Soul-Led, Trauma-Sensitive Support*
*Without all the spiritual bypassing & toxic positivity
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HI! I’m Valerie (she/they). I work with Phenomenal People who care about our world to be more resourced, regulated, trauma-resilient, and spiritually-responsible. With decades of training in the social and sacred arts, I bring both sensitivity and rigor, along with the social and spiritual analysis to our work together.
I can help you sidestep relentless, toxic positivity, avoid spiritual bypassing, and release the cultural binary that stops you from claiming your complexity, wholeness, human-ness, and individual spiritual expression. For you this means I’m not going to pave over your lived experience and I won’t ask you to metaphysically transcend your humanity. I’m a companion, a guide, and a catalyst for your self awareness, spiritual practice, and your spiritually responsible leadership. We work together with the tools of nuance, discernment, paradox, and connection to lead you to wholeness, embodied spirituality, and embracing your complexity. |
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When your WHOLE BEING (Body, Mind, Spirit, & Emotional well-being) is supported, the space and resources to fully flourish & be a force for good in the world are possible.
Valerie's Training & Lineage
Academic Training |
-Ph.D. in Educational Studies focusing in Action Research, Intersectional Feminist Studies, Organizational Theory, and Democratic Pedagogy. University of Cincinnati. Lineage: Mary Brydon-Miller (advisor).
-M.A. in Women & Gender Studies. Focus: Feminist Theory, Intersectionality, and Feminist Spirituality. University of Cincinnati. Lineage: Patricia Hill-Collins (advisor). -Graduate coursework & clinic work in Community Counseling. University of Cincinnati. -Bachelor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies. Miami University. Focus: Feminist Spirituality, Women & Gender Studies, Music Performance (viola). Lineage: Enid LaGesse, Nancy Nicholson, and Julia Sterkovsky |
Spiritual & Energetic Training |
-Ordained Non-Denominational Healing Minister, Healing Light Center, Rev. Rosalyn Bruyere, Director. Over 1,200 contact hours in lecture and hands-on training in energy theory and practice, pastoral care, and other spiritual arts.
-Master of Natural Theology in Sacred Healing, Healing Light Center. -Trained Medium & Trance Channel. Private instruction with Rose Vanden Eynden & group instruction through Healing Light Center. -Ritual & Ceremony training with Jenny Trier, Susan Hough, Julia Sterkovsky, Mary Branch Grove & Sobonfu Somé. Trained from 1994-2010. |
Somatic & Emotional
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-Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP). Trained by Berns Galloway, Abi Blakeslee, Ariel Giarretto, Raja Selvam, Dea Parsanishi, and Shari Azar.
-Internal Family Systems (IFS) Certified Practitioner. Trained by Kay Gardner, Frank Anderson, & Pamela Krause. -200-hr yoga teacher certification. Sangha Yoga, Kalamazoo, MI. -iRest Yoga Nidra - Level 1 trained. iRest Institute. -Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach. KMCC Training. - SoulCollage® Facilitator |
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Long Bio
Valerie (she/they) holds an M.A. in Women’s Studies and a Ph.D. in Educational Studies both from the University of Cincinnati. Her master’s work focused on feminist intersectional spirituality; her doctoral dissertation explored organizational development using spiritual and energetic practices to create change and help people connect to the Spiritual guidance and energy system of their organization using a participatory action research paradigm. From 1999-2014, Valerie was adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati teaching in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Teacher Education. In addition to her work at the university, Valerie also has experience working in non-profit administration and continues to develop and provide energetic consulting for organizations and entrepreneurs.
Valerie has studied with a variety of spiritual teachers and practiced energy healing since 1994. Her training includes mediumship, trance channeling, sacred ritual, mystical sacred arts, and cosmologies of the world. Valerie completed her 200-hr yoga teacher certification in the Tantra and Himalayan tradition, Level 1 iRest Yoga Nidra, is a certified Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach, a Level 3 Certified Practitioner in the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP).
In 2010, Valerie Louis received her Master of Natural Theology in Sacred Healing through the Healing Light Center, and was ordained by internationally known healer Rosalyn Bruyere as a non-denominational Minister of Healing. Valerie has received over 1,200 contact hours in lecture and hands-on training in energy theory and practice and other spiritual arts since she began her studies in 2001 with Rev. Bruyere. In her private practice, Valerie's greatest passion is to be a guide to other healers and helping professionals - including the beauty makers and change agents of the world - in their journey to self-witnessing through compassionate curiosity, context awareness, exquisite attunement, reclaiming discernment, and orienting to the emergent.
Valerie has studied with a variety of spiritual teachers and practiced energy healing since 1994. Her training includes mediumship, trance channeling, sacred ritual, mystical sacred arts, and cosmologies of the world. Valerie completed her 200-hr yoga teacher certification in the Tantra and Himalayan tradition, Level 1 iRest Yoga Nidra, is a certified Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach, a Level 3 Certified Practitioner in the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP).
In 2010, Valerie Louis received her Master of Natural Theology in Sacred Healing through the Healing Light Center, and was ordained by internationally known healer Rosalyn Bruyere as a non-denominational Minister of Healing. Valerie has received over 1,200 contact hours in lecture and hands-on training in energy theory and practice and other spiritual arts since she began her studies in 2001 with Rev. Bruyere. In her private practice, Valerie's greatest passion is to be a guide to other healers and helping professionals - including the beauty makers and change agents of the world - in their journey to self-witnessing through compassionate curiosity, context awareness, exquisite attunement, reclaiming discernment, and orienting to the emergent.
Work with Valerie
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