Katherine Kelley
Katherine has been a stay-at-home single mother for much of her adult working life, through which she gained invaluable knowledge about how we all started out by truly being present for her children. She has a Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychology Program from Saint Michael’s College, and has worked in the Substance Abuse Field for the past four years. She has also had exposure to substance abuse through her family of origin.
She has also trained in Somatic Experiencing, a short-term naturalistic healing approach developed by Peter Levine, PhD. In this three year program she learned cutting edge psychological techniques employing mindful awareness of body sensations, and the latest knowledge about our neurobiology in the release of trauma.
Katherine has been practicing yoga for over twenty years and is a Kripalu certified Yoga Instructor. She began meditating around the same time, but began to practice mindfulness in earnest about ten years ago when she went with her children to her first of many Buddhist retreats led by the Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh. Her ability and desire to teach yoga, meditation, mindfulness, relaxation, and emotional regulation skills in a group setting as well as individually is based in the benefits she has received from these practices.
