ones with Margaret & participants was the most powerful and helpful.  I've never been a 'group' person but learned so much from others." Kripalu Workshop, Lenox, MA, 10/09
Karin Pendley Koser

"[The workshop] really opened my eyes and my heart to compassion...around my addiction to shame. Helped me see the need to accept my helplessness over others. Margaret was excellent - outsides match insides - can see the work of the six steps in her life."
Susan Bennet

'I came into this workshop knowing only the information my Aunt fit into a 30 minute explanation before we came.  Without having any background knowledge, I was able to gain a good grasp of the 6-step process and was able to truly experience more than I ever thought would be possible.  Even if I were not to study this concept any further in the future, I feel like I have the tools to lead a more fulfilling life and love for myself because of this workshop.' Los Angeles Workshop, 1/09
Alexandra Steele

Inner Bonding Certified Facilitators
The following people are certified in Inner Bonding and are available to see clients.

Emily Agnew, M.M.
Rochester NY
585/385-6363


Emily Agnew is a spiritual counselor and facilitator who works with individuals, couples, and groups, helping them live by their highest spiritual guidance. Inner Bonding is at the center of her work with clients and also of her spiritual life, which has been filled with more and more joy and abundance. Through her daily practice of Inner Bonding, she lives in connection to Spirit moment by moment, and sees her life as an unfolding opportunity to enrich and deepen this divine connection.

Emily's earliest yearning for connection to the divine was expressed through music. She trained as a classical oboist, and has many years of professional experience as a professional orchestral performer, chamber musician and teacher, including five years as a member of the Honolulu Symphony. Her struggle with performance anxiety led her to read and train widely on the psychology of peak performance, self-actualization, and self-esteem.

Emily brings the stillness and openness of fourteen years of Zen practice to her presence with others. Extensive training in Nonviolent Communication has given her an ability to listen and an empathic presence which clients have described as "amazing." Clients, colleagues and workshop participants have described her as "deeply open and gentle," and also "wise and powerful."She has a unique ability to use metaphors and images to explain the concepts of Inner Bonding in a clear, easy way, and to seamlessly weave together processing and learning. She weaves focusing and the inquiry work of Byron Katie into her Inner Bonding facilitation.

Emily holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music and Master's Degree in Music in Oboe Performance from Indiana University and Northwestern University, respectively, and continues to teach and to perform. She has completed over five hundred hours of formal training in Nonviolent Communication and has attended three Inner Bonding intensives since 2003. Emily is a member of the Rochester Zen Center. She practices yoga, studies Continuum bodywork and enjoys reading about psychology, personal growth and actualization, spiritual growth through relationship, and parenting. She lives with her partner Duke and daughter Claire in Rochester, New York.

In addition to seeing individuals, couples, and groups in her office in Rochester, Emily is also available for phone sessions and workshops. Her new website, luminoscounseling.com, will be up early in 2007.



Michael Barmak, CSW, LCSW, Interfaith Minister

New Jersey: 908-276-8191
In the summer of 1994, I was very depressed after an intimate relationship ended. A friend recommended that I read "Healing Your Aloneness" and as I started reading, I felt like every word had been written just for me! For the first time, I understood how I was creating my despair.

I attended Dr. Margaret Paul's next weekend workshop and two months later I was at my first five-day intensive. After having spent ten years trying different kinds of therapy, I was finally on a path to building a spiritually connected loving adult and healing my wounded child.

By practicing the Six Steps of Inner Bonding, I felt more joyful and began expressing my essence in all areas of my life including writing music and ballroom dancing. Once I moved into personal power, I met my wife, Connie, and knew that I wanted to share my Inner Bonding experience, so I became a Certified Inner Bonding Facilitator and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

I work with individuals, couples and families who are struggling with anxiety, depression, codependence, eating disorders, addictions, relationship problems and post traumatic stress. I am trained in Thought Field Therapy (energy release work), Imago Relationship Therapy(for couples) and Multiple Personality Disorder treatment. I also help my clients explore their dreams as a source of guidance.

If you are interested in finding out how Inner Bonding would be helpful for your personal situation, please call me for a free phone consultation. I am also available for individual sessions, phone sessions and workshops.

I look forward to helping you rediscover your joy!

Website: michaelbarmak.com


Jeanette Boerger
Fort Wayne IN
(260) 422-9372
Jeanette Boerger is certified in the state of Indiana as a drug and alcohol counselor since 1978. She has been practicing Inner Child work since 1983 after attending a 3-week intensive course at Rutgers University on Adult Children of Alcoholics taught by the late Janet Woititz.

She integrated the Inner Bonding process in her practice after attending 4 Inner Bonding Intensives since 1991. She recently attended an Inner Bonding Intensive with her 29 year old son and describes this experience as the most inspiring, insightful and enriching she ever recalls having.

Jeanette is presently in private practice at Gerard & Coslow Association in Ft. Wayne, IN, facilitating groups, working with individuals and running workshops.

Jeanette is enthusiastic about and passionately committed to the Inner Bonding process both for herself and others. The greatest joy in her life is companioning others on their journey toward more wholeness and working toward the same for herself.


Patricia Gerrish
Windsor ONTARIO, CANADA
519-962-9861


ADN 1982 Lake Superior State University

Currently practicing Obstetrical Nursing

Patti has been training, through intensives and workshops, with Dr. Paul since first being introduced to Inner Bonding in 1994. Working directly with Dr. Paul, Patti has practiced Inner Bonding to help heal the old wounds and learn about the false beliefs that had been limiting her, thereby allowing her to rediscover her natural inner compassion and personal power. She incorporates Inner Bonding into her parenting of two teenage children, helping them to know a life connected to Spirit. It is her desire to support others in living for their highest good, achieving this through facing long held false beliefs and replacing them with truth and love. She is available in person or by telephone for private coaching sessions.



Ivanka Jankovic
Missassaugua ONTARIO, CANADA
905/241-6928


Finding Inner Bonding was the answer to my prayer. While browsing books in the local library, I came across “Healing Your Aloneness.” This book was one more gem on my path of healing, growth and understanding beyond any expectation.

I was in a deep pain because I had forgotten who I really am. Making choices and creating a lifestyle from a disconnected place were harming me. I was so tuned into what others felt and needed, out of touch from my feelings and needs. I felt completely fatigued, overwhelmed, exhausted, stuck and deep down knew if I had continued down that path it would have lead to physical illness. I had no choice but to find out the source of my problems.

Inner Bonding offered deep and profound healing, the ability to stay with difficult feelings and take loving steps despite the fears of how others would react or what they would think. As I was letting go of false and limiting beliefs my energy levels, clarity and forgotten joy came back. At the beginning the change was subtle but over time it grew stronger and stronger. 

While healing my false and limiting beliefs, and becoming firmly rooted in my True Self, I’ve reconnected with my passion and started to follow it. Anyone who has embraced their dreams knows that our deepest desires are guarded by many fears, which challenge our sense of self-worth and deservingness. My dreams brought to the surface another layer of healing and growth. At this stage of my life I know I have the tool that can address any issue, big or small in any area of my life.

Ivanka Jankovic is Holistic Energy Practitioner and the founder of Gaia Holistic Center.

Ivanka’s philosophy is: True balance and well-being are possible and achievable. Our problems and struggles in life are the result of forgetting who we are, and from that place making choices, creating an unhealthy lifestyle and challenging relationships that lead to imbalance and eventually to illness.

Regaining health, vitality and well-being is a journey, one day at a time. Ivanka’s task is to educate, facilitate, transformation, and help along the client’s path towards wholeness and health.

Ivanka is aromatherapist, Inner Bonding facilitator and Bach Flower practitioner. She works with clients locally, nationally and internationally.

Her web site is www.gaiahc.com

Email: ivanka@gaiahc.com



Deb Klugger
Ocala FLORIDA
352-266-9163
In 2001 I watched my already shaky marriage to an alcoholic crumble within moments of discovering a shocking secret. Such betrayal, how could this be?   We had a family, owned and operated a business together, shared a ton of friends, my entire life revolved around him! My life seemed as though it was careening out of control---right along with his.  I was depressed, had panic attacks, and was a  total insomniac. I felt abandoned, unloved, unlovable and alone.

I kept searching, reading, attending workshops, anything to relieve the pain.  When a friend mailed me a copy of Margaret’s “Do I have To Give Up Me To be Loved By God?”  explaining how this book and the 6 step process had been life changing for her---and I could see that it was---I dedicated myself to working the same steps and in time it was for me as well.  Just as I searched for the light at the end of the tunnel, it appeared not as a freight train as I had feared, but as a process called Inner Bonding. I found that by working the process of Inner Bonding, eventually my inner child began to feel loved (a love no one could ever take away again) and she no longer felt abandoned. Through dedication to this process, I was able to build confidence and peace in areas of my life that had been so illusive to my endeavors to heal before.  I began to experience  amazing inner strength, more joy and a passion for life. I built stronger, healthier relationships and my career flourished.  Eventually, as I continued to heal, my life’s purpose became evident. To help others heal and gain empowerment  from the challenges of their lives.

After nearly 7 years of training, practicing the 6 steps, attending many Inner Bonding intensives,  working with Margaret Paul individually and learning other complimentary modalities such as N.L.P, (I am a certified NLP Coach) Tapping and Life Coaching, I am excited and honored to be helping folks gently advance in their process of healing and self discovery. I now work with clients from both the USA and Australia.

I am currently available to support others on their journey both in person as well as in phone sessions. My website is www.debbieklugger.com.

Karen Kral, MA., LPCC
Berthoud COLORADO
505-466-2999
See Karen's current listing of 5-Day Intensives under 'Events and Retreats', and visit her website at www.corequestpotential.com.


Karen is a licensed psychotherapist in the state of New Mexico, and has been a certified facilitator of Inner Bonding since 2004. Inner Bonding is the foundation of her work, which focuses on learning how to choose love over fear, new behaviors over conditioned behaviors, and trust in one’s spiritual guidance over desperate control by the ego. She incorporates Psychodrama and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) into her dynamic, Spirit-inspired work, in addition to the spiritually-based practices of mindfulness and the teachings of A Course in Miracles.

Prior to going into full-time practice as an Inner Bonding facilitator, Karen worked as a therapist at Life Healing Center of Santa Fe. In this residential setting, she helped clients heal from childhood trauma and abuse, as well as from various addictions. She worked extensively with dissociative disorders, depression, anxiety, and personality disorders, and often included partners and family members in therapy to establish healthier communication and boundaries.

Karen has practiced Zen Buddhism for more than ten years and taught mindfulness and meditation based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh. She also taught classes at Miraval: Life in Balance, a renowned spa and resort north of Tucson, and led week-long programs on mindful eating at Hilton Head Health Institute. She has a love for outdoor adventure, especially for hiking, mindful walking, and Native American Vision Quest, and enjoys incorporating aspects of these practices into her intensives. Karen has a background in business and worked for nine years in marketing, sales and management.

She is married to Certified Inner Bonding Facilitator, Mark Lersch, and they live in beautiful Santa Fe with their dogs Seesha and Neena.

Karen is available for individual or couple’s sessions by phone or in person, and offers Inner Bonding intensives in the Santa Fe, NM area. 




Dr. Ilene Krems
Culver City CA
(310) 287-1466


Dr. Krems is a licensed psychotherapist with over 17 years of experience in clinical psychology and a total of 27 years of experience in patient care. She has a private practice in Culver City, California. Dr. Krems has attended four Inner Bonding intensives, and practices Inner Bonding in her own life. Within the context of a caring and collaborative relationship, she uses the Inner Bonding process as the core of her practice. Dr. Krems has found that Inner Bonding works successfully within the framework of psychotherapy in order to alleviate anxiety and depression, increase self-esteem and joy, improve relationships, and achieve personal goals.

Dr. Krems consults with Dr. Margaret Paul on a weekly basis. Her specialties include: anxiety, depression, relationship issues, self-esteem, career concerns and spiritual psychology. She also is trained in Emotional Freedom Techniques. Both in person and private phone sessions are available, as well as evening and weekend appointments. Most PPO and POS insurance plans are accepted. She can be reached at (310) 287-1466 or via email at ilene@drilene.com.

For more information, please visit her website at www.drilene.com.

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT, 1997) - State of California

Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology (1993) - Antioch University

Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (1981) - Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine

Bachelor of Science (1977) - Pennsylvania State University

Member of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)



Mark Lersch, MA, MIM, LPCC, LPC
Berthoud COLORADO
505-466-2999


Mark has found that more important than what has happened in the past, is how we are relating to and aligning ourselves right now, in this moment.  At the heart of the work he does with all clients is teaching them how to develop a loving relationship with themselves and to contact and align with the divine within.  He has also worked specifically with men, supporting them in becoming both more empowered and more loving in their intimate relationships.

Before dedicating himself full-time to CoreQuest, Mark was the clinical manager at an intensive outpatient program (IOP) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he helped to build the program from the ground up.  He worked for five years as both an individual and group therapist at Life Healing Center of Santa Fe, a residential treatment center where clients came to heal addictions and underlying trauma.  He has worked extensively with clients whose issues include chemical addiction, sex and love addiction, eating disorders, financial disorders, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, codependency and spiritual emergence.  

Mark’s psycho-spiritual approach to healing is influenced by his own interest in spirituality.  He has studied a variety of spiritual paths and methods which he integrates and brings to his therapeutic practice.  He feels deeply honored to accompany people on their own unique path of maturing into full human beings as they become increasingly transparent to the divine in daily life.

Mark also holds a second-degree black belt in Aikido, a peaceful martial art, which teaches us how to find our own “center” (or Hara), to extend “ki” (life force), and to blend our energy with opposing forces and redirect them in skillful ways.  Mark is passionate about using the principles of Aikido and Hara to assist clients in creating safety, which helps them become more present and centered in daily life.  When we feel centered within ourselves and safe in the world, we are able to contact and express our true divine essence and to more skillfully respond to the influences which pull and push on us at home and in work life.  

Mark has an undergraduate degree in psychology, a graduate degree in international management (M.I.M.), and a graduate degree in counseling psychology (M.A.).  Mark has trained in a variety of therapy modalities and his counseling approach is eclectic and unique to each client.  He is an approved affiliate and certified facilitator of Inner Bonding®.

New Mexico LPCC License# 0099171

Colorado LPC License# 5091

www.corequestpotential.com



Mike Moran, LMSW, LCSW
New York, NY, & Jersey City, NJ
646-298-5227


Simply put, Inner Bonding is liberation. Not that you'll never feel fear, or loneliness, not that you won't have challenges and heaps of learning opportunities...but life can shift form being a burden to be endured to an adventure to be embraced - we r-e-l-a-x into authentic aliveness. Believe me, I've been on both sides and if I can do it, so can you.  For me, it represents the missing link of my personal and professional quest for the last 25 years -- it has helped to cultivate a palpable faith that I am always exactly where I need to be...gratitude is a beautiful thing.

I was led to Inner Bonding by a rather circuitous route, one of which I now realize Spirit was holding my hand every step of the way.  Being a student of "A Course In Miracles" and committed to a disciplined meditation practice for several years, I had cultivated an appreciation and connection with a Loving Creator, but I had not yet allowed my relationship with Spirit to become deeply personal and penetrate my core. As if on cue, just as when the teacher appears when the student is ready, I read about Inner Bonding and Margaret's retreat weekend and immediately signed up and began working the six steps. It has been my experience that the process of Inner Bonding operationally defines what "A Course In Miracles" advocates.  The ego (wounded) self is so steadfastly committed to perceiving and interpreting one's experience through its own deeply distorted lens, all masterly geared to protect against pain. Before IB, I would dissociate from my pain in order to connect with Spirit, and the six steps of IB helped me to validate all my experience while gently guiding me toward Truth. This was pivotal for me - you mean I can actually embrace and compassionately hold  all of my feelings while simultaneously holding Spirit's hand and taking full responsibility for how I create my pain, even when that's the last thing my ego (wounded) self wants to do? Who knew!  This process has been deeply freeing for me.  At my first Intensive in the California desert, I had a lucid dream where I met my two Spirit Guides-- Old Warm River and Honeysuckle Breeze, two Native American Indians -- wise old, (and fun!) souls, which further solidified my personal,
ever-evolving relationship with God.

In addition to being an IB facilitator and psychotherapist in NYC and Jersey City, NJ,  I also have a certification in Creative Arts Therapy and Performance Wellness from the New School for Social Research; I really enjoy working with people intrigued by their creativity (and by the way, we are ALL creative!).  I'm also in the process of becoming certified in Couples Therapy at the Gottman Institute. I'm a songwriter, a lover of words and poetry, an enthused appreciator of nature as well as loyal Dad to L.V. , a mini-dachsund and mentor for always modeling the pivotal importance of curiosity in the celebration of life.

Inner Bonding continues to be a cornerstone on my path toward wholeness. When we practice IB regularly, it provides a treasure map to that what so often feels like a far-away, distant land --  our authentic self.  We're all in this journey together, and I consider it a sacred privilege to assist others in this process of embracing and re-claiming all of who they are. I am available for in-person sessions in both Manhattan (Chelsea) and Jersey City, NJ, as well as phone sessions, and I work on a sliding scale.



Sharon Clark Pearson, Ph.D.
Pendleton IN
(765) 620-1667
Inner Bonding put all the pieces of understanding myself and others together for me; in fact, through Inner Bonding I learned how to put all the pieces of me together. At the bottom of Inner Bonding is learning to attend to all we are with grace and compassion. Prior to finding Inner Bonding, I had learned to be authoritarian with myself, interspersed with bouts of permissiveness, but I did not know who I was and what I needed.  I duplicated the perceptions and actions of my home of origin (parents) towards myself, and attempted to control myself in the shame/blame paradigm of my heritage.  As a child I experienced occasional abuse, abandonment by my father, molestation by a grandfather, and lived with my mother's emotional/mental illness (which began with severe trauma as a child).   I also suffered through an assortment of spiritual abuse in my home and in church. My early deep faith and church life did not include skills of appropriate self-care or healthy boundaries.  As I matured, and even earned degrees in Social Work and Religion, all the good thinking in my personal world could not help me address my wounds and fears--too deep for me to calculate or understand. How frustrating to search so hard for answers and to still feel lost and confused! Inner Bonding taught me to follow and live in God in a new way, which is to love myself as God loves me-- all of me. I had to learn what God’s love truly looks like and then to apply it to myself experientially. I also learned that when I am able to be truly loving towards myself, then I am able to be truly and consistently loving to others. I have discovered, on ever deeper levels, that my sense of God's love and spiritual connection for me is directly affected by how loving or unloving I am being towards my self. If I am not aligned with God’s love for me and others, I do not feel God’s Love.

While my training and career has been as a social worker, minister, and professor, I experience my deepest joy when I see persons, groups and communities learn God’s Love in an experiential way.  I love to see the miracles that happen when someone, in the intent to love, attends to their own fears and hurts in such a way as to find healing and hope.  Such healing is compelling and contagious.  That is the kind of learning and healing that makes all the difference—for all of us. 

My professional credentials are listed below:

1974 B A in Social Work

1979 MA in Religion: Bible

1985 Ministerial Ordination

1993 Ph.D. in Theology (Bible)

1996 Certified Inner Bonding® Educator/Facilitator

1994-Present Private Practice Inner Bonding® Educator/ Facilitator with Private

          Clients, Small Groups, Weekend Workshops, and Assisting Dr. Margaret    

          Paul in her IB Intensives.

My training in R.I.E.  (Resources for Infant Educarers-Ages 0-3) and in Monty Robert’s non-violent Horse Training also informs my work with clients.

Contact Information:

Sharon Pearson

P.O. Box 92, Oakville, IN 47367

Phone:  (765) 620-1667.

siclarkpearson@gmail.com


Sylvia Poareo, M.S.W.
Fullerton CA
714-334-2044
Sylvia Poareo grew up in Southern California in various foster and relative homes. Despite her chaotic beginning, her personal connection to the Divine sustained and guided her to seek the light in the darkness. Still, as a young adult, she felt lost, alone, and unlovable until she learned about Inner Bonding. With Inner Bonding, she learned to love and re-parent herself and create the life she always wanted.

Having experienced transformation, she was drawn to helping others heal. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Azusa Pacific University, a Master’s Degree in Social Welfare at UCLA, and became a certified spiritual counselor with the Association for the Integration of the Whole Person. For over 15 years, she has shared the power of Inner Bonding through social work in hospital, adoption and foster care settings, as well as, with children/families in the elementary schools using play/art therapy and training others in these processes.

She continues to provide Inner Bonding support with individuals, children and families, serving as a “midwife to the healing process”; gently guiding clients through an inherently intuitive exploration to nurture loving and compassionate connection within, with God and with others. She also facilitates a deeply nurturing and supportive monthly Inner Bonding Support group in Fullerton, CA.  

 

Having been inspired by her own amazing and challenging experiences of pregnancy, birth and motherhood, she also developed a focus on supporting mothers. She enjoys offering compassionate support to pregnant and parenting mothers through individual sessions, Conscious Mothering Circles, Blessings, and the Red Tent. She feels passionately that motherhood is an incomparable time of growth, learning and healing, to be engaged in consciously so we can be truly loving to ourselves, to our precious ones, and the world.

More recently, she established www.connectingwithin.com, as a safe and sacred online space that is an antidote to our disconnected society with its focus on real connection to self, to God/love, nature and each other. She feels privileged and blessed to share many powerful healing tools and help others reconnect to their true beauty and wisdom!

When not doing the work she loves, she deeply enjoys growing and playing with her family, writing,hiking, dancing, yoga, suburban farming, traveling, and being present in each glorious moment!


Shelley Riutta, MSE, LPC
Green Bay WI
920-265-2627
Shelley Riutta MSE, LPC has been a holistic psychotherapist since 1994. She initially trained as a traditionally trained psychotherapist, receiving her degree from the University of Wisconsin -Oshkosh. She has done extensive training in powerful transformational processes that assist clients in connecting more directly with their beautiful essence and their spiritual connection. She is a Master Level Breathwork practitioner. She assists clients in shifting their lives from the ego based living of the wounded self to living from the Joy of their True Spirit. She has a special interest in supporting clients to be in the higher vibrational states of Joy, Creativity, Passion, Purpose and Fun - which are the natural states of the Essence.

She has been integrating Inner Bonding into her practice since 1998. She has assisted Margaret Paul at 4 Inner Bonding Intensives and has co-facilitated 3 Inner Bonding Intensives in upstate New York. She works with clients nationally and internationally. In addition to being a therapist, Shelley is a writer and has a column in a local alternative health publication. She also is a speaker and workshop leader-leading popular workshops titled "Living in Joy", "The Power of Your Own Pleasure", "I am Fabulous: Embracing and Celebrating You", "What Do You Really Want: Finding Your Life Purpose" and "Free Your Spirit." Shelley can be reached by phone at 920-265-2627 or through email at SRiutta@gmail.com. Her web-site is www.RadiantLifeCounseling.com

These are comments from clients who have worked with Shelley:

"My experience with Shelley has been - well, life-changing. She and her methods: Inner Bonding, breathwork, visualization, not to mention her profound compassion and endless wisdom create the difference between an average therapy session and true healing. Working with Shelley allows me to heal pains of the past that stifled the pursuit of my true dreams and joys. For me she is an angel on Earth." L.R., Green Bay, WI

"Shelley is so gentle with her wisdom and insights. I appreciate that - I always feel she understands the process and challenges of learning Inner Bonding. Every session there is always a gem of an offering that I take away and it becomes part of my practice. I am truly grateful for her help. Finally, after years and years with other therapists, do I now get it and I have Shelley to thank for helping through the hard stuff..." M.G., Nantucket, MA


Susan Settle, M.A., E.T.
FLORIDA

After years of using creative and expressive arts in my personal healing, I went to Lesley College in 1996 to earn my masters degree. Poetry, art, music, dance, dreamwork, writing, storytelling, sandtray, and drama therapy - these are rich, deep and meaningful routes to finding and expressing the Self. For me, they are also inextricably linked to Spirit. One of the things that drew me to Inner Bonding was the focus on inner guidance and the Great Spirit which embodies all of life.

My experience includes working with troubled adolescents; with children and adults recovering from trauma and abuse or navigating crisis and loss; and with Hospice clients dealing with grief, death, and dying. I am also keenly interested in Carl Jung's theories on the individuation process (spiritual integration) and the potential for transformation in the Third Age of life.

Like other IB facilitators, I have a passion for the 6-step process. It provides structure and containment for powerful healing work. And what a joy to be connected to the fabulous people who are the Inner Bonding Community!!

In addition to support groups and private appointments, I also offer phone sessions. A level two Reiki practitioner, I incorporate energy work into my practice, which is conducted in a nurturing, compassionate environment. I am the mother of a bright, talented adolescent boy, who is the best present I've ever received, as well as my greatest teacher.




Cindy Shore
Syosset NY
516-319-9697
My husband and I have been training in Inner Bonding for six years, both through many intensives, as well as in individual sessions with Margaret. As parents of a two year old with another on the way, we have discovered that the Inner Bonding process offers us a wonderful way to have a honest and loving relationship with our son, in addition to providing him with the necessary tools to help him develop into a joyous, grounded well- adjusted young adult.

We have incorporated the inner bonding process into our daily lives and we are thankful for the gifts it has given us. I am now fully committed to becoming a certified Inner Bonding facilitator. It is time to give back to others what I have so generously received through this process. My passion lies with children. I am eager to teach parents an alternative way of communicating with their children through Inner Bonding.

When I had my son I was an overwhelmed, frightened parent. I wanted so desperately to do everything right. Between the pressure I was putting myself under and the lack of tools to do so, I became paralyzed and depressed. Once I began to use the Inner Bonding

I felt a tremendous shift from helplessness to hopefulness. I knew I could do this and be successful at it. My son and I now have a wonderful way of communicating that is warm and loving. I never have to resort to the more aggressive techniques that so many parents have to use out of lack of a better alternative. I assume if I went through these feelings and challenges so must every new parent. My goal is to play a significant role in making a change that will help parents to navigate their children through life with support and love rather than control and aggression.


Pattye Spezia, MFT
Houston/Stafford TX
281-494-4325


Pattye believes so much in the Inner Bonding process that, no matter all the other theories she studies, she comes back to Inner Bonding as the keystone in her work as a therapist. In addition, Pattye uses Inner Bonding as the foundation from which she lives her emotional and spiritual life.

Along with being an Inner Bonding Therapist In-Training, she is credentialed as a Certified Spiritual Director, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist and Workshop Presenter, a Certified EMDR Facilitator, and a Certified Developing Capable People Facilitator.

Pattye is whole-heartedly committed to championing others in their healing and wholeness and to her own healing and wholeness. She believes in the emotional release of painful experiences in order to evaluate the false beliefs and values formed from experiences; to bringing these beliefs and values to Higher Guidance for truth; and for the action/s the loving Adult needs to take for healing and for the journey to wholeness of the True Self.

Pattye honors her intuitiveness and her gifts of empathy, compassion and connectiveness as she champions others in their journey of healing and wholeness. Pattye sees individuals, couples and families in her Houston/Stafford office and is available for phone sessions.



Nancy-Caroline Swisher, MA, MFA
Iowa City IA
641-233-5072


I have been studying and practicing personal and spiritual transformation for 30 years.   In l977,  while working as a college professor, I awakened to my Intuitive abilities by healing an infection in my body through receiving Guidance to stop the drug the doctor had given me and to use herbs.  My healing occurred quickly.  I have not taken a pharmaceutical drug since.

After four years teaching college, I turned to healing, spirituality, & counseling as my profession.  I began this new path by living at a yoga ashram for four years, where I practiced daily self-reflection and spiritual connection. I trained in meditation, yoga, bodywork, nutrition, homeopathy, herbology,  vibrational healing, and flower essences.   I went on to become a Nationally Certified Bodyworker.  While working as a bodyworker, I began to study counseling and healing on a deeper emotional and spiritual level.  Working on the body taught me first hand the metaphysical truth that all disease and emotional discord are first a vibration of thought.

My training as a Spiritually-based Counselor began with a two-year program in The Metaphysical Nature of Abuse, which consisted of Depth Psychology, Quantum Physics, Metaphysics, and Native American practices of healing.  I learned techniques for clearing energy patterns and beliefs specifically related to childhood trauma.  I opened my private counseling practice in l995, and have maintained a successful practice since.

I discovered Inner Bonding® and met Dr. Margaret Paul in 2001 and began my study, practice and training in the Inner Bonding process.  The practice of Inner Bonding has contributed greatly to my own evolvement and to my client's as well, forming a cornerstone of my coaching practice.

I am a Certified Prosperity Coach (3/08) based on the work of Abraham-Hicks and other leading wisdom teachers, and will also be Certified in Emotional Freedom and Healing (Spring '08), a powerful energetic release process that accelerates letting go of old limiting patterns.   All of these tools work beautifully with Inner Bonding .

Besides being a Life Coach & Intuitive, I am also a writer.  I was awarded a New York Individual Artists grant and my prose and poetry have been published in literary journals and read on various public radio stations across New England.   I encourage all of my clients to find their own words for their transformational journey.  I am gifted in being able to discern for my clients the vibrational alignment of their words, and we work together toward the highest self-expression possible.  My website www.soulwordscoaching.com  will be open in '08.

I conduct my practice on the phone, and through teleclasses, workshops, and the Internet.  I can be reached at 319-338-7833 or at nancyswisher@aol.com.



Nancy Weston
Danbury CT
203-744-6823
Nancy Weston is an Approved Inner Bonding Affiliate and enjoys assisting others in their efforts to incorporate Inner Bonding and Dreamwork into their lives. For individuals on a healing path, Inner Bonding and dreamwork both offer powerful techniques for deep inner exploration.

It is Nancy's belief that looking at dreams through an Inner Bonding perspective can help give voice to all our parts, increasing our understanding of our core Self, wounded self parts, loving Adult, and our relationship to our Higher Power.

As an experienced educator, Nancy brings knowledge of psychology, literature, and archetypes to dreamwork. She has studied with leading professional dreamworkers such as Jeremy Taylor, and co-facilitates dream groups, workshops, and courses.

Nancy has successfully parented two young-adult children, she writes and dreams, and she is a performing folk musician. She brings a passion for life to everything she does. Her most-loved place on earth is Greece, to which she has been 4 times in the last 6 years (favorite trip: backing the Greek Isles with her 24-year old daughter!) Her favorite quotations are: "What is going on in your Innermost Being is worthy of your whole love" (Rainer Maria Rilke) and "When you pay attention to your dreams, you inhabit a much larger part of your soul." (Robert Bosnak)

Trained directly by Margaret Paul, Nancy assists at workshops and intensives, runs workshops, facilitates ongoing monthly Inner Bonding support groups, and sees private clients.

Located in western Connecticut, Nancy is available by appointment for phone or in-person assistance with both Inner Bonding and dreamwork, for workshops and presentations for your organization, and for assistance in forming a dream group.

Member of the American Counseling Association; certificates from the Institute of Advanced Archetypal Studies, the American Hypnosis Training Academy, the Institute for the Enhancement of Dreamwork; training in Core Energetics.

For information and fees: 203-744-6823 ; InnerKid2@aol.com


Inner Bonding Facilitators-In-Training
The following people are in the process of getting certified in Inner Bonding and are available to see clients.

Pedro Alvarez
Cadiz, Spain

I went to the university to become an economist but later my creative side made me become a graphic designer. Today I own a very successful studio that specializes in advertising, corporate and marketing advising. The studio is in Cadiz, southern Spain, where I live.

My mother died when I was 3 years old and 7 years later my father died. I was raised by my older siblings and family. Because everybody around me was so wounded I was provided with everything material but most of my emotional needs were unmet. I always felt a deep loneliness, so deep that I wasn't even aware of it.

In 1995, after a crisis in a personal relationship, I realized that I was missing something out of life. I started looking and researching. I did therapy, went to seminars, read tons of books. One of the books was Healing Your Aloneness. Somehow It clicked inside of me. A couple of years later the book was still lingering in my head. I tried to contact Margie through friends in the states but it was impossible. in January year 2000 during a short vacation in the USA I just called information service asked for Margie's phone number. They gave it to me, I called and Margie answered!. She told me about Inner Bonding and the intensives. I decided to make the effort because even if I have to sell my car or spend all my savings I owe it to myself. I went to my first intensive in May that year and since then I have healed so much that had you told me before I wouldn't believe you - no way! And I even have a much, much better car!

While still in my healing journey I decided to commit part of my time and energy to make INNER BONDING available to more people, especially to the people in Spain and Spanish speaking people. I have been training since then to facilitate in Inner Bonding. yopedro@hotmail.com

Penny Boyle, M.A.
MA
413-575-6613


I have struggled with depression for most of my life.  The earliest of my childhood memories were plagued with feelings of shame, fear and loneliness.  Countless years of conventional therapy proved to be ineffective as my pain continued to increase. I remained a victim in my helplessness.

Then one day I discovered Inner Bonding and miraculous changes began to occur. I discovered that I possessed an infinite source of wisdom and guidance. With the ongoing support and guidance from Margaret Paul and my dear friend/ inner bonding buddy, I started to learn how to access this powerful source of spiritual guidance. It was then that I began experiencing moments of joy and realized that I had the ability to heal. I no longer passively looked outside of myself for healing. I learned a much more effective and proactive approach through Inner Bonding.  

I began practicing the six-steps of Inner Bonding in 2005 and have made it a daily practice. The “key” to my healing process was “wanting” the responsibility for attending to my feelings and wellbeing. I soon discovered that this was no one else's job.

It was at my first intensive that I received a shocking wake-up call! One particular morning as our intimate group of thirteen gathered in a circle to start the day, I was wallowing and sobbing in my pain and loneliness. When it was my turn to share, I explained how lonely and disconnected I felt.

Margaret asked if I would like feedback from the group. She asked if anyone could feel my pain. As I looked around the room, most people had blank, if not bored, expressions on their faces. WOW! What an epiphany! At that moment I realized how draining my energy was in the group. I saw how I was pulling on everyone as I was handing my inner child over for the others to fix! It was such a gift to have my child handed back to me. Ever since that momentous day, which I will never forget, I have been learning how to take responsibility for my inner-child's wellbeing. I was given the opportunity to become the loving parent my inner child never had.

As I consistently began tuning-in to my feelings and practicing the six-steps, I noticed that some of my addictions started to diminish. I am happy to say that I am no longer depressed and have even been able to eliminate the use of anti-depressants. Also, at a recent doctor's visit, my physician told me that my previously high blood pressure is now normal. No need for medication!

 I am still growing and learning on my healing journey. I continue to seek support when I get stuck in my process as I have discovered I cannot do this work alone. Without the help of my Inner Bonding support network, my healing would not be possible.

I am truly grateful for the opportunity to work with others who are also on a healing journey. I am available for phone sessions and can be reached at:



BS Elementary Education

New York State University at Fredonia

1983



MA Educational Psychology

University of Connecticut

1997

 



Maria Rosa Casanovas
Barcelona, Spain
34-93.436.29.50
Some years ago a dearest friend of mine shared with me his passion for the work of Dr. Margaret Paul and the Inner Bonding Process. He gave me the plastic card with the 6 Steps and since then I have always carried it with me in my bag.

I have been working as a therapist since 1995, trained in Gestalt Therapy, Focusing, and Louise Hay Teacher Training. I have been offering workshops in Spain during the last 14 years and also one-to-one sessions.

In my work as therapist I have specialized in the tools and processes that develop self-esteem, and one of the approaches I like the most is the Inner Child Healing Process, since I realized that it is the "shortcut for healing".

The only book of Margaret Paul's published in Spain, "Healing your Aloneness," allowed me to add the vision of Margaret and Erika to the work I was doing, giving me a deeper clue and a more complete understanding of the need to create a loving Adult for our Inner Child.

In my personal healing journey a turning point took place in November, 2004, when I participated in the 5 day Intensive with Margaret Paul. It was a very deep experience. I learned so much having the privilege to see the miracle of healing through the presence of Truth and Love! I was very impressed by Margaret and also by the power of the Inner Bonding Process!

My wish is to be able to have the spiritual strength and connection that Margaret has and I know I need to strengthen my spiritual work every day and the Inner Bonding practice is a way to achieve it. It also gives a powerful sense of responsibility and a way to heal the ego false beliefs.

At present I offer my services as a therapist and coach in Barcelona, Spain. I also travel all over Spain to facilitate Transformational Self-Esteem Workshops. I can be reached at 34-93.436.29.50, cell: 653.370.455.


Kashia (Catherine) Coulouvrat, M.D.
Paris, France
+33 (0) 6 89 68 30 92
Inner Bonding has been a life saving experience for me. I started working with Margaret Paul in the beginning of 2004, after years of being disconnected from Spirit and after a serious illness. The work helped me to reclaim my life and become an independent, whole person, free from the pain of difficult relationships. I began to learn how to love and appreciate myself and as a result, love and appreciate others. If you feel lost, if you feel unhappy, or if you feel that you have everything but still something is missing, Inner Bonding can help you create the life you want and deserve. I'm a psychiatrist living and working in Paris, and I'm available for individual or phone sessions in French, English or Polish.


Grace Escaip
Palm Beach County FLORIDA
(561) 244-8899


I was born in a multicultural family with a Theosophist grandfather, who was spiritually ahead of his time; through his teachings, I was able to develop my spiritual path early on.

After graduating from high school, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to study Law or Psychology. For all the wrong reasons, I chose Law. Years later, and after experiencing several crises, my interest in Psychology was reborn, which led me on a deep, personal process. As I began to feel and to experience first hand the tremendous benefit this path was providing, an unstoppable urge to help others grew from within. That is how I studied to become a psychotherapist, specifically under the Gestalt framework, eventually specializing in adults, couples, symptoms and adolescents, floral therapy, STEP guide, therapeutic massage and expressive rhythmic movement.

My passion and my commitment as a therapist constantly keeps me researching new therapeutic methods that can help us in our journey. After completing my psychotherapeutic studies, my inner guide kept urging me to study about the inner child, and that’s how I came upon one of Margaret’s books, with which I felt an immediate connection. I thus began to work with Inner Bonding.

Every day, through my personal process and through the processes of the people I work with, I corroborate the love and the power that Inner Bonding entails.

I profoundly appreciate Margaret’s presence on the planet; because of her and her methodology, I have been able to advance on my personal and professional journey.

My deepest wish is that Inner Bonding reaches more and more people everywhere, every day.

I provide phone sessions in Spanish. I can be reached at (561) 244-8899, and my email is gescaip9@yahoo.com.



Kelly James, M.A., MFT
Anaheim Hills
949-651-2805
Kelly James is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT) and has a private practice in Anaheim Hills (Orange County), CA. She has been counseling couples, individuals and children for 10 years. She is passionate about healing and growth in her own life and the lives of her clients. Kelly specializes in intimacy/relationship issues, addictions, depression/anxiety and grief and loss issues. She has been working with Margaret Paul for over 8 years and uses the Inner Bonding Process as her core foundation/theory in her practice and in her own life. She loves assisting others on this creative and transformational journey as they learn to discover their divine goodness and worth through the eyes of God. She is passionate about learning the false beliefs that keep us stuck and replacing these beliefs with truth, light and compassion.

Kelly is available in person or by telephone for private counseling sessions.She can be reached at (949) 651-2805.

- Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT, 1998) - State of California

- Credentialed School Counselor (PPS) - State of California

- B.S. (1990) in Clinical Psychology - Brigham Young University

- M.S. (1996) in Counseling Psychology - California State University, Fullerton

- Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology - California Coast University

- Member of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)


Suzi Korsak
Merrimack, New Hampshire
603-557-2904


I was first introduced to Inner Bonding through the “Healing Your Aloneness” workshop at Kripalu in October of 2008. It was a life changing experience. I immediately flew to Colorado for an Intensive. Since then both my children have attended an Intensive and we have become an Inner Bonded home. I find the book “Do I Have to Give Up Me To Be Loved By God” the most comprehensive and complete explanation to the process. I'm passionate about school, currently studying psychology and honored to become an Inner Bonding Facilitator-in-training. I enjoy working with people, to help them make positive changes in their lives.



Deborah Lange, M.Ap.Sc. (Social Ecology Hons), B.Bus. HRD, Grad Dip Lear
Adelaide SOUTH AUSTRALIA
+61 418 833889


I was working as an International Management Consultant facilitating personal, professional and team development and I loved my work. My husband, who I later realised loved me unconditionally, was a CEO of a Government Department, I had 2 great teenage sons who were proud of me, a fabulous house at the beach, good friends, respect, integrity and I had an emptiness inside me and I threw it all away!!!

I plunged into a dark abyss of self-destruction and giving myself up to a man who was manipulative and controlling. It only took 3 months and I was a cot case, in 12 months I had stopped all my consultancy work as I was an emotional mess, I saw a psycho-therapist for 12 months, went on Buddhist retreats, had spiritual healings and everything else you can imagine. I left my now ex-defacto partner too many times to count but continually allowed myself to be seduced back into this controlling relationship where he wanted me to give more and more of myself and I thought that was love so that is what I did. My addiction to love cost me a lot!!! There was nothing left for me.

My path of insight led me to Interplay, a body wisdom program which helped me listen to my body, but it wasn’t until I found Margaret, Erika and Inner Bonding and integrated mind, body and spirit knowing, that I really took the leap into being who I really am, connected to myself and spirit. I learnt that the emptiness that I thought was in my marriage was in me, that giving myself up to “love” – being a caregiver, “killed me” and it wasn’t love, it was my form of control.

I am now feeding my body and soul in more ways then one!!! Sowing seeds for a beautiful spring garden in the southern hemisphere, eating wonderful healthy food, writing the life long lessons I have to share with others, training with Margaret and starting my new business which integrates all the work and study I have done over my lifetime. My work specialises in processes for individuals and organisations to become their true essence. With a focus on identity; integrity; relationship with self, spirit and our world; and creating a legacy through work and business with a soulful purpose that includes profit, people and planet.

I am an advocate for business with Soul and I Coach and Mentor people who are willing to go deep, connect with their guidance, heal limiting beliefs and become who they are called to be. I am a Coach and Mentor for CEO’s and business owners who want to develop their business with Soul generating prosperity for people and planet and leaving a legacy of commitment and support to respecting and caring for our communities and our beautiful planet.    www.deblange.com.au  



Lisa Lipton, M.A., MFCC
Glendale CA
(818) 913-5556


Empowering people to feel good about themselves

Lisa Lipton is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with over ten years of counseling experience, helping children, teenagers, adults and families.

Over the years, she developed a specialty counseling pre-adolescent, adolescent girls and young adult women. Working at a Therapeutic Boarding School for girls ages 10-16 for three years, as a Treatment Coordinator and Therapist, solidified her dedication. She also co-facilitated Parent Seminars and Family Workshops to help families understand and get along better.

In addition to writing numerous articles, Lisa is presently a part-time adjunct professor at Woodbury University, teaching a course on Marriage & Intimacy.

Being married and the proud mom of her four year old son brings a personal perspective to her work.  One of her favorite past-times is to hike the beautiful foothill trails of California with her two little Pomeranian dogs Hercules and Samson.



Joyce Martell M.A., L.L.P.
Troy MI
(248) 362-4026
Joyce Martell is licensed by the State of Michigan for the practice of psychology. She started her career as a substance abuse therapist in 1977, obtaining her Masters in clinical Psychology from Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, CA in 1982. She established an independent practice "Martell Counseling Inc." in 1991.

Joyce was trained by Pia Mellody in 1989 to teach the "Survivors" workshop, which Pia had developed for the Meadows in Arizona. Joyce has adapted that in-patient process to a very successful out-patient procedure, that she has been practicing for 15 years.

She discovered Margaret Paul's Inner Bonding work in 1992 and has since attended several week-end workshops along with 3 Inner Bonding Intensives. This process not only connected her to her Inner Child, but to a much deeper Spiritual dimension of herself. Joyce has incorporated the work of "Inner Bonding" into her own process of "Reclaiming the Self" which she states "feeds my very soul." Her delight is in teaching others to love, value and discover their authentic selves, which she first had to learn for herself. She sees Inner Bonding as the most effective tool for discovering and changing the false beliefs that keep us stuck.

Joyce conducts classes at Renaissance Unity in Warren, Michigan, "From Inner Child to Inner Joy" in which she teaches the Inner Bonding concept. She is available for individual sessions and group therapy.


Kim Morrow Taff, EdS, LPC
Atlanta GA
404-419-6082


I found Inner Bonding when I read, “Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by God?” a few years ago. You must know that I am an avid reader. I have read many books for my own personal path of healing as well as part of my graduate work. When I read this book, I knew this was groundbreaking for me. I had never contacted an author personally before, but I felt compelled to tell her how excited and how moved I was by her book. I received a prompt loving response from her inviting me to join this amazing, loving community. After studying countless theories and approaches and years of my own personal therapy and growth, I was thrilled to find a practice that brought everything I had ever found meaningful together in one cohesive package. Drawing from the wisdom of spirituality and psychology, Inner Bonding helps us to discover our precious inner child, full of creativity and joy who is just waiting for our love and devotion. I am a big believer in the power of teaching the processes I have found to be personally effective for me. I approach therapy in the spirit of collaboration as a fellow traveler rather than from a position as an expert or an authority. By providing a safe space within the context of a healing relationship, I help clients explore where they get stuck with curiosity and compassion. My style is both sensitive and direct. I support my clients by helping them authentically align with their true selves in the midst of facing challenging situations, releasing long-standing false beliefs, or simply connecting with their own inner experience.

Kim Morrow Taff, EdS, LPC, holds a Master of Science and a Specialist degree in Professional Counseling from Georgia State University. She has clinical experience in individual, couples, family, and group therapy. She began her work as a therapist at a community mental health center, where she worked with individuals, couples, and families in many areas of concern, including depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, anger management, post-traumatic stress disorder, sexual abuse, trauma history, and relationship issues. She facilitates her clients’ growth and change by using a strengths-based approach, empowering them to find a path toward wholeness. She is a certified Grief Recovery specialist and enjoys art therapy and dream work. She lives in Atlanta, GA.



Contact Information:

 404-419-6082

kimmtaff@gmail.com

www.ktafftherapy.com



Meredith (Merry) Oislander, MS, PD
Long Island NY
516-527-5371

I found Inner Bonding quite synchronistically back in the spring of 2003 and attended my first intensive that summer. From the minute I watched Margaret work with the first person and saw how quickly IB went to the depth of a persons soul, I knew I had found something really special and that this was for me. I realized during that intensive that a 5-day process of Inner Bonding did for me what 10 years of therapy didn't. I began working this process with Margaret very intensely and noticed incredible changes in my life. My search for internal happiness seemed to be a never-ending journey until I found this 6-step process. I really was able to start finding that happiness which I spent years searching for in this 6-step process. The layers of my wounded self started peeling away leaving me space to find my core essence and really live peacefully in it. I've handled life better and my relationships have become more real and connected as I connected to my core essence and my guidance and most importantly I have learned to share love. IB has taken me though some really tough transitions in my life and I am so grateful for this process.


I'm a High School health teacher for 11th grade and immediately came home and started teaching Inner Bonding to my students. Believe it not they embraced it really well and I started to see a way that I could really help them become happier and more productive in their lives as well as more peaceful in their skins especially during years than can be so difficult and stressful for them. I incorporated Inner Bonding into a 3-day retreat I take my students on and saw miracles happen. I'm convinced the younger this process is taught the happier our children will be.


With that said it is now time that I am interested in giving back to the Inner Bonding community and to others as well what I have been so genuinely blessed to find through the Inner Bonding process. I have been a High School Health teacher for 30 years and have taught about self-esteem and addiction. I'm a Master Practioner of Neuro Linguistic programming, Time Line Therapy, Hypnotherapy and have a certificate for Addictions Counseling. I'm certified in Reiki and a Kripalu Yoga teacher as well and am so very excited to now join the ranks of Inner Bonding Facilitators in training. If interested in working with me you can reach me at 516-527-5371 or e-mail me at merryooo@msn.com. I look forward to working with you!





jackie Parkinson
Port Dover ONTARIO, CANADA
519 583 3296

 "If what you are doing no longer reflects who you want to be, then you know it is time to change."


After reading this in  Neale Donald Walsch’s, Conversations with God. I changed my life.

The words in this book sank to the core of my being and became the catalyst for me taking responsibility for my life.  This journey toward Self began by letting go of my current career in service management, an unhealthy 22 year relationship and a return to school. I became a Registered Massage Therapist and opened my own clinic. I next completed my certification in Acupuncture, took various body work therapies including Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, Iridology, Kinesiology and most recently completed my education as a Spiritual Psychotherapist and Spiritual Director.  

With tools such as meditation, mindfulness, breathing, yoga, pilates and teachings that resonated from A Course in Miracles, Eckhart Tolle, Thich Naht Hanh, Carolyn Myss and many other authors and teachers I continued to break through the trances of ego and grew increasingly liberated as I consciously let go of false beliefs.

While attending the Transformational Arts College in Toronto Ontario, I was introduced to Margaret’s book Inner Bonding. As I applied her teachings personally and with the help of a therapist my deepest inner work began and I was able to access the core of my own repressed wounding.

Having done and continuing to do my own inner work allows me to be especially sensitive to the needs and readiness of each individual client. This creates a safe, loving and compassionate environment which invites spirit to help facilitate the highest healing and learning for the clients that are choosing to share their healing journey with me



“Your idea of who you are is borrowed--borrowed from those

 who have no idea of who they are themselves.”

Osho


Jackie is available for counselling sessions personally in Port Dover, Ontario or via phone or Skype.

Heart’s Knowing

home 519 583 3296

Cell 519 583 2966



jackie.parkinson@ymail.com



Sheryl Paul, M.A.
Boulder CO
(310) 382-0048
As the daughter of two psychotherapists (yes, Margaret is one of them!), I grew up with the language and theories of psychology running through my blood. As a young girl, I vacillated between dreaming about one day being either a writer, a therapist, or a midwife. Having found the confluence of these three arts through writing about and spiritually midwifing people through life’s transitions, I feel deeply blessed to be living in the heart of my calling.

While my writing and counseling work have primarily focused on the specific transitions of getting married and becoming a mother, in recent years I have felt called to broaden my practice to include the lifelong transition of life in all its beauty and complexity. For whether we’re on the verge of leaping into marriage, getting a divorce, suffering through anxiety or depression, struggling with an addiction, or birthing a new identity as a mother, we find the same issues of self-trust and control appearing again and again. The story line may change, but the spiritual seeker quickly finds that the areas that need attention reappear at deeper layers of the spiral on life’s journey.

The tools of Inner Bonding cradled within the spiritual context of transition have created a powerful framework through which I can assist clients in finding their own voice, exploring the stories and beliefs that interfere with hearing this voice, confronting their need to control and the perpetual practice of learning to surrender, and guiding them as they make their way through life’s challenges and joys. My decade of working with clients in transition combined with my years of a loving marriage (not without continual consciousness and hard work!) and the privilege/challenge of being a mother have solidified my firm belief that, while guides are often necessary to help us find our way through the labyrinths, no one outside of ourselves and a spiritual source has the answers. In fact, I believe that, whether we’re talking about parenting, marriage, or anxiety, there are no definite answers; there’s only the process of discovering what’s right for you.

In 1997, I graduated from Pacifica Graduate Institute, a depth psychology program founded upon the teachings of Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, James Hillman, and the study of dreams, archetypes, myths, and the myriad ways that the unconscious manifests in daily and nightly life. As a writer, poet, and epic dreamer, I encourage my clients to explore their own creative outlets as pathways for connecting to Spirit and finding their own truths. In 1999, I launched my unique business, Conscious Weddings, and a year later published my first book, The Conscious Bride, which broke the taboo of discussing the underbelly of the wedding transition. In 2003, my second book, The Conscious Bride’s Wedding Planner, was published, and in 2004, I began working with impending and new mothers through Conscious Motherhood. You can read more about me and my work at www.consciousweddings.com and www.consciousmotherhood.com.

Julie Sponsler, M.A. MFT
Philadelphia PA
267-471-3171


.Julie is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who worked for many years in Los Angeles and has recently moved to the East Coast. She earned her Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from The University of Pittsburgh.

Julie has worked with many populations and specializes working with people dealing with trauma, addiction, eating disorders, codependency /relationship issues, and life transitions. Her style is highly compassionate, empathic and caring, yet at the same time she is appropriately confrontive when necessary.

Inner Bonding has been a foundational element of change in her life and in and her work with clients. Julie has been in the healing arts for over 13 years and has found that Inner Bonding picks up where other healing modalities leave off. One of her favorite things is witnessing her client's heart's begin to open as they discover the truth of who they really are.

In addition to seeing individuals and couples in her office in center city Philadelphia, Julie is available to work with clients over the phone.

See Julie's website at www.heartfocusedtherapy.com



Phyllis Stein, Ph.D.
St. Louis MO
314-381-1036
I was at the very first Inner Bonding intensive. My husband and I were married by Margaret at another intensive. We attended intensives every year after that for several years. When we got completely stuck, a phone session with Margaret would help us get unstuck. Margaret has been my invaluable mentor via e-mail as well.

I was always passionate about Inner Bonding, but at the same time I knew I could not really help others, because I was not able to connect with a source of divine love. All this changed last year when my marriage suddenly ended and at about the same time the obstacles to connecting with spirit fell. I was propelled into a crash course in what Inner Bonding is really about. As a result, I was given the gift of deep healing that has brought to me a life of intense joy and finally enabled me to use my gifts to help others heal.

In my several lives I have been a mother, a grandmother, a Lamaze teacher, a La Leche leader, a midwife and a log cabin dweller. I got my PhD in 1990 and am now a Research Associate Professor of Medicine, studying the rhythm of the heart. I am also a Reiki practitioner. I live in St. Louis and am available for telephone and in-person sessions.

Judy Wells, M.A.
Westlake Village CA
(805) 230-2417
B.A. in Sociology from Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles

Masters Degree in Psychology from Antioch College.

I have been a Social Worker for the past 15 years working with abused and neglected children and their families. I was told by Brugh Joy, a spiritual teacher of mine, that the reason I worked with abused children was to heal the wounded child within. That statement stayed with me even though I didn't quite understand what he meant at the time. Years later when I was introduced to Inner Bonding, I realized that I had been attempting to love and comfort those children for the lack of love and comfort I was giving myself.

I have worked with Margaret through telephone sessions and intensives, and found that Inner Bonding is exactly what I had been looking for since I entered into the human potential movement years ago. Her book, "Do I Have To Give Me Up To Be Loved By God" was thrilling for me because it answered questions that I have been searching for all those years. It gave me simple and specific ways to connect with God, or my higher guidance, that I can utilize in any given situation.

I feel privileged to be a facilitor in training for Inner Bonding and excited to share with those who desire a more joyful life by recognizing their false beliefs and connecting to their higher guidance. I am available to support and coach in Inner Bonding through telephone sessions and in person.