Janine Morris (They/Them)
My practice is on Unceded Miwok & Pomo & Wappo Lands in what is called Sebastopol, CA.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (since 2018) and have an M.A. in Somatic Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I am a certified NARM therapist (NeuroAffective Relational Model) and I have completed two years of training at the Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute. I have worked in private practice, clinics, schools, group-homes, homeless shelters, transitional housing, and with court mandated clients through Child protective Services.
I began the path toward becoming a therapist in my undergraduate years when I learned about Somatic Psychology. I found Somatics and body-based movement, meditation, and healing modalities to be very liberating after having a very antagonistic relationship with my body. The pursuit of learning about the wisdom of my body from the inside out changed the course of my life. I designed my own undergraduate major focusing on somatics, cross-cultural healing modalities, and spirituality. (Yeah, I went to one of those liberal arts schools where you could design your own major.)
Near the end of my undergraduate years, I because interested in becoming a somatic therapist after my own experience with somatic therapy. I moved to the Bay Area in 2012 to attend the California Institute of Integral Studies.
My passion for this work lies in the fact that by doing healing work and creating a kinder internal relationship with ourselves, we create social scripts that reverberate out into the world and create the world we want to live in.
I identify as Fat, Queer, Non-binary, Neurodivergent, Ethically Non-Monogamous, Kinky, White, and Jewish. In addition to being a therapist, I am a dog parent, slow hiker, visual artist, free form dancer, roller skater, and circle singer.