Faculty & BPPVE License
Biographies
PATRICE THIESSEN, O.M.D., L.Ac., C.M.T., Director and Founder of the Mount Shasta Institute of Holistic Therapies Patrice has 25 years experience in Asian Acupressure/Shiatsu and Swedish Oil Massage, certified in 1983 by the Santa Barbara School of Massage and Nationally Certified by the NCBTMB in 2007. She received the degree of Doctor of Oriental Medicine from Samra University of Oriental Medicine, Los Angeles, California in 1988, specializing in Chinese Herbology and Medical Qi Gong. Patrice completed a one year Medical Qi Gong Certificate program at Samra University in 1991. She has been an approved Continuing Education Provider #ACP103 for the California State Acupuncture Examining Committee since 1989 teaching courses in Qi Gong for Health and Medical Qi Gong Therapy for licensed acupuncturists. She has been in private practice for 20 years as a Licensed Acupuncturist, Chinese Herbologist, Qi Gong and Massage Instructor.
JOHN SCHULTZ, M.A., C.M.T., has been in private practice with Acupressure and Shiatsu for 26 years. He has taught Acupressure/Shiatsu for 25 years in Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Ashland, Redding and Mount Shasta. He studied Barefoot Shiatsu with Shizuku Yamamoto and teaches Tai Chi and Macrobiotic cooking as well. His work is deep and gentle and his intent is to help the client to self heal.
PEGGY RISCH, R.P.T., R.C.S.T., received her degree in Physical Therapy from Indiana University in 1976. She has been practicing Craniosacral Therapy since 1985. In Germany she practiced a form of scoliosis therapy based on awareness and breathing. She is also certified in Biodynamic Therapy, a body-mind-spirit oriented therapy. Peggy has a practice in Mount Shasta, California and will be a presenter at the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy conference in September 2008. Please visit her web site at www.dynamicwholeness.com.
LENORE JONES, Ph.D., C.M.T., has been a Certified Trager Practitioner since 1989 with a private practice in Carmel, California. She received her doctorate in Anatomy from the University of California San Francisco and has been teaching anatomy and physiology to bodyworkers of all modalities since 1985.
DEBBIE DAVIS, B.A., C.M.P., has been in private practice doing bodywork modalities that include Swedish, deep tissue, trigger points, magnetic therapy, barefoot shiatsu, raindrop therapy and aroma therapy for seven years. Debbie completed her massage studies at the Mount Shasta Institute of Holistic Therapies in 1997 as one of the first class graduates.
INSTITUTION BPPVE LICENSE APPROVAL STATUS
This institution has received official licensed approval to operate from the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education. Approval is issued when the Bureau determines the institutions’s operational plan satisfies the minimum standards listed in Education Code Section 94310 (a) or 94311 (a), whichever is applicable. The approval is usually effective for 3-4 years at which time the Bureau will again make a site visit and establish the school’s operations are meeting the standards as required. This school has received approval to operate through 2009.
Mount Shasta Institute of Holistic Therapies
212 East Lake, Mt. Shasta, CA, 96067
530-926-4055
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