Practitioners

Michel Gellert – Jungian Analyst

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Michel GellertMichael Gellert is a Jungian analyst practicing in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California. He treats individuals and couples and offers a psychotherapy group and a writing workshop. He was formerly Director of Training at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, where he is currently a research instructor. He has also been a humanities professor at Vanier College, Montreal, and a lecturer in religious studies at Hunter College of the City University of New York. Prior to living in Los Angeles he lived in New York City, where he supervised District Council 37’s Personal Service Unit Outreach Program, an employee assistance program for employees of the City of New York.

Over the years he has served as a mental health consultant to various organizations, including the University of Southern California and Time magazine. Michael was born and raised in Montreal. He was educated in rabbinic Judaism, traveled overland from Europe to India at age 19, studied theology at Loyola College in Montreal, and trained with the renowned Zen master Koun Yamada in Japan for two years. He has master’s degrees in religious studies and social work, and studied with Marshall McLuhan at the University of Toronto.

The author of Modern Mysticism, The Fate of America, and The Way of the Small, he lectures widely on psychology, religion, and contemporary culture.

 

Erel Shalit, PH.D – Jungian Psychoanalyst

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Erel ShalitDr. Erel Shalit is a Jungian psychoanalyst in Israel. He is a training and supervising analyst, and past President of the Israel Society of Analytical Psychology (ISAP).

He is Founder and Director of the Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy Program at Bar Ilan University. He is a past Director of the Shamai Davidson Community Mental Health Clinic, at the Shalvata Psychiatric Centre in Israel.

Dr. Shalit has served as liaison person of the International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP) with the Jung Society of Bulgaria, including establishing the Jungian Psychotherapy Program in Sofia. In 2010-2013 he served as Honorary Secretary of the IAAP Ethics Committee.

Erel Shalit has served as officer in the IDF Medical Corps, and is a member of The Council for Peace and Security. He is on the board of the Jung Professorial Endowment, UCLA.

He is the author of The Cycle of Life: Themes and Tales of the Journey (2011; the book received the Eric Hoffer Book Award Honors in Culture, 2012), Requiem: A Tale of Exile and Return (2010), Enemy, Cripple & Beggar: Shadows in the Hero’s Path (2008; the book was a nominee for the 2009 Gradiva Award for Best Theoretical Book, National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis), The Hero and His Shadow: Psychopolitical Aspects of Myth and Reality in Israel (2004, 2012), and The Complex: Path of Transformation from Archetype to Ego (2002), and with Nancy Furlotti, he has edited The Dream and its Amplification (2013).

Entries and chapters of his appear in Leeming, Madden & Marlan (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion (2010), [Jerusalem, Dreams in the Bible, The Sacrifice of Isaac]; ‘Jerusalem – Archetypal Wholeness, Human Division’ in Tom Singer (ed.), Psyche and the City (2010), ‘Silence is the Center of Feeling’ in Rob and Janet Henderson, Living With Jung: “Enterviews” With Jungian Analysts (2010), and elsewhere.

Articles of his have appeared in Quadrant, The Jung Journal: Psyche and Culture, Spring Journal, Political Psychology, Clinical Supervisor, Midstream, and other professional and cultural journals. He is on the editorial board of Quadrant.

Dr. Shalit lectures at professional institutes, universities, and cultural forums in Israel, Europe and the United States.

 

Carmen Harra – Intuitive Psychologist

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Carmen Harra, Ph.D.
Intuitive Psychologist, Life Master, Relationship Expert, and Best-Selling Author

“Combining psychology and parapsychology
to give you the greatest healing potential.”

Biography
Born in a northern region of Romania known as Transylvania, Carmen Harra began dreaming of the world outside her small village from a very young age. At just five years old, Carmen nearly drowned in a river near her home before being rescued by her father. But the ill-fated experience blessed her with an extraordinary gift which she would use to help millions. Before she was reeled back to earthly reality, Carmen recalls passing through a tunnel of white light and into a picturesque world of beautiful landscapes, familiar faces, and serene music. This accident marked the beginning of Carmen’s journey.

Soon after, Carmen began entering and winning singing competitions. She knew that her vocal talents would be her saving grace, her escape from the little town with no running water and no chance for progress. She quickly rose to fame, touring throughout Europe, and released twelve albums. All the while, Carmen avidly studied the ability of the mind to transcend time, the teachings of Kabbalah, and the mesmerizing science of numerology. She was also greatly captivated by the possibility of communicating with those who have passed on. Though immersed in her singing career, Carmen began educating herself on these ancient arts and exercising her own ability to see beyond time.
Carmen was first invited to America on a singing contract but soon stumbled upon a completely new career path. Already possessing highly intuitive skills, Carmen decided to utilize the gift that came to her naturally. She began offering sessions as an intuitive counselor in NYC, and word spread quickly among Manhattan’s elite. Soon Carmen found herself attending exclusive Upper East Side parties, billionaire balls, even making TV appearances in which she explained the powers of the mind we all unknowingly possess. She also opted to expand her metaphysical skills by attending Albert University and earning a Ph.D. in Hypnosis and Alternative Healing. Carmen knew that she could better service her clients by combining her intuitive abilities with knowledge of cognitive therapy, and attained a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She began writing her first book, Everyday Karma, which has been translated in 18 different languages and sold all over the globe. And this was only the beginning of her illustrious career.

For more than 20 years, Carmen has thrived as a prominent psychologist and renowned intuitive counselor. She has counseled over 40,000 clients from all walks of life. Carmen has written six best-selling books, hosted hundreds of radio shows and live seminars, and has made countless television appearances on national and international networks. Carmen is currently working on a reality show project as well as a major Hollywood film based on her fascinating life story. She continues to live out her mission, changing the lives of one person at a time.

Carmen is a co-chair in the Vital Voices Global Partnership led by Hillary Clinton, a delegate member of the Women in the World Foundation, an honorary member of the Alliance for a New Humanity founded by Al Gore and Deepak Chopra, and a member of the Clinton Foundation founded by Bill Clinton.
Carmen splits her time between Miami, Florida and New York. She is the mother of three grown daughters.

TV and Publication Appearances
Carmen has been featured in numerous publications such as:
the New York Times, New York Post, New York Daily News, Vogue, New York Magazine, US Weekly, V Magazine, Elle Magazine, and many more.

She has appeared on the following TV programs:
Good Morning America, The View, Fox News, The Today Show, The CBS Early Show, What’s the Buzz on ABC, Telemundo, America Vive, Channel 11 Morning Show, Good Day New York, NBC’s the 10! show, The Strategy Room, BetterTV, NBC Tampa Morning Show, NBC Miami Morning Show, ABC Jacksonville Morning Show, New York Nightly News with Chuck Scarborough, Channel 6 in Paris, KCAL 9 news, QVC (with her own jewelry line), Happy Hour on ProTV International, etc. Carmen has been featured on QVC since 2003 and is currently working on a new jewelry line.

Radio Appearances
Over the last six years, Carmen has hosted her own radio shows on Sirius Satellite, HealthyLife Network, and Contact Talk Radio. She’s been featured on air with Barbara Walters, Mancow, Montel Williams, Valder Beebe, Hannity and Colmes, and on dozens of other hit radio shows. She currently hosts We Are One, her own radio show on Hay House Radio.

Speaking Engagements
Learning Annex – 1996 to Present
Omega Institute – 2006
UStream TV – 2010 to Present
Bowery Poetry Club – 2011
Hay House’s I Can Do It! – September, 2012

Affluent Clientele
Carmen has been fortunate to meet (and even coach) members of the elite Hollywood circle and influential political figures, including:
Hillary Clinton
Bill Clinton
Joe Biden
Deepak Chopra
Barbara Walters
Joy Behar
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Gabourey Sidibe
Nancy Pelosi
Candice Bergen
Jennifer Lopez
Whoopi Goldberg
Ben Affleck
Liza Minnelli
Kathy Najimi
Caroline Rhea
Jerry Springer
Denise Rich
Courtney Cox
Senator Warner
Denise Rich
Sandy Gallin
Kelly Cutrone
Rafael Correa (president of Ecuador)
Paul Haggis
and many more.

Books
1.) Everyday Karma, Random House, Inc., 2002
ISBN: 0-345-45511-8

2.) Decoding Your Destiny, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2006
ISBN-13: 978-1-58270-143-1
ISBN-10: 1-58270-143-1

3.) Signs, Symbols, & Secrets: Decoding the DaVinci Code, AuthorHouse, 2006
ISBN-10: 1425952577
ISBN-13: 978-1425952570

4.) The Trinity of Health, BookSurge, 2007
ISBN: 1-4196-6562-6
ISBN-13: 978-1419665622

5.) The Eleven Eternal Principles, Random House, Inc., 2009
ISBN: 978-1-58091-197-9

6.) Wholeliness: Embracing the Sacred Unity That Heals Our World, Hay House, Inc., 2011
Tradepaper ISBN: 978-1-4019-3144-5
Digital ISBN: 978-1-4019-3145-2

7. It’s Complicated! The Karmic Cure for All Relationships (to be released in 2014)

Contact Information
Carmen’s Information:
Website: www.carmenharra.com
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (917)771-6035

Personal Representative:
Kerry Townsend Jacob
Principal, Townsend Communications
Office: (310) 316-2944
Mobile: (310) 806-0893
Email: [email protected]

Lionel Corbett MD

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Lionel CorbettLionel Corbett MD, University of Manchester, England; Diplomate in Psychological Medicine; Diplomate Jungian Analyst, C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago is a British-trained psychiatrist and Jungian analyst, Dr. Corbett is particularly interested in the synthesis of psychoanalytic and Jungian ideas. His primary dedication has been to the religious function of the psyche, especially in the way in which personal religious experience is relevant to individual psychology, and to the development of psychotherapy as a spiritual practice. He is the author of “The Religious Function of the Psyche,” and “Psyche and the Sacred: Spirituality Beyond Religion.”

See more at: http://www.uprs.edu/academics/faculty/lionel-corbett/#sthash.m5VX

Dr. Nicki J. Monti – Psyche Practitioner

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DrNickiMonti2Dr. Nicki J. Monti is not your typical therapist. Dr. Nicki instantly gets to the core of presented issues, and immediately provides a clear path for genuine change. Her no-nonsense approach combines with extraordinary compassion and good humor to offer a clear, authoritative voice free of judgment and full of possibility. She quickly brings forward what others have somehow missed and then offers practical tools for truly productive resolution. She uses wit and her own experiences to reveal what’s undermining you, and to get you beyond being ‘stuck in your own story.’

Dr. Nicki conducts individual, group and corporate sessions. Her successful book series about being Stuck In The Story No More, her Television appearances, her articles, and podcasts have made her into a household name. Dr. Nicki has been seen on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Millionaire Matchmaker, Love Handles and many other Reality Television shows where her compassion, honesty and genuine expertise shine an instant light on circumstances and offer actual change.

Psychotherapist & Author

Dr. Nicki changes lives. But that’s not what she’d say. She would tell you that she’s the catalyst, that her clients change their own lives. That her clients accept the difficult challenge of examining their belief systems and exposing change. It’s no wonder that Dr. Nicki is known as “The Thinking Person’s Doctor.”

Throughout her work, Dr. Nicki uses her extraordinary compassion, sense of fun and humor, and years of experience to bring light to the basis of her work: that everything we do from start to finish is about relationships – the relationship we have with ourselves and the relationship we have to others. How we play out those relationships decides how our life feels from moment to moment, from day to day, and from decade to decade.

Dr. Nicki learned through her own experiences that none of us need feel defeated by the experiences of our lives. Everything that happens gives to us more than it takes from us, if we know how to take what is given.

Whether working with her one-on-one, using her new book and workbook, or attending one of her ground breaking workshops, Dr. Nicki provides people with the tools they need to identify their defenses – solutions for coping with, or neutralizing, defensiveness and alternative ways to deal with specific defensive reactions.

Dr. Nicki’s credentials are impressive. But more impressive than her credentials is the woman herself. Dr. Nicki does not walk into a room unnoticed. Her life-altering work has impacted the lives of many people. She has been described as an in-your-face therapist, a description that makes her proud.

“Directness and truth-telling are two of my basic professional tools” says Dr. Nicki.

Dr. Nicki was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of traveling sales people. When she was seven she went away to boarding schools for 11 years, first to Ojai, then on to the East Coast. After finishing school, she spent a year in Europe before coming back to America.

At age 37, after working at many different jobs, and on the good advice of her goddaughter, Nicki went back to school to get her psychology credentials. She was sitting in an intake session and in a flash of truth realized: “This is it.” She knew that she had found her calling.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin (B.A. in Communications), Sierra University (M.A. in Psychology), and Pacific Western University (Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology), Dr. Nicki received additional training at the highly esteemed Southern California Counseling Clinic and at the Sojourn Shelter for Abused Women and Children. She also has studied with such innovators as Hal Stone, creator of voice dialogue, and internationally recognized author and teacher of self-realization, W. Brugh Joy, M.D.

In 1987, Dr. Nicki began her private clinical practice, which includes lectures, workshops, and courses on a wide range of topics. She works with individuals, couples, and groups, specializing in interpersonal relationships and addictions (to drugs, food, money, people, sex, work).

In late 2002, Dr. Nicki released her long awaited book, “Stuck In The Story No More,” and companion workbook, “Stuck No More.” A unique, breakthrough approach to the examination of the devastating impact unconscious psychological defenses can have on individuals, “Stuck in the Story No More” shows how the crippling patterns of those defenses can be identified and broken. Her book includes a set of simple tools to help people understand and interrupt the defenses that hold them back from having the life they want. The book’s forward is by Margaret Cho, who attributes Dr. Nicki with saving her life.

Dr. Nicki, a CEU approved presenter, offers a variety of workshops, addressing a wide range of topics and issues, that help people improve their lives, emotionally, spiritually and logically.

Her current workshop series includes:

Genesis – focused on childhood developmental experiences

Metamorphosis – a six-month Psycho-Spiritual Integration Process

Revelations – a spiritually-based six month course that includes Shame Scene work, Dream work, Defense work, Shadow work and Ritual work

Dr. Gail Gross – Relationships, Family, and Behavior

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Gail GrossDr. Gail Gross – Expert on Relationships, Family Development, Education and Behavior

Dr. Gail Gross is a nationally recognized family and child development expert, author, and educator. Her positive and integrative approach to difficult issues helps families navigate today’s complex problems.

Dr. Gross is frequently called upon by national and regional media to offer her insight on topics involving family relationships, education, behavior, and development issues. A dependable authority, Dr. Gross has contributed to broadcast, print and online media including CNN, FOX’s The O’Reilly Factor, MSNBC, The New York Times and USA Today. ABC, CBS and KHOU,Great Day Houston Show. She is a veteran radio talk show host as well as the host of the nationally syndicated PBS program, “Let’s Talk.”

Dr. Gross is a longtime leader in finding solutions to the nation’s toughest education challenges. She co-founded the first-of-its kind Cuney Home School with her husband Jenard, in partnership with Texas Southern University. The school serves as a national model for improving the academic performance of students from housing projects by engaging the parents. Additionally, she recently completed leading a landmark, yearlong study in the Houston Independent School District to examine how stress-reduction affects academics, attendance, and bullying in elementary school students, and a second study on stress and its effects on learning.

Such work has earned her accolades from distinguished leaders such as the Dalai Lama, who presented her with the first Spirit of Freedom award in 1998. More recently, she was honored in 2013 with the Jung Institute award. She also received the Good Heart Humanitarian Award from Jewish Women International, Perth Amboy High School Hall of Fame Award, the Great Texan of the Year Award, Trailblazer Award, and Woman of Influence Award.

Dr. Gross’ soon-to-be second book, Smart for Life, teaches parents how to enhance a child’s learning potential through various developmental stages. Two additionalbooks are slated to follow, including The Only Way Out Is Through, a Jungian approach to navigating life’s transitions including grieving,and Defining Moments, which recounts the defining moments of celebrity guests as shared with Dr. Gross during interviews on PBS’ “Let’s Talk.”

Dr. Gross received a BS in Education from the University of Houston. She earned her master’s degree in secondary education with a focus on Psychology from the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Dr. Gross received her second PhD in Psychology, with a concentration in Jungian studies. Dr. Gross was the recipient of Kappa Delta Pi An International Honor Society in Education. Dr. Gross was elected member of the International English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta.

http://drgailgross.com/