The Boulder Psychotherapy Institute Directors, Staff Members, and Distinguished Guest Leaders
Sartre and Psychoanalysis
Betty
Cannon, Ph.D., President,
is a licensed psychologist and certified Gestalt therapist who has worked with
individuals, couples and groups in Boulder for thirty years.
She holds doctorates in both literature and psychology. She is the author of
numerous journal articles, book chapters, and an internationally recognized book on
existentialist therapy,
Sartre and Psychoanalysis: An Existentialist Challenge to Clinical Metatheory
(University Press of Kansas, 1991; French translation, Presses
Universitaires de France, 1993). She is a member of the editorial boards of three professional journals, Sartre Studies International, The
(British) Journal of
the Society for Existential Analysis, and The Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry, and an internationally known lecturer
and workshop presenter. She is a senior adjunct faculty member in the
Transpersonal Counseling Psychology Master’s Program at Naropa University, an
adjunct faculty member at Regis University, and an Emerita Professor of
Humanities and Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines. She is an
executive committee member and former president of the Colorado Group
Psychotherapy Society, which is a branch of the American Group Psychotherapy
Association, and a former chair of the North American Sartre Society. She is president, co-founder and co-director of the
Boulder Psychotherapy Institute, where she teaches Gestalt, group, existential,
psychodynamic and trauma training. Her work combines these approaches
with a special emphasis on interpersonal work and group therapy. She offers
individual and group psychotherapy and individual and group supervision for
mental health professionals. Contact her at
303-494-0393.
Jaylynne Chase-Jacobsen, L.C.S.W.,
Senior Teaching Staff, is a licensed clinical social worker, certified Gestalt therapist and certified Imago Relationship Therapist who has worked with individuals, couples and groups in Boulder for over twenty years. She worked as a member of the Adult Treatment Team and the Child, Adolescent and Family Treatment Team at Boulder County Mental Health for several years and is currently adjunct faculty in the Transpersonal Counseling Psychology Master’s Program at Naropa University and adjunct faculty at Regis University. She teaches couples training and trauma work for the Institute and is a master teacher. Her training includes psychodynamic, body oriented, trauma and relational therapies. She works with individuals as wel1 as couples on relationship issues. She also specializes in eating disorders, body image issues and trauma work. She offers individual and group psychotherapy and individual and group supervision for mental health professionals. Contact her at 303-444-8969.
Deborah Bowman, Ph.D., Co-Director, is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 25 years experience in the field. She is a certified Gestalt therapist and founding chair of the Transpersonal Counseling Psychology program at Naropa University where she also developed the Wilderness Therapy program. She integrates Gestalt, Jungian, creative and contemplative approaches to therapy. Deborah has extensive experience working with grief, depression, anxiety, women’s and men’s issues, dreams and the expressive arts. She has worked with the dying at Boulder County Hospice and investigated child abuse with Boulder County Social Services. She is a co-founder and co-director of the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute where she teaches Creative Dream Process, Gestalt and the Child Within, and offers supervision for psychotherapists. Deborah is co-author of When Your Spouse Comes Out to be published spring 2008 by Haworth Press. She has displayed her art and photography in galleries in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. She is interested in helping others discover their loving, wise, spontaneous and present life. Contact her at 303-440-0808.
Reed Lindberg, M.A., L.P.C.,
Managing Director, is contact person for the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has been in practice for twenty years. He specializes in "Relationship, Sex and Romance" counseling. Reed manages our business, marketing, website and organization. He will answer questions or direct you to the appropriate person for further information. Reed is the person to field questions about the Institute Program, training groups and distinguished guest workshops. He manages the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute Networking List, forwarding professional messages from over 500 therapists to each other. Also contact him about our annual networking party, which is usually at the end of August. Messages should be sent to bpi.training (at) boulderpsych (dot) com. Contact Reed at 303-494-0393.
Diane Doe, Certified Gestalt Therapist, Teaching Associate, leads practice and process groups and assists in trainings. Diane is a creative writer and business owner, with expertise in business problems and with writing and creativity blocks. She was staff assistant to Roger Ebert, film critic. Her company, Diligent Self Care, focuses on the more subtle forms of self neglect and how to overcome these with emotional intelligence. She is a psychotherapist in private practice in Boulder with expertise in Gestalt therapy, group therapy, psychodynamic, body oriented and family systems modalities. Contact Diane at 720-289-5238.
Lee Potts, Ph.D., Distinguished
Guest Workshop leader,
has coached
hundreds of individuals and groups locally, nationally, and internationally over
the past 37 years. A respected communication and theatre authority, she received
a national career achievement award in 2000. After 31 years as a professor of
Theatre and Dance at C.U., she retired from the university in order to do
freelance coaching, consulting, and creative work. Currently she also serves as
a Faculty Ombuds at C.U. and is pursuing certification at the Boulder
Psychotherapy Institute.
Laurence Heller, Ph.D.,
Distinguished Guest Workshop Leader,
has been a body-centered psychotherapist for over 30
years. He is a faculty member of the Foundation for Human Enrichment and teaches
seminars regularly in the United States, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland
and Ireland. He was the President and Director of Training for the Gestalt
Institute of Denver where he taught Gestalt and character structure for over 13
years. He specializes in the interplay of trauma and character structure and is
currently writing a book on those subjects. He is the co-author of Crash
Course: A Self-Healing Guide to Auto Accident Trauma and Recovery. The
Boulder Psychotherapy Institute welcomes Larry as the teacher who originally
taught so many of us Gestalt and other approaches in the 1970’s. Contact
us at 303-494-0393 if you would like to reach Larry in Los Angeles.
Linda Schierse Leonard, Ph.D. Distinguished Guest Workshop Leader, is a Jungian analyst trained in Zurich and the author of a number of best-selling books. These include The Wounded Woman, On the Way to the Wedding, Creation’s Heartbeat, Meeting the Madwoman, The Call to Create, and Witness to the Fire: Creativity and the Veil of Addiction. Linda is an internationally known and loved lecturer and workshop presenter and founding member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. She is in private practice in Boulder and Aspen. Contact Linda at lindasleonard (at) msn.com. Check out her books with links to Amazon.com below.
The Wounded Woman
Witness To The Fire 
On The Way To
Meeting The Mad Woman
Creation's Heartbeat 
Call To Create