Mary Pat Palmer, AHG, ATR
2400 Highway
128 Philo, CA 95466
707-895-3007 mpatpalm@earthlink.net www.herbalenergetics.com
Qualifications:
Over 30 years experience as a Mental Health Clinician,
Art Therapist, Social Worker, Professor and Instructor, administrator, developer and organizer of programs, professional sculptor, and as a professional in Alternative Medicine.
Skills:
Teaching and curriculum development experience at all levels to include early childhood education,
grammar school, special education, high school, college, continuing education classes, and graduate school. Excellent computer skills. Excellent organizational skills,
clear-headed and calm in crises, flexible and adept at multi-tasking, compassionate, patient and a creative administrator.
Education
and Certification
American Herbalist Guild Professional
Member, AHG Certified 2001 – present
Licensed Mental
Health Counselor, State of Massachusetts, 1993 – 2003
Registered
Art Therapist, 1986 – 2006
M.A. Art Therapy. Goddard College, Plainfield, VT. 1979.
B.A. Psychology & Art; UC Berkeley & Burlington College, VT
(to include Early Childhood and
Child Development classes)
Psychotherapy/Social Work Practice
Linkages Program Case Manager, 10/03 – present. Community Care Management Corporation, 205 S. Main Street,
Fort Bragg, CA 95466. Also Multi-Service Senior Program
Case Manager, 12/03 – present.
Holistic Psychotherapy: 1987 - present. Private Art Therapy practice with group and individual sessions specializing in Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder and Alternative Medicine. Also supervision of students. Boston, MA and Philo, CA.
Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse (DDASA): Substance Abuse Specialist: 5/03-10/03. Community Care Management Corporation, 301 S. State St., Ukiah, CA.
Past Psychotherapy Positions:
Arbour Hospital: 1997. Outpatient Art Therapy services with PTSD clients and
other clients benefiting from Art Therapy. Concurrent with private practice.
Bay Cove South Street
Day Treatment Program: 1986. Director,
Facility for Developmentally Disabled Adults, Boston, MA. Day Treatment Program for thirty adults and a staff of six.
Alburg Public Schools: 1985. Art Therapist working to target abuse victims among elementary school children through
art work. Direct work within classrooms with teachers. Also in service training for teachers and administrators. Alburg, VT.
Horizon Hospital: 1984. Director of the inpatient children’s
unit providing Art and other expressive therapies, schooling, and medical and psychiatric care for children under 12 years. Clearwater, FL.
Lemuel Shattuck
Hospital: 1980-83.
Unit Director for 25 bed holistic psychogeriatric unit responsible for treatment plans, unit meetings, administration,
and supervision of staff of five and Lesley College Expressive Therapies graduate students.
Boston, MA. Liaison to Pain and Stress Unit.
Boston Public Schools, Special Schools and
Programs: 1980. Staff Consultant
providing Direct Art Therapy to children in five elementary schools. Also responsible
for CORE meetings, in service education workshops, and training programs for teachers with students meeting a wide range of
special needs, to include developmental disabilities. Boston, MA.
Human Resource Institute: 1978/9. Art Therapist for inpatient unit of 30 patients, adult and adolescent, providing individual and group Art
Therapy to cleints with a wide range of diagnoses. Provided in service training
for staff on Art Therapy also. Brookline,
MA.
Ethan Allen Child Care Center:
1974/5. Special consultant on the arts teaching three dimensional concepts
to children aged 2 to 6 in conjunction with the Dept. of Psychology at the University
of Vermont. Special targeting
of abuse victims for treatment by myself and psychologists at the university. Winooski, VT.
Red Paint Childrens’ Center: 1974/5. Director, co-founder, teacher and educator for children aged 1 year to 10 years. Charlotte, VT.
College Teaching Experience:
School of the Museum of Fine Arts: Instructor, “Art Therapy for the Artist”
September - December, 1997.
Springfield College. Half time position teaching Art Therapy at the graduate and undergraduate level. Sept. 1995 - May, 1996.
Additional Responsibilities at Springfield
College:
Advising students on the undergraduate and graduate level, recruitment of students, maintenance
of student files, maintenance of matriculation files, finding and maintaining appropriate practicum sites and practicum files,
assisting with paperwork necessary for accreditation, updating information of current developments in state licensing, general
administrative work, assisting students research projects. Also created a graduate
student manual and a professional outreach packet for prospective students
Many more classes taught for Adult Education, Libraries, Hospitals and Health Centers.
Herbal Schools:
Philo School of Herbal Energetics. Founder and director of this school of herbal medicine on 16 acres. Extensive organic medicinal demonstration gardens. Teaching
and presenting guest teachers. Providing
herbal consultations. 2003 – present.
Apprenticeships & Classes:
Heart of Herbology. Beginner/Intermedicate Apprenticeship
Matthew Wood, MA,
AHG Advanced/Intermediate Apprenticeship: 5/06 – 3/07
Pam Montgomery,
Plant Spirit Medicine 4/22 & 23/06
Margi Flint, AHG: Diagnoses & Other
Skills: 3/25 & 26/06
Ryan Drum, PhD, AHG:
The Medicinal Uses of Seaweed: 2/25 & 26/06
Mary Pat Palmer, MA,
AHG: What New Year’s Resolution?
1/28 & 29/06
Boston School of Herbal Energetics. Co-founder and director of this school of herbal medicine in the heart
of Boston. Demonstration
gardens in community gardens and at the school. Teaching nine month apprenticeships
awarding certification. Also providing herbal consults. 2000-2002
Past Herbal Teaching:
Northern California Womens’ Herbal Symposium: May, 2005. Weekend long teaching at large
conference.
United Plant Savers Conference, April 17th, 2004. “Articles of Faith: Healing from Cancer with Alternative Medicines.”
Boston School of Herbal Energetics. Co-Founder, Director and Teacher. January,
2000 –June 2002.
Northeast Organic Farmers Association Conferences 2000 – 2002. On The Interface of Mental Health, Organic Foods and Medicinal Herbs”.
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology: Instructor, “Herbal Medicine and Mental Health”, June, 1998.
Publications Related to Herbal Medicine:
“A Journey Through Catastrophic Illness: Surviving Cancer With Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine.” Journal of the Northeast Herbal Association and other publications and websites.
Editor, Journal of the Northeast Herbal Association,
19992003. Articles each issue on different disorders.
Supervision:
Private Supervision through Private Practice:
1980 through present. (Students, LMHC candidates and LMHCs, ATR candidates and ATRs and Herbal Students).
Peer Supervision in Private Practice: 1994 -
2002
Supervision through Practicum classes, Springfield College, 1995-6.
Horizon Hospital: 1984. As Art Therapist, clinician, and children’s unit
director, supervision of non-medical staff such as teachers as well as medical staff.
Lemuel Shattuck
Hospital: 1980 - 83. As unit director of psychogeriatric ward, supervision of five masters level staff. Also group and individual supervision of Lesley College Expressive Therapy Graduate students.:
Ethan Allen Child Care
Center: 1977 - 78. Supervision
of students and staff.
Shows and Exhibitions:
“Jamaica Plain Open Studios”.
Paintings. Jamaica Plain. September,
1997.
“Jamaica Plain Open Studios”:
Clay sculptures. Jamaica Plain.
September, 1996 and City Hall, Boston, December, 1996.
“Springfield
College Faculty Show”. Gouache
paintings and ceramics. Springfield
College. September, 1996.
“Surviving and Thriving”. An
exhibition of the works of my clients with post traumatic stress syndrome from art therapy sessions. Crone’s Harvest, Jamaica
Plain, MA. May, 1994.
“Arts Council Artists”. City
wide show of artists involved with the arts councils. My pieces were acrylic
and polyester resin wrappings. October, 1984.
“The Current Works Of Mary Pat Palmer”.
One person show at Goddard College., Plainfield, Vermont. Acrylic and polyester resin wrappings. June,
1979.
“Resin Works”. One person
show at the Royal Tyler Theatre,
Burlington Vermont. February.
Professional Activities
Co-Manager, Boonville Farmer’s Market, 2001.
Earthworks Projects, Board of Directors, 2000 - 2002 Harvest Co-operative Supermarket,
Board of Directors 1997-1999.
Council, Northeast Herbal Association, 1997 - present. Current Vice President and Editor of the NEHA Journal.
Jamaica Plain Tree of Life: Subcommittee
on Mental Health, 1996/7. Developing community mental health programs in conjunction
with area hospitals.
Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors
Association: 1993/99
President, MaMHCA: 1995 - 96
Continuing Education Program (MMCEP): Executive
Board. 1996. Editor,
MaMHCA Newsletter: 1995/6 Chair:Referral Network Committee. Legislative Committee: 1995..
American Mental Health Counselor Association:
1994/6
American Counseling Association: 1994/6
New England Health Freedom Coalition: 1994/5. Lobbying.
New England Art Therapy Association: 1980 - present. Secretary:
1981.
Johnson Playground Task Force: Jamaica Plain, MA. 1982. Upgrading.
Jamaica Plain Arts Council: 1982.
Bringing arts to the community.
Burlington Women’s Health Clinic: Burlington, VT, 1974. Prochoice work.
Alternatives Magazine”: Staff,
UCSD, La Jolla, CA. 1967. Layout, etc.
Poetry Seminars: Director, UCSD, La Jolla, CA. 1967.
Work In Other Fields
Computer Work: 1990 - present. Proficiency with a multitude of computer programs to include graphic design and printing,
a working familiarity with Photoshop and other computer graphics programs. Liaison
work with Kathy McHale at Assistive Technology at Children’s Hospital and Skip Stahl of TASK, both programs with computer
graphics and the Disabled. Proficiency with Pagemaker layout as editor of the
Journal of the Northeast Herbal Assn.
Yoga practitioner and teacher since 1965.
Houseworks: 1983 – 1992. A construction company founded and run by myself as contractor specializing in fine
rehabilitation work in Boston.
Earthworks: 1969 - 1974. Back to the land organic farming. Horse driving, herbal medicine,
animal husbandry, organic food and flower gardens.
Other Publications:
“Depression: New Treatments
in Alternative Health.” Northeast Herbal Association Newsletter, Summer,
1997.
Book reviews and articles for the Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association
newsletter. 1992 –. 1996.
Book reviews and quarterly articles for the Northeast Herbal Association Newsletter 1990 –2003.
Booby Juice: A collection of breastfeeding
stories, artwork and poems. Vaughn Publishing, Tesuque, N.M. 1996.
Editor, Massachussetts Mental Health Counselor’s Newsletter, 1995-1996.
Contributor, Northeast Herbal Association Newsletter, Numerous articles 1990-present
Children Creating Sculpture. A “cookbook”
of photographs and text describing how to work with young children and three dimensions.
1979.
From Four Directions. Poetry. Bittersweet Press, Burlington,
VT. 1978.
