Hillary Funk Welzenbach
Hillary Funk Welzenbach has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Somatics from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Since graduation:
Hillary has completed Hakomi Proskills which combines western psychology, systems theory, and body-centered techniques with mindfulness and nonviolence principles of Eastern Philosophy.
She is certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and is a Consultant-in-Training. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy uses modifications at the basic sensorimotor level (rather than modifications at the conscious goal-oriented behavioral level) as a primary entry point in processing trauma, and aims to resolve the limitations in behavior thinking and feelings caused by trauma.
Hillary is a faculty member in the Circles of Four training program in the Discipline of Authentic Movement, an expressive improvisational movement practice that allows a group of participants to explore a type of free association of the body.
She is certified in EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), which emphasizes disturbing memories as the cause of psychological distress and alleviates symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The goal of EMDR is to process distressing memories, reducing their lingering effects, and allowing clients to develop more adaptive coping skills.
Hillary has training in Circle of Security which is an attachment therapy model for caregivers and children that aims to increase caregivers' appropriate responses to needs for soothing and exploration, increase caregivers' ability to self reflect on their own and their child's behavior, and reflect on how their own history affects their current caregiving.
She has completed Core Skills in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy which is the gold standard of couples therapy at this time.
Hillary's professional associations include: ACA, NASW, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Alumni Association, EMDRIA, and Circles of Four.