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Darcy Lubbers, MFT, ATR-BC

is a psychotherapist,

international workshop leader,

and innovator in the field of

mind/body healing.

 

  

 
 
 
 
 
 

Mind Body
Lifestyle
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Darcy Lubbers, MFT, ATR-BC is the founder of Magic of Healing West, which offers workshops in mind/body healing, preventive medicine and the expressive arts - to the public and for health professionals. She teaches a variety of workshops, which include The Magic of Healing, Creating Health, Primordial Sound Meditation, Creative Pathways, and the Art and Soul Workshop.

Ms. Lubbers has received extensive training in the related modalities of Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Art Therapy, Clinical Hypnosis, Guided Imagery, Meditation, Structural Bodywork (Hellerwork), Yoga, Movement Awareness, and Mind Body Medicine, including Ayurvedic Healing Practices.

She has been in private practice for over twenty five years, and maintains a private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist and Clinical Art Therapist in Santa Monica, CA..

Ms. Lubbers also offers Mind Body Lifestyle consultations
for individuals and groups, drawing upon her extensive background in each of these mind body disciplines. She is available in person or by telephone for consultations. Lifestyle themes include stress reduction, enhancing creativity, and life balance.

Ms. Lubbers' background includes teaching and student training on both undergraduate and graduate levels. For ten years she served as a Supervisor of Clinical Art Therapy graduate students at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She has also served as a faculty member for the Los Angeles Hellerwork Training. Ms. Lubbers currently supervises postgraduate interns in her private practice and also offers classes and supervision for bodywork practitioners.

Trained in the Miller Approach to clinical hypnosis, Ms. Lubbers has co-led The Heart of Hypnosis trainings with Emmett Miller, MD. in N. CA. Additionally, she has served as a consultant for the Chopra Center for Well Being in Carlsbad, California, for the B.I.O.S. Integrative Cancer Center in Los Angeles, California, and for Renaissance Malibu, a residential recovery retreat center for drug and alcohol addictions.

Ms. Lubbers currently provides an Art Therapy program for the patients at Bridges to Recovery, a psychological retreat center in Pacific Palisades, CA for individuals with Depression, Bipolar Illness and emotional trauma issues. She also coordinates the Life Balance Program for Bridges Transitions and Outpatient Services and leads groups in Art Therapy, Stress Management, Body Image, Creative Pathways, and Mindful Eating.

Ms. Lubbers published *Adult Art Psychotherapy: Issues and Applications, with Helen Landgarten, ATR, HLM. in 1991. Her publishing credits also include articles in the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Conference Manual, B’Sherit Integrative Oncology Services Newsletter, Beginnings Magazine, and Whole Life Times Magazine.

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

  • 2005 Yoga Teacher Certification
    Saul David Raye, Exhale Center for Sacred Movement
  • 1998 Continuing Education Approved Provider: CA RN's
    CA Nursing Board
  • 1997 Continuing Education Approved Provider: CA MFT's
    & LCSW's; CA Board of Behavioral Sciences
  • 1997 Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor Certification
    Chopra Center for Well Being
  • 1994 Clinical Hypnosis Certification
    Emmett Miller, MD
  • 1993 Magic of Healing (Ayurveda) Instructor Certification

  • Chopra Center for Well Being
  • 1993 Mind/Body Educator Certification:
    Chopra Center for Well Being
  • 1992 Hellerwork Practitioner Certification
    Hellerwork, Inc.
  • 1985 Marriage and Family Therapy License
    CA Board of Behavioral Sciences
  • 1984 Clinical Art Therapy Registration
    American Art Therapy Association
  • 1978 Ryan Adult Teaching Credential
    UCLA
  • 1978 Teaching Credential
  • Los Angeles Community Colleges District

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • 1992 Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP)
  • 1992 Hellerwork, Inc.
  • 1982 California Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT)
  • 1980 Southern California Art Therapy Association (SCATA)
  • 1980 American Art Therapy Association (AATA)


*Adult Art Psychotherapy: Issues and Applications, published by Brunner/Mazel, a member of the Taylor and Francis Group.
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