Pamela
L. Chubbuck, Ph.D, LPC
Originally
trained as a Pastoral Counselor in the early 70's, Pam has spent
most of her life studying and working toward unifying body/
emotions/mind/spirit through the study of psychology, medicine
and bio-energy work of many disciplines. Pam spent over thirty
years with John C Pierrakos, MD, founder of Core Energetics,
as her mentor.
A psychotherapist
with over 35 years of experience, Pam has studied Core
Energetics personally and extensively with John Pierrakos,
MD., founder of The Core Energetic Evolutionary Process.
She is also a Certified Bioenergetic Therapist. Pam is a certified
Healing Science Practitioner, having graduated from the 4-year
training program with Barbara Ann Brennan, author of "Hands
of Light" and has studied extensively with Mietek Wirkus , internationally
known healer and teacher of "Bio-Energy Healing".
Prior to this, Pam
was a childbirth educator, midwife, sex educator and Assistant
Professor at the University of the District
of Columbia . As a Counselor/Educator
at Georgetown University
Hospital
, she taught medical students
and was the innovator of a program for counseling parents of
defective newborns.
She is the Co-founder
of the American Society for Psychoprophalaxis in Obstetrics
in the Washington ,
D.C.
area and Co-founder of GAIABRIEL, a national spiritually based
organization, dedicated to the unification of body/emotions/mind/spirit.
Pam's Ph.D. is in
psychology; her Master's degree is in counseling/psychology.
She is a LCSW in The District of Columbia, an LMFT in Maine,
(1992 -2002) and an LPC in Georgia . She is an Ordained Interfaith
Minister and Practicing Healer. She supervises and teaches post
graduate professionals internationally. Pam is an approved supervisor for LPCs in GA.
Pam is a master
at working with and observing the human subtle energy, also
called bio-energy, chi, and orgone. She teaches master classes
in Mexico and Atlanta.
Pam's specialty
is in working with the person as a whole; body/emotions/ mind
/spirit, using primarily Core Energetics. Her expertise, therefore,
covers a wide range including: psychosomatic problems, stress
reduction, coping with illness and death, problems of childhood,
adolescence and families, couples, alcohol/ co-dependence issues,
sexual issues, sexual and physical abuse trauma, and spiritual
issues, including spiritual emergence.
Pam
takes pleasure in mentoring professionals and has mentored psychotherapists and psychotherapy students for over 2o years. In addition to working with individuals she enjoys working with couples and groups. Pam's wide
range of professional experience spans over 30 years. Pam
has raised 3 sons, who have been among her greatest teachers.
Her family now includes nine grandchildren.
Pam is on the International
Faculty of the Institute of Core Energetics where she has taught
and supervised post graduate therapists in Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and in the USA -- Georgia, New York and California. Pam was the director, for ten years, of "The School of Bio-Energy and Spiritual Healing", in Mexico . She is currently the Director
of the "Core Energetic Institute South's FourYear Professional
Training Program" in Atlanta, Georgia.
Pam
is the Producer/Director of 2 video tapes, "Say
Yes to Life" based on the Core Energetic Evolutionary Process. Now available as a DVD.
Pam
is the author of,
"Woman Spirit",
an audio book/CD and "Welcome
to the World: How and Why you Came to Earth"; a
teaching Story for Young Children. Soon to be published Spring of 2006 is, "Passages into
Womanhood: Empowering Girls to Love Themselves. A book to help us Celebrate and Mentor Girls and Young Woman."
Pam's new book; "Countertransference:
Healing the Dark Side of the Therapist", is
in process. Publishing date of late 2006. Also in process are "The Real Book of Witches for Girls", and "Goodbye Mom: I'll Always Love You, a book to assist girls deal with their mother's death." Publishing Dates of 2006. Your Client Has a Body: Healing the Mind/Body Split in Psychotherapy, will be published in 2007.
Being
a wounded healer herself, Pam is particularly interested in
assisting Care Givers in their own healing process.
Pam lives and works outside of Atlanta , GA.