Our Practitioners

The Imago model honors the relationship between two people as a vehicle for change and deep healing. In her sessions with couples, Karen seeks to empower the “team” of the couple. Using practical techniques to help couples improve their communication and facilitate deeper understanding and compassion, Karen guides couples towards conscious love and growth, healing old wounds in the process.

In her work with individuals, Karen uses an eclectic approach, with a strong focus on the teachings of Carl Rogers and client-centered therapy. If appropriate, she utilizes EMDR therapy, a powerful and efficacious form of treatment that helps heal issues at the root source. She is trained as a level-2 EMDR therapist and is certified in this modality.

Karen’s life-long interest in natural healing was fueled by her upbringing (her mother served on the board of the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, OR in the ’80s) and by her own health challenges. (She was hit by a truck in 1979 and sought alternative treatment to help her heal.) Perhaps following in her mother’s footsteps, Karen served on the board of Arizona Integrative Wellness Coalition (AIWC) now Arizona Wellness Alliance from 2009-2016. She is a co-founding member of this organization dedicated to supporting and educating holistic health practitioners and those that share their philosophy.

Karen’s intention is to provide a safe, supportive environment so that clients can tap into their own inner wisdom and create the change they want in their lives. She supports people in nurturing all aspects of their health–psychological, emotional, spiritual, and physical–and understands that these are delicately interwoven. Part of that support includes operating Caritas and striving to offer a broad variety of complementary or adjunctive therapies, workshops, and experiences at the center.

A licensed acupuncturist and certified in Swedish massage, Reiki, CranioSacral and Shiatsu, Nanie graduated from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco. She is a Diplomat in Oriental Medicine certified by the NCCAOM, a member of AAAOM and the AZSOMA.

Lynda considers her spiritual path to be one of life-long learning and is devoted to deepening her understanding of health and healing. She stays focused on her own inner work in order to be of service. Relational safety, ethics, and integrity are the guiding foundations while communing with others. Her continued studies have focused on the practices that balance the three wisdom centers of the body. Her sincere intention is to respectfully reclaim the wisdom of ancient cultures and their healing practices.

Bethany’s breadth of experience and integrative approach allows for flexibility and fluidity when working with clients.  Her passion is working with people no matter their life stage or experience, helping them to find what works for their bodies, minds and spirits.  Bethany experiences gratitude to be trusted with the bodies of her clients; to be given the opportunity to work with, to learn from and to serve them.

Clarrissa obtains all of her clients through word of mouth and caters to her valued
clientele by appointment only. She looks forward to meeting you, and serving you, as your skin care professional.

CranioSacral therapy in its purest form is a client directed approach to enable each person to open into their deep and authentic truth. The therapist is the facilitator, using the gentle placement of hands to help release tension in the body’s connective tissue, with each person allowed to soften in their own unique way. Because of this intention, CST can be a quietly empowering journey for the client to discover their own biological wisdom inside…what Dr. Upledger referred to as our Inner Physician. Everyone needs a place where they can land in their truth and begin to release the old body-brain story confusions and restore true coherence and connections.

As with so much in life, CST is a process that unfolds over time and consistency, facilitated by establishing a deep rapport between practitioner and client.

Anita’s practice is centered around helping clients achieve overall well-being and
rediscover their innate coordination, leading to pain-free movement and personal
growth. Through a combination of gentle hands-on techniques, carefully chosen words, guided imagery, and mindfulness practices, she facilitates this transformative process.

Anita brings a wealth of positive qualities to her holistic approach, including
compassion, curiosity, kindness, knowledge, and creativity. In addition to her private practice, she serves as a faculty member for the Contemporary Alexander School in Santa Fe, NM, and teaches highly tailored individual sessions and group classes in Tucson, the greater Tucson area, and Flagstaff. Her work is influenced by a range of modalities, including Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, hypnotherapy, energy work, and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique).