qualifications, experience & practice details
 

Formal Education

California Institute of Integral Studies

San Francisco, California

Masters of Arts, Counseling Psychology

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

Bachelor of Arts, Public Policy                                                                                                           

Additional Psychotherapy Training

Hanover, NH ~ 2010 (currently ongoing, with Bill Nagahiro, Ph.D.)

Multi-part workshop on enhancing Internal Family Systems skills and understanding as an approach to psychotherapy.

The Re-Creation of the Self Model of Human Systems as an Approach to Psychotherapy – Advanced Tutorial

San Anselmo, CA ~ 2006-2007 (Jon Eisman, Senior Hakomi Trainer)

Advanced training in theory and practice of a comprehensive psychospiritual model of psychotherapy.

Advanced Hakomi Therapy Consultation Groups & Live Supervision

San Francisco Bay Area, CA ~ 2005-2007 (with Rob Fisher, Julie Murphy & Jon Eisman)

Extensive consultation and live coaching in the advanced application of Hakomi Therapy, a comprehensive model of holistic psychotherapy.

Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) – Levels I & II

San Francisco, CA ~ 2005 (Alliant University, with Laurel Parnell, Ph.D.)

EMDR training with an emphasis on the treatment of cumulative/developmental trauma, facilitating effective processing in atypical cases, and advanced interventions and treatment planning. 

Responding to Life ~ Core Patterns & Therapeutic Strategy Training

San Anselmo, CA, Oakland, CA ~ 2004 & 2006 (Hakomi Institute of San Francisco)

Experiential and didactic psychotherapy training program in a non-pathologizing framework for the assessment and treatment of developmental character strategies, attachment styles and core beliefs.  Repeated in 2006 as assistant teaching staff.

Integral Counseling Center ~ Clinical Practicum Training Program

San Francisco, CA ~ 2004 – 2005

Training and practicum in psychodynamic, relational and group psychotherapy.

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training for the Treatment of Trauma

Berkeley, CA ~ 2004 (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute)

Professional training and supervised practicum in an integrated, mind-body approach to working therapeutically with single-incident and developmental/cumulative trauma.  Extensive study, practice and group work outside of formal training sessions.

Relationship as a Spiritual Practice

Woodacre, CA ~ 2004 (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Practices and principles for enhancing connectedness between partners and approaching relationship as spiritual practice.

Couples Therapy Training:

Part I: Getting Off to a Powerful Start in Couples Therapy

Part II: The Art of “Gentle/Tough” Confrontation in Couples Therapy

San Francisco, CA ~ 2003 (with Ellyn Bader, Ph.D.)

Theory and techniques for initial phase of couples therapy; interventions for difficult situations in couples therapy.

Related Specialty Training

Insight Meditation (Vipassana) Retreats

Woodacre, CA & Barre, MA  ~ 2001 - 2007 (various teachers)

Experiential training and practice in mindfulness meditation and related psychospiritual practices, as well as teachings on Buddhist philosophy, in a residential silent retreat format.

Birthing From Within ~ Level I Mentor Training

San Diego, CA ~ 2004 (with Pam England)

Training in the facilitation of expressive-arts, solution-focused, psychologically-based childbirth preparation classes.

Advanced Yoga Studies Program

Oakland, CA ~ 2002 (Piedmont Yoga Studio with Rodney Yee, Richard Rosen & Claire Finn)

Training in yoga philosophy & practice, anatomy/physiology, and teaching methods.  Extensive home study and practice.

Doula Training Workshop

Rohnert Park, CA ~2001 (Doulas of North America (DONA))

Training in the philosophy and provision of labor support for women and couples.  Overview of emotional support and assessment in the prenatal, birth and postpartum phases; training in labor comfort measures.

Experience in the Practice of Psychotherapy

Rachel Zamore, MA, LMFT (DBA "InnerWell Integrative Counseling Services")

Brattleboro, VT ~ 2007 - present

Provide psychotherapy services to individual adults and couples in an integrative framework.  Organize continuing education opportunities for mental health professionals.

Holistic Therapy Center

Oakland, CA ~ 2005–2007

Provided long and short-term psychotherapy, primarily to individual adults and couples.  Developed and facilitated weekly support/therapy groups for new mothers, emphasizing the inner journey into parenthood and mindfulness.

Family Institute of Pinole

Pinole, CA ~ 2005-2006

Provided weekly outpatient counseling (including EMDR) to a diverse population of individuals, adolescents and families. 

Grief & Growing Interagency Family Program

Groveland, CA ~ 2004 & 2005

Worked therapeutically with bereaved teens, children and families during residential weekend program.  Co-led workshops and provided informal counseling in milieu setting to adults and children.

Berkeley Arts Magnet Elementary School                                                                                                              

Berkeley, CA ~ 2004-2005

Provided weekly counseling to children (and occasionally families) of varied ethnic/cultural backgrounds. 

Integral Counseling Center
San Francisco, CA  ~ 2004-2005

Provided long and short-term weekly psychotherapy to a diverse clientele of individuals and couples, mostly low-income. 

Crisis Support Services of Alameda County

Oakland, CA ~ 2004-2005

Provided telephone counseling to individuals with situational distress and/or chronic mental illness. Evaluated for suicidality and provided referrals to community resources as necessary.

Rhode Island Rape Crisis Center

Providence, RI ~ 1994-1995

Provided counseling & referrals to hotline callers during weekly volunteer shift.

Teaching Experience

Body Language: A Mind-Body Clinical Skills Seminar & Consultation Group

Brattleboro, VT ~ 2010 (currently ongoing)

Professional multi-part seminar and consultation group for mental health professionals, providing an introduction to the practice of mind-body psychotherapeutic theory and technique.  Modalities include didactic and experiential learning, as well as discussion and case consultation.

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training for the Treatment of Trauma

Teaching Assistant, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, Boston, MA, 2008-2009

Facilitated small-group learning experiences, primarily in the form of guidance and support during practice counseling and skill-building sessions.  Assisted teaching staff as needed.

Responding to Life Hakomi Therapy Character Strategy Training

Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Hakomi Institute, Oakland, CA, 2006

Facilitated small-group learning experiences, primarily in the form of guidance and support during practice counseling and skill-building sessions.  Worked with individual students as needed. 

Mindful Mamas – psychoeducation & self-discovery groups for new mothers

Holistic Therapy Center, Berkeley, CA, 2006-2007

Developed and led mindfulness-based psychoeducational and self-discovery groups for new mothers and their infants.

“Understanding & Managing Test Anxiety”

Classroom Matters, Berkeley, CA, 2005

Invited presentation for tutoring agency's tutoring staff.  Developed and presented program including experiential and didactic components for 35 participants.

“Inner Wisdom Parenting” and

“Introduction to Present-Moment Parenting”

Sprout Natural Parenting Store, Brattleboro, VT, 2007

Taught introductory workshops on parenting skills, self-validation, and autoregulation using mindfulness tools to new parents as part of a parenting education series.

Scope & Nature of Practice

 Therapeutic orientation

• Integrative, strength-based approach emphasizes compassionate curiosity – discovering how core material organizes present experience and increasing choicefulness as opposed to “living by habit."

• Collaborative, individualized approach reflects unique needs of each client.  Therapy may be short-term or long-term, depending on the treatment goals.

• Primary influences include non-pathologizing developmental psychology, mind-body approaches & models, systems theory and Eastern psychology/spirituality.

Areas of Specialization

• Integration of mind, body and spirit, with emphasis on wholeness, authenticity & getting “unstuck” from old patterns

• Relationship issues ~ individuals & couples

• Trauma ~ single-incident & cumulative

• Anxiety/stress & depression

• Life path clarification

• Pregnancy, birth & parenting-related concerns

Treatment methods

• Talk therapy with an emphasis on present-time experience, in order to facilitate integration & choicefulness.  This may include attention to how past experience may be manifesting currently.

• Experiential discovery including mindfulness-based self-study and collaborative “experiments” to study core material (e.g., noticing what arises when hear a particular phrase or repeat a particular gesture, etc.)

• Somatic & creative resourcing (i.e., mind-body “tools” for self-care & auto-regulation)

• Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Psychoeducation

Professional License

Vermont Marriage & Family Therapist #100.0060629

Rachel Zamore, MA  |  Offices in Brattleboro, Vermont

802-258-7014  |  info@brattleborotherapy.com