SpiritMoving
Selene Vega,
M.A., L.M.F.T.
SpiritMoving
Selene Vega,
M.A., L.M.F.T.
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VitaeConference PresentationsASSOCIATION FOR TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY Palo Alto, CA February 13-15, 2004 Transpersonal Exploration of Ethics (2 hour workshop presented with Kylea Taylor) 2ND SELF-RELATIONS PSYCHOTHERAPY CONFERENCE (Stephen Gilligan's therapy model), San Marcos, CA July 27-28, 2003 Somatic Awakenings to Sponsorship (1 1/2 hour experiential presentation) 1ST SELF-RELATIONS PSYCHOTHERAPY CONFERENCE Encinitas, CA, July 23-25, 1999 Movement Meditation for Self Relations (1 hour experiential presentation) ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY Annual Conference, Asilomar, Monterey, CA, Aug. 1-4, 1996 Connecting with Body, Connecting with Earth (1 hour workshop) SACRED EARTH, SACRED SELF, Prescott, AZ May 9-12, 1996 Connecting with Body, Connecting with Earth (1-day workshop) also led Opening & Closing Ceremony, 2 Community Circles COMMON BOUNDARY 15th Annual Conference, “Inner Ecology, Outer Ecology,” Crystal City, VA, Nov. 10-12, 1995 Soulful Living (1-day workshop presented with Duane Elgin) TeachingBASTYR UNIVERSITY, Kenmore, WA Adjunct Faculty (January 2004 – present) Addictions and Disorders UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXTENSION, SANTA CRUZ, Santa Clara, CA New Perspectives on Clinical Issues in Psycho-Spiritual Crisis (One of several presenters, my topic was: Moving the Physical Body through the Spiritual Journey), July 1994 JFK UNIVERSITY, Campbell, CA Adjunct Faculty (graduate level) 1992-1993 Expressive Arts Therapy with Specific Populations: Movement Therapy & the Treatment of Eating Disorders Seminar in Addiction Studies: Movement Therapy and Addictions FREELANCE, California, North Carolina, Madrid (Spain), Massachusetts, Maine, Oregon, Vancouver, BC 1985 – present Awakening the Body (weekend workshop) July 2005 Ericksonian Hypnosis Training Assisting Stephen Gilligan, teaching two evening sessions. July 6-19, 2004, July 9-21, 2005 Self-Relations Psychotherapy Supervision (5 day workshop co-facilitated with 3 others) September 2003 Trance Journeys: Moving into Deep Connection (weekend residential workshop) June 2001 (CA), April 2002 (Kripalu Center), June 2004 (Vancouver, BC) Psychology of the Chakras (previously called Advanced Chakra Training, or 9-Day Chakra Intensive) (7-9 day annual residential training for yoga teachers, therapists, & bodyworkers, co-facilitated with Anodea Judith) 1994-1996 (Martha's Vineyard), 1997-1998 (Northern Pines, ME), 2000-2005 (Kripalu Center) Transformational Chakra Journey (4 day workshop co-facilitator with Anodea Judith) August 1997, 1998, 2000 Chakra Intensive (9 month workshop) 2001, 1985-1997 (10 cycles co-facilitator with Anodea Judith) New Directions in Ecological Leadership (co-facilitator for 3 day residential workshop) May 1996 Ecopsychology: Health Professionals & the Ecological Crisis (co-facilitator - 1 week residential training) Nov. 1995 Moving into Sacred Realms (movement for self-exploration & spiritual growth, with diverse populations) Dancing with Addictions (training for dance teachers in working with addictions) Group Energy Dynamics (workshop covering communication skills, conflict resolution, consensus decision-making, working with group energy, ritual planning & performance, offered as ongoing groups or 1-time workshop) MOVEMENT CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, GROUPS, 1969 - 1986, throughout the USA, with children, adolescents, & adults Yoga & Movement Awareness (classes for chemical dependency treatment program) 12/84 -9/86 Inner Explorations (exploration of spirituality and depth work, using expressive arts, meditation, visualization) Movement Explorations: (using movement to explore various themes): Body & Mind, Experiments in Ritual, Creative Dance, Modern Dance & Ballet, Individual movement counseling Psychotherapy & CounselingPRIVATE PRACTICE. Santa Cruz, CA. On-going psychotherapy (including expressive arts therapy). 6/95 - present (As MFT intern under supervision, 9/92 - 5/95) FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION, Santa Cruz, CA. Individual & couple psychotherapy as MFT Intern. 9/91 - 9/92 STAR LODGE HOSPITAL, Scotts Valley, CA. Individual & group therapy, movement therapy, and education with eating disorder, chemical dependency & dual diagnosis patients. Assisted in the development of the eating disorder program. 4/90 - 4/93 OrganizationFounder & Director, SKYOTE MOUNTAIN, 9/01 – present General operations & organization of workshops and accommodations for retreat facility in Santa Cruz, CA mountains. Consultant, SPIRITUAL EMERGENCE NETWORK, 5/97 - 5/98 (facilitating collaboration with ITP, CIIS, & JFK University) Ex Officio Member, Board of Directors, SPIRITUAL EMERGENCE NETWORK, 7/95 - 5/97 President, CAMFT (California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists) Santa Cruz Chapter. 1996 President-Elect, Membership Chair, CAMFT Santa Cruz Chapter. 1995 Coordinator, THERAPISTS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Santa Cruz, CA. 9/93 - 5/95 General coordination of meetings for discussion, consultation , experiential work and activism focusing on the interplay of political, social, ecological & spiritual issues. President, Board of Directors, MOUNTAIN VIEW BRIARPATCH CO-OP (Food co-op). Mtn. View, CA 7/84 - 7/86 Founder & Director, MOONDANCE (Dance company). Ft. Lauderdale, FL 11/82 - 8/83 Created improvisational works designed to present dance to the community in non-traditional settings. Assistant to the Director, UNIVERSITY CENTER (Dance & theatre school). Ft. Lauderdale, FL 5/82 - 8/83 General operations & organization in addition to teaching. Co-founder, PENTALPHA (Non-profit educational organization). Berkeley, CA 12/78 - 1/80 Set up & taught classes in movement & ritual. Organized public ritual events. Program Assistant, MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS (Community arts organization). Santa Cruz, CA 3/77 - 5/77 Grant proposal writing, research, general operations assistance. PublicationsMovement Practices for Self-Relations Therapy, chapter in Walking in Two Worlds: The Relational Self in Theory, Practice, and Community. Stephen Gilligan & Dvorah Simon (Editors.) Phoenix, AZ: Zeig, Tucker and Thiesen Publishers. (2005) Breathing into Fear: Psychospiritual Approaches for Treating Anxiety, chapter in The Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook: Alternative Methods for Treatment and Understanding of Mental Disorders. Sharon Mijares and Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, (Editors.) New York: Haworth Press. (2005) Editor, Spiritual Emergence Network Newsletter, 12 page semi-annual publication of SEN, October 1994 - May 1997 Reaching for Consciousness, article in Spiritual Emergence Network Newsletter, Winter 1996 Wider Perspectives, regular column in Santa Cruz CAMFT Newsletter, Mar/Apr 1994 - Nov/Dec 1995 The Sevenfold Journey: Reclaiming Mind, Body & Spirit through the Chakras (with Anodea Judith), Crossing Press 1993 translated into Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Hebrew Recovering from Eating Disorders (with Lydia Hanich) in The Observer, Monterey, CA, 3/28/91 Movement Magic in Circle Network News, 1984 EducationSAYBROOK GRADUATE SCHOOL AND RESEARCH CENTER, San Francisco, CA currently in Ph.D. Psychology program, (Consciousness & Spirituality concentration), September 2003-present John F. Kennedy UNIVERSITY (South Bay Campus), Campbell M.A. Clinical Psychology (Addiction studies specialization), December 1991 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Cruz B.A. Ritual & the Arts in Cross-Cultural Perspective (psychology, anthropology, dance & theatre, religious studies), Dec. 1982 Television & Radio Appearances“Changes” KKUP FM Radio, interview on working with the Chakra system, 5/94 “Till Morning Come” KKUP FM Radio, interview on Movement, Ritual, the Chakras, & Spirituality, 2/24/93 “News” KSBW TV, brief interview about holiday depression, 12/92 “Kruzin” KRUZ TV, interview about eating disorders, Spring 1990 CABLE TV, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art's program, “Sculptured Paintings” dance piece created for Dorothy Gillespie exhibit at the Museum, 11/82 “Montage” NBC TV, “A Place to Create,” a documentary about Fairmount Center, 1973 Research ProjectsDanda Nata Festival. Member of Earthwatch research team investigating the Danda Nata in Orissa, India, a festival rich in ritual and performance aspects. Participant-observation and recording of rituals. Primary investigators: Chandrabanu Pattanayak & Vibha Sharma (McGill University). March 24 - April 14, 1996 Sacred Space in Bali. Member of Earthwatch research team investigating ritual arts and sacred architecture in Bali. Participant-observation and recording of rituals, interviewing ritual dancers, photography. Primary investigators: Ann Norton Wood and Hans Guggenheim. August 1992
Choreography & PerformanceMany appearances in various roles in seasonal & celebratory ritual events, 1979 - present TREFOIL (3-member performance company, solo dances with 2 musicians), 1988 Crossing the Rainbow Bridge – Choreography for two hour ritual theatre performance with cast and crew of 70 people, commemorating the release of Anodea Judith's book, Wheels of Life, in which I also danced the principal role. San Francisco, CA, November 1987 Descent of Inanna (Halloween ritual performance at Women's Bldg., San Francisco), choreographed and danced the part of Inanna, October 1987 Fifth Chakra Poem - created for Merrymeet Conference, Saratoga, CA, September 1987 St. Francis of Assisi - created for Peace Day at Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz, CA, June 1987 The Spiral Dance - ritual theatre performance, Ben Lomond, CA, October 1986 The Spiral Dance - ritual theatre performance with Reclaiming Collective, San Francisco, CA, October 1985 Calling & Greeting the Auspicious Spirits, assisting Hi-ah Park in shamanistic ritual for opening of the Korean exhibit at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 1984 TransCreation - created for Celebration of Eros, Santa Cruz, CA, April 1984 MOONDANCE (Dance company I founded & directed), Ft. Lauderdale, FL Celebration - created for building opening of Univ. Cntr. for Perf. Arts, January 1983 Holiday Dance - performance/workshop for Fort Lauderdale Hospital, December 1982 Sculptured Paintings - created for Dorothy Gillespie exhibit, Ft. Laud.Museum of Art, November 1982 Seasonal Rituals - public rituals created quarterly for Pentalpha, Berkeley, CA, 1979 Three Renaissance Dances - created for St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA, 1974 FAIRMOUNT DANCE THEATRE (10-member modern dance company), performances in Cleveland & New York, 1972 Needle-Brain Lloyd & the Systems Kid, with Meredith Monk, Connecticut College American Dance Festival, Summer 1970 DANCE STUDIO WORKSHOP (6-member performance group), lecture demonstrations and performances, Cleveland, OH, 1969 - 1971 CLEVELAND PLAYHOUSE YOUTH THEATRE, GEAUGA LYRIC GUILD, (musicals, lecture demonstrations, plays), 1968 – 1970 Psychotherapy Related TrainingEthics Intimate Partner Violence (2 hr. home study training): Ofer Zur, Ph.D. 2004 To Dual or Not to Dual: Ethics and Dual Relationship (1 day): Ofer Zur, Ph.D. 2004 Hypnotherapy & Self-Relations Psychotherapy Ericksonian Hypnosis & the Generative Self, Adv. Hypnosis & the Core Identity Process (12 days): Stephen Gilligan, Ph.D. July 2001 Self-Relations Supervision (4 days each): Stephen Gilligan, Ph.D., 6/2000, 4/2002, 6/2002, 5/2003, 6/2003, 7/2004, 8/2005 Self-Relations Therapy with Couples (2 days): Stephen Gilligan, Ph.D., April 2004 Hypnosis & the Generative Self (6 days): Stephen Gilligan, Ph.D., July 1999 The Heart & Soul of Change (1 day): Scott Miller, Ph.D., 2002 Pharmacology: An overview for the Non-Prescribing Clinician (1 day): Jerry Solomon, Ph.D. December 2001 Medical, Psychological & Social Aspects of HIV (1 day): Jerry Solomon, Ph.D. April 1999 The Presence of Soul in Brief Therapy (1 day): January 1999 Process Oriented Psychology Addictions & Relationships (6 days): Arnold & Amy Mindell, July 1990 Countertransference (2 days): Joe Goodbread & Kate Jobe, June 1990 Dance Therapy & Somatics Body Wisdom Somatics Congress, February 1999 The Living Body, 1st International Somatics Congress, October 1995 (offered poster presentation) Bay Area Movement Symposium, JFK University, September 1992 American Dance Therapy Association Conference, November 1991 Neala Haze, JFK University, Summer 1990 Joanna Harris, UCSC, Summer 1977 New Ways of Being: 10 day intensive: Jean Houston, June 1979 Dance, Yoga, Movement, Theatre, & Music TrainingMiddle-Eastern Drumming: Michael Gruber, 1993-1996 Bharata Natyam (Classical Indian Temple Dance): Emily Mayne, Santa Cruz, CA, Spring 1987 - Spring 1988 Continuum Movement Meditation: Emily Conrad Da'Oud, (one week intensive) Summer 1986 Iyengar Yoga Iyengar Yoga Institute of SF, Teaching Certificate Program, 1984 - 1985 Iyengar Yoga Center of Palo Alto, with Larry Hatlett & Catherine De Los Santos Oliver, 1984 - 1985 1st International Iyengar Yoga Conference, San Francisco, CA August 1984 UCSC, Ann Barros, Fall 1981 T'ai Chi Chuan: Master Wu Ta-yeh, Palo Alto, Fall 1983 Awareness through Movement: 4 day intensive: Moshe Feldenkrais, March 1981 Javanese Gamelan: UCSC, Spring 1980 San Francisco Dancer’s Workshop, CA: Movement Ritual Class: Keija, Fall 1979; Participation in CityDance, Summer 1977 Trance Dance: Anna Halprin (at UCSC), Summer 1976 Louis-Nikolais Dance Theater Lab, NY, February - June 1972 Modern Dance: Alwin Nikolais, Phyllis Lamhut, Claudia Gittelman, Gladys Bailin, Murray Louis Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (dance major), September 1971 - January 1972 Modern Dance: Sharon Kinney, Peter Saul, Karen Toepfer; Ballet: Odette Blum American Dance Festival, New London, CN, Summer 1970 Modern Dance: Lucas Hoving, Gay Delanghe, June Lewis, Margie Beals North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC, Summer 1969 Modern Dance: Pauline Koner, Duncan Noble; Ballet: Sonja Tyven, Manny Rowe; Theatre; Music Theory Fairmount Center for Creative & Performing Arts, Cleveland, OH, September 1969 - July 1971 Modern Dance: Laura Dean, Sara Shelton Mann, Peggy Cicierska, Raymond Johnson Ballet: Valentina Belova, James Waring, Janice Kumin; Theatre: Phil Soinski, Anne Heil (now Anne Walsh) The Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH, September 1968 - June 1970: Theatre: Stuart Levin, Anne Heil (now Anne Walsh), Phil Soinski The Dance Studio, Chesterland, OH, September 1965 - June 1969: Ballet: Janice Kumin; Jazz: John Magill; Spanish Dance: Libby Lubinger
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