ONE SPIRIT BIOGRAPHIES

Rev. Stephen Adler, Ph.D. is a gifted teacher and inspired healer Stephen is a certified group therapist, senior control psychoanalyst, hypnotherapist, and international trainer of EMDR. Stephen has worked with many sorts of trauma in the United States, Central, and South America for over twenty years. He heads up a trauma institute at the National University in Mexico, and is the founder of the International Institute for Eriksonian Hypnosis, Trauma, Training and Research.

Rev. Diane Berke, Ph. D., is the Co-Founder and Spiritual Director of One Spirit Interfaith Learning Alliance and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. Diane holds master's degrees in sociology and psychology, and a Ph.D. in therapeutic counseling. A psychotherapist and spiritual counselor in private practice for nearly thirty years, Diane is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of New York, a Diplomate of the American Psychotherapy Association, and a workshop and retreat leader on spiritual development throughout the United States and England. She co-founded and served for fourteen years as Senior Minister of the Interfaith Fellowship and co-publisher of Inspiration magazine, and is well-versed in the world's spiritual traditions, psychology, and A Course in Miracles. Ordained as an Interfaith minister in 1988, Diane has been a pioneer and leading figure in Interfaith ministry education. For ten years she served as a dean and faculty member, and as Curriculum Development Director for The New Seminary, and then served as Director of The New Seminary from 1998 to 2002. Diane is the author of two books, Love Always Answers and The Gentle Smile, as well as five spiritual reference manuals: Developing and Deepening Your Spiritual Practice: An InterSpiritual Approach, The Interfaith Minister's Training and Reference Manual, Understanding Ourselves and Others: Basic Psychological Concepts for Ministers, Forgiveness as a Path of Awakening, and All Things Are Lessons: Essential Teachings of A Course in Miracles. Most important of all is the impact Diane has on those who study with her. Her boundless care, clear intelligence, and deep safety create an extraordinarily rich learning environment. Her students and clients, in both classes and private sessions, experience profound acceptance and a deep calling to the truth that facilitates genuine transformation and healing.

A graduate of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, Laura Berman Fortgang is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the personal coaching field and is known for her no-nonsense, entertaining writing and speaking style. She is the best-selling author of Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction, Living Your Best Life, and Take Yourself to the Top. Laura’s appearances on Oprah, The CBS Early Show, NBC's Weekend Today, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN and many others, combined with print media such as USA Today, Fast Company, MONEY and many national and international newspapers have paved the way for most of the successful coaches in the industry today. She is currently a contributing editor for REDBOOK magazine with a regular feature called "Live Your Dreams". One of the first recipients of the International Coach Federation's Master Certified Coach credential, Laura was a founding member of ICF, a four-year board member and has been a tireless champion for coaching around the world.

Rev. Joseph Hambor, LISW, is a dean of first year students at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. Ordained as an Interfaith minister in 2004, he served as a first year dean for The New Seminary for two years before coming to One Spirit. Joseph?s ministry includes spiritual counseling and creating sacred ceremonies from an Interfaith perspective, as well as facilitating clergy support groups in Ohio and New York. He volunteers as Clergy Advisor to the Marion Advisory Council of Kairos Prison Ministries at Marion Correctional Facility, and as a labyrinth walk facilitator at Shepherds Corner. Joseph is a licensed independent social worker with over 33 years clinical and administrative experience in the mental health and recovery fields, and has served as an adjunct faculty member in the College of Social Work of Ohio State University. He maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Westerville, Ohio.

Andrew Harvey is a world-renowned scholar and teacher and is the author of over thirty books, including the critically acclaimed Son of Man and Journey to Ladakh, and coauthor of the best selling The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Born in South India in 1952, he studied at Oxford University and became the youngest person ever awarded a fellowship to the prestigious All Souls College. He has devoted the past twenty five years of his life to studying the world's various mystical traditions, living in London, Paris, New York, and San Francisco, and teaching at Oxford, Cornell, and the California Institute of Integral Studies. Andrew Harvey's book The Direct Path-Creating a Journey to the Divine Using the World's Mystical Traditions is a guide to practical spirituality which empowers and challenges each of us to take control of our spiritual destinies. It is filled with easy to follow yet profoundly transformative spiritual practices gleaned from the world's sacred traditions.

Robert Holden, Ph.D. is a psychologist, author and pioneer in the field of positive psychology and well-being. He coaches leaders in business, healthcare, education and sport, his services being retained by some of the world’s leading organizations. Dr. Holden gives 50 presentations a year on positive psychology and success intelligence, is author of ten best-selling books, including Success Intelligence, Shift Happens! and Happiness NOW. He has given public lectures worldwide and shared platforms with Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Patch Adams, Alan Cohen and Paul McKenna.

Rev. Robin Lane was ordained in 2003 as a member of the first graduating class of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. Upon ordination she was hired as a Hospice Chaplain at Jacob Perlow Hospice. Robin has worked in Women’s Reproductive Health for the last 24 years and currently works at the Department of Health and Human Services. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has a small psycho spiritual counseling practice. Robin is an adoring mother of her 27 year old daughter Rachel, who works with young people in need, using dance as a healing modality.

Rev. Miranda McPherson is a dynamic spiritual teacher, counselor and the author of Boundless Love. She founded the Interfaith Seminary in the U.K. Miranda works inspirationally in the moment, often with an open chair, in which any issue that arises becomes a gateway into a direct experience of our deepest Self. Her work is original, compelling and compassionate.

Rev. Mindy Rosengarten is an ordained Interfaith minister and a second year dean at the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. She earned her Masters in Creative Arts Therapy from Pratt Institute, and works as a creative arts therapist at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital in Trenton, NJ. A certified Spiritual Disaster Care Chaplain, Mindy has been a chaplain with the Red Cross and served eight months at Ground Zero. Mindy sings and composes inspirational music, and worked for over twenty years as a Creative Director in major advertising agencies.

Rev. Ariel Sebastian, M.A., R.D.T, L.C.A.T. was formally a 2nd Year Dean at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, where the class affectionately referred to her as "Little Mama." She is a Registered Drama Therapist, Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Bereavement Facilitator who has been in private practice since 1987. Ariel serves as a Chaplain for Disaster Chaplaincy Services, and she and her dog Mercy are registered Delta Society Pet Partners.

Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is the Wisdom University Chair of Evolutionary Science and the Perrott-Warrick Research Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge University. He has authored more than 75 technical papers and several books, including The Sense of Being Stared At and Other Aspects of the Extended Mind and Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home Wisdom and Consciousness.

Rev. Susan Turchin serves One Spirit Learning Alliance as the Director of Admissions and Dean of the Second Year Class. Additionally, she teaches Ceremonies Based Ministry and the Embodiment of Spirit in the Professional Training and Essential Spirituality Programs. Susan performs 30 to 50 ceremonies each year. For more than ten years, Susan was an addiction counselor on staff at the International Center for the Disabled and CIS Addiction Services, where she developed programs in Spirituality. She has taught classes at The New York Council on Alcoholism, The Nassau County Counsel on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Hazelden New York, Freeport Outpatient Clinic and the Caron Foundation. Susan served as a Corporate Wellness Consultant to such corporations as The New York Times, Forbes, Viacom, Minolta, University Settlement House, and LaGuardia Community College. She was a former Associate Minister at the All Faiths Congregation and currently has an active ministry teaching and performing ceremonies.

Rev. David Wallace is an Interfaith minister and 2nd year dean for One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. He is a graduate of St. John’s College in Santa Fe, NM, and a lifelong student of the “great books” of philosophy and archetypal psychology. David has an extensive career in publishing and marketing, along with award winning work through his own retail galleries. He has been a consultant to FAO Schwarz , was a founding board member of the teaching facility Miriam’s Well, in Saugerties, New York, and served on the worship committee and board of Judson Memorial Church in New York, where he has preached and taught centering prayer. An active officiant, David is also involved with the Alzheimer’s Association of NY, serves as a certified Spiritual Disaster Care Chaplain for the City of New York, and teaches electives on the sacred texts of both the Eastern and Western traditions for One Spirit.

Rev. Karen Watt, M.A., is an ordained Interfaith minister, a consultant to business, educational, and non-profit organizations, and a personal and business coach. She is a trained facilitator, a certified mediator, an experienced educator, a certified Enneagram teacher, and a board member of One Spirit Learning Alliance. She has facilitated organizational learning and coached both individuals and teams in large corporations. Karen served as a lead teacher and Board President at the Institute for the Advancement of Service in Alexandria, VA., and has a Master’s Degree from George Washington University. In her various roles as teacher, counselor, and coach she provides a safe space for individuals to understand the “limits to growth” that impede their development. Karen nurtures her students personal mastery, self knowledge, and capacity for skillful action in personal and professional relationships.

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