I have been a Bowenwork practitioner since 1996 and an instructor for the Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia since 2001. I teach primarily in the area around Washington, D.C., and maintain a private practice in Springfield, Virginia.

I discovered Bowenwork quite by chance in 1995 while recovering from a repetitive stress injury. Amazed by the results, I took the first available training I could. At first I split my practice almost equally between Bowenwork and Rubenfeld Synergy (a type of body-oriented psychotherapy I had trained in previously). But after observing that Bowenwork was often effective with complaints ranging from anxiety and panic attacks to depression, my practice evolved to where it is now exclusively Bowenwork.

My original training in curriculum design and educational technology gave me insight into the way that different people learn, which I find invaluable to my effectiveness as an instructor. I keep my classes small in order to ensure ample individual feedback. My students have included massage therapists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, homeopaths, occupational therapists, osteopaths, and physical therapists, but I especially enjoy empowering lay-people to be able to deliver the benefits of Bowenwork to others.

Unlike most Bowenwork instructors, I studied anatomy, physiology, massage and bodywork after I had become a Bowenwork practitioner, rather than before. If I could learn this, anyone can!”

In 2002, I was an invited speaker at the Australian BTAA Conference in Adelaide, on the topic of research into Bowenwork, and became an advisor to the Tom Bowen Legacy Trust Fund, an Australian charity that benefits children with disabilities. In that capacity I reported on the activities of the Trust Fund at the International Bowenwork Conference at Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) in June 2006.

Thanks to Shirley Strachan’s “Healing Hands: Unsung Voices Anthology,” which chronicles the experiences of many of Tom Bowen’s former patients, as well as others, I am currently developing a continuing education class that clarifies “Tom Bowen, Facts and Fiction.” Stay tuned.