Christine Donohue, MFT, SEP

Christine Donohue, MFT, SEP

I am a somatically-trained New Jersey and California licensed psychotherapist, trauma specialist, educator, and consultant who helps people shift from past patterns that no longer serve, so they can live fully and joyfully in real time. During each therapy session, I offer my steadfast presence, strong intellect, deeply honed intuition, extensive clinical training, and profound love and care for people.

Having strengthened my intellect and intuition as a means to cope with childhood trauma, I sought and obtained a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont. Upon receiving academic credentials, I chose to move to the state of Washington to focus on learning from the earth, my most profound teacher. It was while working on an organic vegetable and fruit farm sixty hours per week that I experienced nonmaterial reality and discovered my innate healing abilities. It has been and continues to be my life path to bridge lessons gleaned from intellectual teachings with those I have received from connecting with this multi-dimensional existence.

I am a Certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Certified Brainspotting Therapist serving those throughout New Jersey and California. For anyone who lives outside of NJ or California, the Somatic Experiencing sessions that I provide are not psychotherapy; if you are in need of psychotherapy combined with Somatic Experiencing, please seek treatment from another practitioner. For anyone who lives outside of NJ or CA, I only offer adjunctive Somatic Experiencing sessions to those who are currently working with a psychotherapist.

Having been a senior teacher and previous Director of the Creative Arts Department at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, I bring 30 years in the field of body-based healing and psychology my clients, interns, students, and training participants. From 2013-2015, I served as the Assistant Clinical Director for the Community Institute for Psychotherapy in San Rafael, CA and was an Associate Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies in the Somatic and Integral Counseling Psychology Departments from 2011-2016. I have been practicing Somatic Experiencing, Gestalt, energetic healing, and other body-based modalities since 1990 in support of helping people shift from past patterns that no longer serve, so they can live fully and joyfully in real time. Whether with an individual, teaching in a group, or leading a training, I offer my steadfast presence, deeply honed intuition, extensive clinical training, and profound love and care for people.

Combining psychodynamic, somatic, and transpersonal approaches, I work with families, couples, adults, and groups. A passionate educator, I design courses in the areas of somatic approaches to mindful psychotherapy, communication, and clinical relationship.

I love to dance, sing, kayak, experience live music, write and read poetry, hike, and spend time with loved ones.

NJ License #: 37FI 00227000.            CA MFT License #: 47497

Specialties

• Active Duty Military
• Adults
• Adults abused as children
• Anger Management
• Anxiety Disorders
• Chronic Illness
• Chronic Pain/Fibromyalgia
• Complex PTSD
• Couples Counseling
• Depression
• Developmental Trauma
• Vision Impaired
• Families of Veterans
• Grief and Loss
• Medical Procedure Trauma
• Motor Vehicle Collisions
• Birth Trauma
• Relational/Relationship Issues
• Self-Esteem
• Sleep/Insomnia
• Spirituality
• Intergeneration Trauma
• Systemic Trauma
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Veterans
• Domestic Violence
• Sexual Abuse
• Womens’ Issues