Dr. Lyn Prashant, FT. IGT. IGC.
Somatic Thanatology
Bio/Description
Lyn Prashant, PhD, FT, IGT. IGC. Somatic Healthcare Instructor, Therapist, Consultant
Founder: Counseling and Educational Director of Degriefing®:Integrative Grief Therapy
Fluent in Spanish
Founder: Counseling and Educational Director of Degriefing®:Integrative Grief Therapy
Fluent in Spanish
CV
Professional Therapeutic Practice
Professional Therapeutic Practice
- Grief Counselor, certified 1994-presently counsels individuals, families and professional groups
- Massage Therapist/Teacher, certified 1981-presently: individuals/teaches classes, Oncology Massage Therapist
- Yoga Instructor, certified 1996-presently teaches individual sessions and classes
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction instructor, 2009
- Association of Death Education & Counseling: Fellow in Thanatology
- Instructor: Integrated Medical Education Program, California Pacific Medical Center
- Educational Presentations and Seminars
- Holocaust Center of Cape Town, UJW/Degriefing fundraiser: Transforming Somatic Grief Dec. 5, 2016
- Holocaust Center of Cape Town, Administration/Staff Training: Transforming Somatic Grief, Oct. 2016
- St. Luke’s Hospice, Cape Town, South Africa, Degriefing Training Hospice Staff and Volunteers, Jan 2014/16
- IGT Certification Training, San Anselmo, CA. October 2013
- Grief Relief TV: Palo Alto Public Access; Transforming Spousal Grief, May 25th 2013
- University of CA. Berkeley, Class Transforming Somatic Grief, May 4 & 5th, 2013, S.F., CA
- 35th ADEC Conference, Counseling Hispanics, Yoga as a Tool for Transforming Grief, Los Angeles, 2013
- 34th Conference, Healing Hearts: Degriefing Communities, Atlanta, March 2012 Keynote Speaker for the Mourning
- ADEC 33rd Conference, Living with My Dying Husband at the Living Dying Project, June 23, 2011
- Professional Seminar:Degriefing Hands-On Medical Professionals. Feb/May’10
- Open to Hope.com Foundation Healing the Grieving Heart Radio show. Interview Guest. October 2009
- *Association of Death Education and Counseling, Annual Conf. Presentation ‘Caregiver’s Quest for Healing” 2008
- Healing Our Hearts: Degriefing Our Community Raton, N.Mexico, 5 Day Community Degriefing, November
- Schimmick Construction Co., SF, Sunset Resovoir Retrofit, Industrial Death, Grief Team Coordinator 2008
- California Pacific Medical Center, Presentation Caregiver’s Quest for Healing: Preventing Burnout Sept.2007
- Degriefing Certification Training, Level 2, October 2006
- Degriefing for Bodyworkers, Certification Training September 2006
- Kara Organization, Good Grief, Stanford Research Center, Palo Alto, CA, June 9th ,2006
- ABC Radio, KGO San Francisco, CA, Karel Show Live Interview, May 2005
- Raton, New Mexico, Miners Colfax Medical Center, Degriefing Seminar for Staff, December 2004
- Degriefing National Certification Trainings, Marin County CA, May 2004, Feb 05, Oct 05, Oct. 06,Oct. 08 May 09
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota: “Degriefing in the Workplace” presentation, May 2003,
- Keynote Speaker National Alzheimer’s Conference Nov. 2005
- University of Arizona: Extended University, Tucson, AZ 2001-2002 Touring Seminar Presenter
- Alive and Well: Institute of Bodywork-2000, 2001,2003,2005 Teaching Staff Degriefing for Bodyworkers
- University of California, Berkeley CA course for health care professionals: Changing Paradigms in Loss and Grief
- for the New Millenium, Somatic Aspects of Grief, 2000-2008
Academic Programs of Study
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Training, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mt. Madonna Center, 2009
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher Training Practicum, Bob Stahl, MBSR 2008
- Graduate School of Psychology, John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA-Grief Counseling certification program
- Sivananda Vedanta Yoga Center, Grass Valley CA-Teacher Training Certification
- Stephen/Ondrea Levine workshops, Oakland CA-program coordinator (bodywork), instructor, somatic therapist
- Lymphatic Massage and Visceral Palpation, Level 1-2 with Pat Wilts
- Deep Tissue and Soft Tissue Mobilization workshops, classes with Kim Santa/Dr. James Mally
- International School of Massage Therapy (I.S.M.T.)
- Swedish Massage certification class with Joseph Marszal, Judith Meskill
- Anatomy/Physiology certification class with Carl Hangee-Bauer
- Conscious Living-Conscious Dying-intensive/workshops with Stephen and Ondrea Levine
- Life/Death Transition Workshop-intensive/workshop and private studies with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Related Business Experience
Nisimo Spa Holistica, & Escuela Eco-Somatica, Punta Del Este, Uruguay, S.A.– Program Creator, Director,
Bi-lingual Trainer, General Operations Manager 1994-1996
Nisimo Spa Holistica, & Escuela Eco-Somatica, Punta Del Este, Uruguay, S.A.– Program Creator, Director,
Bi-lingual Trainer, General Operations Manager 1994-1996
Published
- Research, Practice and Personal Stories: Sibling Loss Across the Lifespan. Routledge (2016).
- Techniques of Grief Therapy: Creative Practices for Counseling the Bereaved, Routledge, (2012)
- “Degriefing Caregiver Burden” Techniques in Grief Therapy: Creative Practices for Counseling the
- Bereaved, Dr. Robert Neimeyer editor, (Routledge, NY 2012)
- Grief as Grist, Massage and Bodywork Magazine, August 2006
- Grief and Degrief, Massage and Bodywork Magazine, Dec/Jan-September 2002: Degriefing 4-Part series
Public Seminars, Lectures and Workshops
- One of the best ways to learn more about the Integrative Grief Therapy: Degriefing Process is to see Lyn
- speak in public. Whether you're a professional health care worker, experiencing grief, or know someone
- who is, there is an Integrative Grief Therapy course offering tailored just for you.
- In 1999 Lyn Prashant wrote the curriculum and taught the class on "Changing Paradigms in Loss and Grief
- for the New Century” with an adept professional team at University of California Berkeley. Lyn now
- travels internationally, teaching ‘The Somatic Aspects of Grief ‘: her contribution to the respected
