About
Dr. Juliet Rohde-Brown is a licensed clinical psychologist (PSY 20964) with a private psychotherapy practice in Carpinteria at the Seaside Therapy Center (www.seasidetherapycenter.com). Her orientation is integrative and she embraces a multicultural perspective. She is also a core faculty member and the director of practicum training for Antioch University Santa Barbara’s doctoral program in psychology (www.antiochsb.edu). Inspired over twenty years ago by findings from studies in psychoneuroimmunology and the implications for integrative approaches to psychology and healthcare, she became certified in hypnotherapy and focused on stress reduction through the use of imagery and relaxation techniques within a CBT framework. She later became certified in interactive guided imagery under doctors Martin Rossman (www.thehealingmind.org) and David Bresler. She was mentored in Gestalt psychology and group facilitation in the 1990’s and she was mentored both pre- and post-doctorally by Jungian analysts at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles (www.junginla.org). Juliet has worked with brain injured individuals and in psychiatric inpatient settings as well as in community counseling environments and private practice. She is committed to respecting that while human beings share many common features, each individual is unique in temperment, behavior, inner reflection and socio-cultural background. She embraces the ethical and legal guidelines of her profession and she respects the many way of knowing in a diverse social system; the rational, empirical, and intuitive. She is a founding member and current board member of the Sacred Earth Foundation (www.sacredearthfound.org) and she is an advisory board member for the Santa Barbara Restorative Justice Neighborhood Initiative. She is currently the president-elect for Imagery International (www.imageryinternational.com).
Juliet is active in the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association as the Chair of the Student Outreach Committee. She regularly attends the meetings and conferences for the National Council for Schools for Professional Psychology as a representative of AUSB. She has spoken internationally on forgiveness and related topics. She has also received a Just Plain Folks Award in 2009 in the self-help genre for her CD Feel Forgiveness Now, part of a series in collaboration with Shantha Sri and Energi Music (www.energimusic.com).
Juliet’s participation in meditative practices informs her work in the world both personally and professionally. Mentored under Marv Treiger (www.ladharma.org), she began vipassana meditation training in the early 1990’s and has continued to participate in mindfulness practices. The practice of metta, or lovingkindness meditation has had a particularly important impact on her life and on her own process of forgiveness, as has working with imagery, dreams, and sacred ceremony. She also has a deep regard for ecopsychological principles and creative expression in relation to understanding the expanses and confinements of the human condition. Her latest interests focus on moving from the individual into the collective, particularly in relation to compassion-based practices. Her certification as an integrative healing practitioner with Meredith Young Sowers has amplified this interest (www.stillpointfoundation.com) and she has been following Daniel Siegel’s work in interpersonal neurobiology since the publication of his book The Developing Mind in the 1990’s (www.mindsightinstitute.com). She also recommends the website www.forgiveforgood.com.
She lives in Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara, California, with her husband, artist James Paul Brown (www.jamespaulbrown.com). She is happy to present her book Imagine Forgiveness: A Guide for Creating a Joyful Future. It can currently be purchased at www.barnes&noble.com, www.amazon.com, and www.iuniverse.com, and other venues.
CDs are available at www.cdbaby.com , www.energimusic.com, and other venues.
Juliet regularly attends conferences and CEU courses. Some of the areas of study are Trauma, Neurobiology and Addiction, Eating Disorders, Sexual Addiction, Couples Therapy, Self-Injury, Multicultural Psychology, International Psychology, Imagery, Legal and Ethical, Psychodrama, Buddhist Psychology, Jungian Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Psychology, Brief Psychodynamic Psychology, Clinical Supervision, Child Psychology, Health Psychology, Humanistic Psychology, Transpersonal Psychology, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy among others.
Juliet has participated in several other training experiences (and certifications) through the years that have informed her integrative perspective. A few of them are:
Mindsight: Monday Training Seminar Group in Interpersonal Neurobiology with Mindsight Institute. Facilitator: Daniel Siegel.
Basic Shamanic Training with the Center for Shamanic Studies. Facilitator: Amanda Foulger.
Integrative Healing Practitioner Training and Certification with the Stillpoint Foundation. Facilitator: Dr. Meredith Young Sowers.
Integral Psychology Training with the Integral Institute. Facilitators: Elliott Ingersoll, Ph.D, Bert Parlee, MFT, Jeff Soulen, M.D., Willow Pearson, MFT, Susan Cook-Greuter, Ph.D., and Ken Wilbur.
Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Training with Omega Institute. Facilitators: Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli.
Mindfulness with Clear Comprehension: A Buddhist Cognitive Psychology Retreat at Mount Baldy Zen Center. Facilitator: Marvin Treiger.
Intuition, Imagery & Healing with Facilitator: Belleruth Naparstek.
Psychoneuroimmunology conferences/workshops
Postural Integration and Body-Mind Practitioner Five-Month Training & Certification, (1990s) Body-Mind Institute. Facilitators: Marvin Trieger MFT, Ph.D., Jack Hare, Ph.D., and Cathy Treiger.
Dreamtending at Pacifica Graduate Institute (1990s) with Stephen Aizenstat
Seminars and workshops at the Jung Institute Los Angeles.
Among many others…
Memberships and Affiliations:
American Psychological Association
Humanistic Psychology, Division 32
Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division 48
Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, Division 10
Trauma Psychology, Division 56
Media Psychology, Division 46
Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Division 24
Psychology of Women
American Hypnosis Association
Association for Transpersonal Psychology
Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology
California Psychological Association
Santa Barbara County Psychological Association (Chair of Student Outreach Program)
Imagery International (President Elect)
Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Spiritual Directors International
Integral Institute
National Association of Professional Women
Authorized to perform marriage ceremonies as reverend
