Suzie Wolfer

Not counting that day in second grade when one of my school-mates came up to me on the playground and wondered if I could help her with a problem she was having at home. My passion for helping people started in 1985 when I began offering counseling professionally. In the last 20 plus years I have grown to love this work more each year.

My range and depth of training and experience may be unique. Not only do I have over 25,000 hours in face to face work with clients, I have also worked in the business world in international trade as well as a University research director and as a professional artist and teacher.

But what really matters is that I practice what I teach, so I know it works.

Psychotherapy:

• Private Practice psychotherapist since 1985
  
• Outpatient psychotherapist at Providence Hospital 9 years
  
• Milieu manager at Legacy Children's Hospital Eating Disorder Unit
  
• Other group and individual therapy experience includes: Programa Hispano, YWCA Counseling, Portland Alte ative Health Center, Northwest Treatment Services

Group Therapy Experience. Providence Hospital; Legacy Children's Hospital, Programa Hispano, Portland Alte ative Health Center, Northwest Treatment; Women's Support Group for 7 years, Earth School Institute. Over the span of my career, I have provided over 10,000 face to face hours of group therapy.

Education and Licensure

• Masters degree in Social Work from Portland State University
• Bachelor and Masters of Science in Sociology, Minor in Statistics from Portland State University, graduated with honors
• State Board of Clinical Social Workers, license # 3583
• 2000 hours of supervised face to face clinical work
  

Training

• Somatic Experiencing training through Peter Levine's institute
• SoulCollage® Trainer of Facilitators
• SoulCollage® Facilitator
• Motivational Interviewing - Providence Behavioral Health
• Interpersonal Neurobiology Applications: Mental Health and Addictions
• Brain Science and Behavior, Daniel Amen MD
  
• Supervision for licensure with Dave Johnson LCSW, Providence Hospital
• Clinical supervision with Bill Kruger LCSW and graduate of Masterson Institute and treatment of personality disorder, Clinical Director at Providence Crisis Triage for 22 years
• Clinical supervisio Susie Snyder LCSW, Adjunct faculty at PSU School of Social Work, Group supervision, Brief Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy
• Gottman Institute of Marital Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• New England School of Homeopathy, Amherst MA, Dr. Paul Herscu
  
• Lakota Spirituality with Patricia Spradling at the Wy'East Center
  
• Vipassana Meditation at the Northwest Vipassana Center
• Conscious Relationship Training with Gaye and Kathlyn Hendricks PhD - Hendricks Institute
• Conscious Breathing with Gaye Hendricks PhD - Hendricks Institute Body Centered Therapy
• Classical Homeopathy training at New England School of Homeopathy
• Meditation Teacher Training at WPI
• Intuition Training at WPI

Presentations & Publications

• "SoulCollage®: Letting Your Soul Speak Through Art," July 2008, New Connexion Magazine
  

• "Exte alization: Using SoulCollage® to Manage Mental Health & Addiction Issues” Continuing Education seminar for mental health professionals

• "Exte alization: Using SoulCollage® to Manage Mental Health & Addiction Issues,” presented at First Annual SoulCollage® Facilitators Conference, Santa Cruz CA November 2007

• "Empathic Confrontation: Helping Clients with BPD Contain Problem Emotions and Behaviors," Presentation to Kaiser Beaverton Mental Health, August 2000

• "Finding the Simillimum in Borderline Personality Disorder: a Guide for Doctors. Simillimum - International journal of the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians, Spring 2000.

• "Integrating Spirituality in the Treatment of Sexual Abuse,"University of Arizona Conference, Spirituality, Healing and Health: Transformative Vision, April 1999

• "Integrating Spirituality in the Treatment of Sexual Abuse," Presented at NASW Oregon State Conference, October 1998

• "Housing the Homeless, Review of Current Literature Regional Research Institute, Regional Research Institute, PSU, 1997

• "Land Use, Community and Subsistence Patterns in Rural and Urban Alaskan Residents," Institute of Social & Economic Research, University of Alaska, March 1979

• "Sampling Methods for Double-ended Sample Distributions," University of Alaska, 1979

Work Experience In the Business World

• Artist & Art Teacher at Art and Soul Retreats, Portland Community College, Breitenbush Hot springs, DIY Lounge
• Executive Director for Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians
• Founder Earth School Institute for Mind-Body-Soul Integration
• Marketing Manager for International Trade Services
• Research Director at University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Institute of Social and Economic Research
• Statistics Instructor for Wildlife Biology at University of Alaska Fairbanks
  
• Research Assistant Center for Population Research at the Portland Census Bureau
• Graphic Designer and Calligrapher at Northwest Pencraft