Training and Experience

I hold a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology (License #45031) from John F. Kennedy University and a B.A. in Psychology from UC Riverside. 

My training is grounded in archetypal and transpersonal psychology. I have complimentary formal trainings in Interpersonal Neurobiology, Expressive Arts, Yoga, Mindfulness, and Shamanic healing (energy work). I bring mindfulness practices into our sessions to support you to deepen and understand your present-moment experience more fully, whereby gaining clarity of your inner world, increasing your intuition and reducing anxiety. Many years of studying and practicing yoga have informed me of how to help support you to integrate the inherent health and wisdom of your body, mind, heart, and soul in our work together.

I have co-facilitated earth-honoring rituals to acknowledge changes in season and to honor and celebrate an individual's transitions in life.

Bringing together all of these life experiences and practices, I have created an integrated way to support each person's unique process.
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As a Child and Family Therapist, I’ve enjoyed my work with individual & groups of children and collaborating with families in school-based programs since 2002. I've acquired clinical experience in a range of settings: health clinics, public school-based programs, community mental health agencies, and private practice.

Supervision

I provide Supervision to Marriage and Family trainees and interns acquiring their hours towards licensure. Please reach out for more information.

Shamanic Counseling

​I offer shamanic counseling (as an adjunct to psychotherapy if interested) as well as shamanic healing & divination. Please see my website Elemental Wisdom for more information about this spiritually-based counseling and alternative healing method.

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Education, Certificates, Specialized Training

• (Year-long training) Interpersonal Neurobiology, Bonnie Badenoch, PhD
• The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk, PhD
• Expressive Arts Certificate, JFK University
• Intensive Filial Therapy Training, Karen Pernet, MFT
• Gestalt Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents, West Coast Institute for Gestalt Play Therapy
• Parent Empowerment, Counseling Parents in Positive Child-Rearing Practices, Cross-Country Education
• Attachment and Trauma, Gena Rodriguez
• Trauma, Race, Class, and Gender, Gena Rodriguez
• Strength-Based Family Work and Family Engagement, Pamela Parkinson, PhD.
• Mindfulness, A Powerful Treatment Approach, JFK University
• Mindfulness in Education, Daniel Rechtschaffen, MFT

Diana Halfmann, Psychotherapist (MFC 45031)

Professional Affiliations

• Member of SF chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists​ (CAMFT)
• Member of the Association for Play Therapy (APT)
• Member of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS)