Team

Geneie Everett

Geneie Everett, TOP Team Leader, Ph.D., R.N., S.E.P., is an integrative practitioner in private practice with 35 years experience blending a wide range of Body/Mind/Spiritual approaches from conventional medicine with healing practices from alternative and complementary fields as well as those originating in native cultures. As a registered nurse, she specialized in critical care including: Surgical ICU, Medical ICU, Coronary ICU, Burn ICU, and Multi-Systems Trauma ICU. Dr. Everett has a private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is an associate of the Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine in Santa Monica, California. She is the Chair for the “Hundred Medicines™” conference and serves on the Subcommittee on Integrative Practice in Nursing under the New Mexico Board of Nursing. Most recently, she served as Team Leader on FHE’s disaster response team sent to Thailand in wake of the December 2004 Tsunami.

Maggie Kline

Maggie Kline, TOP Training Coordinator, M.S., M.F.T, S.E.P, is a body-oriented psychotherapist, trainer, author and retired school psychologist with more than 20 years’ experience with individuals and couples and more than 30 years’ experience with children. Her training includes Gestalt therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Bodynamics, Postural Integration, and EMDR. A senior faculty member with the Foundation for Human Enrichment, Maggie has collaborated with Peter Levine on all of his audio programs. She is the co-author of “It Won't Hurt Forever: Recognizing, Responding To and Preventing Childhood Trauma: A Guide for Parents, Educators, Medical Personnel and Therapists,” scheduled for release in spring 2005.

Daniel Bruce

Daniel Bruce, O.M.D, L.Ac., has been a doctor of oriental medicine and an acupuncturist for more than 20 years. He began volunteering his services in 1999, traveling to Honduras as part of a team of health care providers to treat survivors of Hurricane Mitch. In 2000 he traveled to Burma to teach acupuncture to traditional medicine practitioners and treat patients at the local hospital. He returned again in ’02 and ’03 to continue teaching acupuncture in SE Asia.

Alexandre Duarte

Alexandre Duarte, S.E.P, holds a degree in physical education and is a certified Rolfer. His private practice focuses on trauma healing, including cases such as rehabilitation, recovery from accidents, pre- and post-surgery. As an educator, he has been working with children since 1987, and integrates his knowledge of child development with his skills as a somatic therapist. As a member of the disaster response team in Thailand, Alexandre developed valuable techniques to asses and work with large groups of children.

Elaine Miller Karas

Elaine Miller Karas, L.C.S.W., S.E.P., is the Associate Director of Behavior Science at the Family Medicine Residency Program at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. She also has a private psychotherapy practice in Claremont, California. Elaine has extensive experience in the area of women's healthcare and in working with post-traumatic stress disorder. She has been a regular presenter at Stanford University's Perinatal Potpourri Annual Conference and has presented nationally on a variety of topics, including cultural aspects of healthcare, the psychosocial aspects of living with chronic illness, perinatal depression and motivational interviewing. Elaine has also been a consultant to the Sweet Success Express and the Navajo Nation's Sweet Success and Pregnancy Program.

Lisa LaDue

Lisa LaDue, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., is Director and co-founder of the National Mass Fatalities Institute at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She has been providing clinical social work and mental health services for over 25 years to those who have been impacted by traumatic events, incorporating Somatic Experiencing into her practice and teaching. Lisa lectures internationally on topics related to trauma, terrorism and disaster planning. After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Lisa served as an American Red Cross disaster mental health coordinator for services at the Pentagon and the Pentagon Family Assistance Center and on New York’s Staten Island. Lisa co-authored two articles in a special supplement of Journal of Military Medicine, focusing on the disaster response to the Pentagon attack. She is a member of the Iowa Disaster Medical Assistance Team (IA-1 DMAT) under the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Laurie Leitch

Dr. Laurie Leitch is a researcher and psychotherapist in private practice with offices in Washington, DC and Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has over 25 years working with individuals, couples, and groups using competency-based psychotherapy. She also has extensive experience providing clinical training and consultation. She has particular interest in "at risk" populations including disaster survivors and draws upon several mind-body techniques to enhance resiliency. Dr. Leitch's research has included social program and clinical treatment evaluations for national foundations, the federal government, and non-profit organizations. Her specialty is cross-cultural research and has focused on such issues as the adjustment processes of Cental Americans seeking political asylum, family therapy on Seminole Indian reservations and, most recently, developing assessment tools for tsunami survivors in Thailand. Her current research focus is on issues related to the design of trama assessment instruments for disaster survivors which do no harm in their administration.

Patricia Lentz

Patricia Lentz, M.S.P.T., is a physical therapist in private practice and a yoga teacher. She brings a wide background of studies to her practice: visceral manipulation, cranial sacral therapy, sensory integration, advanced study in anatomy, pediatrics and somato-emotional guarding in the body. She has an insatiable curiosity about how the body works and what is happening when it doesn't. Her 35 years as a physical therapist brings a depth to her yoga students as her yoga practice offers a patience and tolerance for how changes can occur in the body.

Starr Potts, MA, MSW, LICSW,

Starr Potts, M.A., M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W, is a clinical social worker providing integrative therapy & education in Massachusetts’ private practice & community settings for over 27 years. She uses various Mind/Body/Spirit approaches including Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, Brain Gym, energy & bodywork, adventure therapy and native/shamanic healing. Restoring natural resiliency and connection during recovery from trauma, illness and loss is her special interest. Former director of the Massachusetts Child Assault Prevention Project, Starr organized, trained and developed ongoing networks for culturally diverse, community-based education and intervention teams throughout Massachusetts. With the American Red Cross, she was involved in disaster relief efforts in Massachusetts. She has also provided social services to elders, battered women’s shelters, rape crisis centers, and child protective services.