About Merry Stanford, L.M.S.W., CBP
I have listed below the licensure, education, and training that have made it possible for me to do this transformative, healing work. It is my personal experience, however, that I consider to have provided me with my best credentials.
Licensure
L.M.S.W., State of Michigan (Clinical and Macro Specialities), Current
L.M.S.W., State of Michigan (Clinical and Macro Specialities), Current
Education
M.Ed., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1974
Emphasis: Early Childhood and Special Needs
M.S.W., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1994
M.Ed., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1974
Emphasis: Early Childhood and Special Needs
M.S.W., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1994
Experience
I have worked with children and families in school or counseling settings since 1974.
I have worked with adults and couples in counseling programs or private practice since 1994.
Applied techniques of BodyTalk© and shamanic healing in practice with clients since 2009.
I have worked with children and families in school or counseling settings since 1974.
I have worked with adults and couples in counseling programs or private practice since 1994.
Applied techniques of BodyTalk© and shamanic healing in practice with clients since 2009.
Training in the Healing Arts
BodyTalk© BodyTalk training is an ongoing process. The following courses have been completed and applied in my practice of BodyTalk from 2009 to the present: Access, Fundamentals, Principles of Consciousness, Biodynamics, Macrocosmic BodyMind, Matrix Dynamics, Finding Health 1 and 2 with John Veltheim, Structural Integration for BodyTalkers with Lynn Teachworth, Eastern Medicine with John Veltheim, Mindscape and Advanced Mindscape with Angela Adkins, Body Ecology with Laura Stuve, PhD, Body Psychology with John Veltheim, Certified BodyTalk Practitioner (CBP) with Laura Stuve, PaRama with John Veltheim, Epigenetic Master Group with Laura Stuve, Lymphatics and Physiology with Tracey Clark, San Baio with Janet Galipo, AP, DOM and Nancy Werner, MD, PaRama Practical with Claudia Schmidt, NP
Andean Healership Shamanic Training, 15 month program, with Yarrow Grace, Corvallis, Montana, 150 hours, completed May 2011
Andean Mesa Shamanic Training, 15 month program, with Yarrow Grace, Corvallis, Montana, 140 hours, 2009
Celtic Shamanism, Two Year Program with Tom Cowan, Ph.D., 120 hours, completed 2007
Spiritual Direction, St. Francis Retreat Center and the Dominican Center for Religious Development,
DeWitt, Michigan. Two year program, completed 2002
Third Degree Reiki, Master Practitioner and Teacher. Studied with Shirley Bechill, M.A., in Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition, 1996
BodyTalk© BodyTalk training is an ongoing process. The following courses have been completed and applied in my practice of BodyTalk from 2009 to the present: Access, Fundamentals, Principles of Consciousness, Biodynamics, Macrocosmic BodyMind, Matrix Dynamics, Finding Health 1 and 2 with John Veltheim, Structural Integration for BodyTalkers with Lynn Teachworth, Eastern Medicine with John Veltheim, Mindscape and Advanced Mindscape with Angela Adkins, Body Ecology with Laura Stuve, PhD, Body Psychology with John Veltheim, Certified BodyTalk Practitioner (CBP) with Laura Stuve, PaRama with John Veltheim, Epigenetic Master Group with Laura Stuve, Lymphatics and Physiology with Tracey Clark, San Baio with Janet Galipo, AP, DOM and Nancy Werner, MD, PaRama Practical with Claudia Schmidt, NP
Andean Healership Shamanic Training, 15 month program, with Yarrow Grace, Corvallis, Montana, 150 hours, completed May 2011
Andean Mesa Shamanic Training, 15 month program, with Yarrow Grace, Corvallis, Montana, 140 hours, 2009
Celtic Shamanism, Two Year Program with Tom Cowan, Ph.D., 120 hours, completed 2007
Spiritual Direction, St. Francis Retreat Center and the Dominican Center for Religious Development,
DeWitt, Michigan. Two year program, completed 2002
Third Degree Reiki, Master Practitioner and Teacher. Studied with Shirley Bechill, M.A., in Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition, 1996
Additional Training
Sandra Ingerman: Healing with Light, Shamanic Practices for Spiritual Immunity
Betsy Bergstrom: Heart Centered Depossession Training; Advanced Heart-Centered Depossession Training; Unraveling Curses, Negative Beliefs, and Thought Forms; Mediumship
Kate Durda and Stephanie Tighe: Journey of the Open Heart; Medicine for the Earth: Restoring Health to Self and Environment; Shamanic Healing Methods Series
EMDR Consulting (Roy Kiessling): Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing with Paula Merucci, 2019-20
Comprehensive Energy Psychology Level 1: with Lynn Karjala, Ph.D., DCEP
Sandra Ingerman: Healing with Light, Shamanic Practices for Spiritual Immunity
Betsy Bergstrom: Heart Centered Depossession Training; Advanced Heart-Centered Depossession Training; Unraveling Curses, Negative Beliefs, and Thought Forms; Mediumship
Kate Durda and Stephanie Tighe: Journey of the Open Heart; Medicine for the Earth: Restoring Health to Self and Environment; Shamanic Healing Methods Series
EMDR Consulting (Roy Kiessling): Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing with Paula Merucci, 2019-20
Comprehensive Energy Psychology Level 1: with Lynn Karjala, Ph.D., DCEP