SDUIS Faculty

Francine Anzalone-Byrd, MS

holds a Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from San Diego State University as well as a B.S in Social Work. She has nearly 20 years experience as a professional manager with the proven ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational status. Ms. Anzalone-Byrd has adopted a management style that includes; supporting personal and professional growth through education and training as well as promoting cultural and environmental diversity and ethical practices.  Her personal philosophy is to ensure all people be treated with dignity and respect as she serves to be a change agent and help to improve the quality of life for all who seek services. Ms. Anzalone-Byrd teaches in such areas as assessment and treatment of child abuse and partner abuse, legal and ethical issues, and group counseling.

is a professional watercolor artist, business owner, art therapist, researcher and art instructor. Her paintings have won both local and national recognition. As an art therapist, she has developed her Colors of Life (R) art and wellness program. She presents numerous experiential workshops on the cosmological approach to creativity, spirituality and wellness at regional and national conferences. Paula facilitates spirituality-based art and wellness retreats in Arizona and California, as well as creative wellness groups at the Sedona Cancer Center campus of the Verde Valley Medical Center. She is developing her creativity center, Brigid's Garden, A Feminine Place of Wisdom and Grace, in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition to teaching online graduate courses in expressive arts therapy for SDUIS, Paula currently teaches Working Grace: The Profit of Creativity in Business and Working Grace: Creating the Artist In Business at Wisdom University.

holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dallas, where he also earned his BA in Economics. Malcolm is an experienced coach, facilitator, and trainer. Over the past 25 years, he has guided the successful personal and professional development of hundreds of individuals, business owners, and other professionals. Malcolm utilizes workshops, seminars, one-on-one coaching, experiential learning, dream interpretation, energy therapy, roundtable facilitation, and cross-consulting to help individuals and businesses problem-solve, grow and improve.

holds a Masters Degree in Educational Counseling, with emphasis in Career Development, from San Jose State University. She is a private consultant and a community college professor. Her translation of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator into Portuguese, under publisher's authorization, has been used to study the relationship between type and culture. Her lectures, workshops and training programs are offered internationally in three languages and comprise four major areas: personal and career development, decision making, organizational development, and the balance between culture and individuality.

is a licensed psychologist and a member of the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Register. With an undergraduate degree in pre-physical therapy, a masters degree in education, and a doctorate in psychology, Dr. Baumans educational background provides a diverse and relevant base to provide an equally diverse set of sport, educational, and psychological services that are directed at improving human performance. In 1999, Dr. Bauman was appointed to the full-time position of Sport Psychologist at the Olympic Training Center in San Diego, CA. Since then, he has provided ongoing consultation for 14 different Summer/Winter Olympic teams, numerous Olympic and International coaches, and more than dozens of individual Olympic & Para-Olympic athletes. Additionally, he has worked directly with athletes who competed in the Barcelona, Lillehammer, Atlanta, Nagano, Sydney, and Salt Lake City Olympic Games, as well as numerous National Championships, World Cups, World Championships, Pan-American Games, Goodwill Games, and World University Games. Dr. Baumans primary expertise and emphasis is in performance enhancement with athletes, coaches, entertainers, performing arts, and businesses. To date, Dr. Bauman has more than nine years experience working with men and womens NCAA Division 1A sports and post-season play, and has worked with more than 60 different sports from the youth to the national and international competitive levels; multiple stage and theatre performers; multiple professional dancers; and conducted workshops for several coaching certification courses, coaches academies, and nationally recognized corporations. His professional work also includes sport psychology publications; radio and television appearances; and consulting with special military warfare personnel. Dr. Bauman is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology.

is a licensed clinical psychologist who received her doctorate in psychology in 1984 from United States International University in San Diego, California. She is the clinical director of San Diego University for Integrative Studies Counseling Center and an adjunct faculty member. Areas of teaching include psychopathology, theories of counseling and advanced skills of counseling. Areas of research interest include the use of story and metaphor in therapy and depression prevention programs in children. She has lectured locally and nationally on the use of fairy tales and archetypes in therapy and the art of raising optimistic children. Dr. Block has been in private practice in the San Diego area for the past twenty years, specializing in cognitive-behavioral treatment of children, adolescents and adults.

is a counselor working in community program development and chemical dependency related organizations in San Diego. He is especially committed to youth-oriented community programs and legislative and media advocacy aimed at reducing alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. In 1999 he was honored for his work in this field at the highest level. His Masters in Social Work is from San Diego State University.

Victoria Fenner has been a practicing Buddhist since 1970. She received her Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies in 1979 from the University of Wisconsin, where she specialized in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Intellectual History. She has studied and practiced with teachers from all four of the main Tibetan lineages and has spent in excess of 4 years in retreat. She has taught at the request of Lamas at a number of Dharma centers throughout California. They include Ganden Buddha Norling in San Diego, The Drikung Kagyu Center, and Thubten Dargay Ling of Los Angeles. She is currently a teacher at Palyul Jangchub Dargyay Ling in San Francisco under the authority of the Nyingma Palyul Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Dr. Fenner has also been teaching students online since 1995.

is a Marriage, Family Child Counselor specializing in Expressive Arts and Movement Therapy. Ms. Greer-Essex has over 15 years experience teaching movement and expressive arts therapy to a diverse population. She earned her Master of Arts with specialization in Dance Movement Therapy from the University of California at Los Angeles and her Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from National University.

was born in Eastern Tibet and studied at the original Gaden Monastery located near Lhasa until the Chinese invasion. He escaped from Tibet in 1959 and continued his studies in Baksa, India where he acquired the Lharampa Geshe degree; this is the equivalent of a doctorate in the Tibetan Buddhist monastic university system. In 1963 Geshe-la traveled to England at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, where he taught the Tibetan heritage to young refugees. Around 1975 Geshe-la moved to the United States where he began teaching a small group of western students out of an apartment in Hermosa Beach. From there he moved into Los Angeles where he established Thubten Dhargye Ling on the grounds of the College of Oriental Studies. The new center was blessed with a surprise visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1979, his first visit to the United States.

Edit Hegyi, M.D., PhD. received her Medical Degree in 1977. She specialized in Pathology and Internal Medicine. Before she came to California in 1992 to join a research group at the City of Hope National Medical Center, she practiced medicine as well as she was teaching at different Medical Schools, including The Albert Szent-Gyorgyi University in Hungary and The University of Paris (Sorbonne) Medical Faculty in Paris, France. Previously she also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at The Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit and at The University of Michigan Ann Arbor. She obtained her PhD. in Experimental Medicine in 1994, granted by The National Academy of Sciences in Budapest. Carl Rogers initiated her interest in person-centered psychology. Rogers, at his advanced age, in the early 1980s, visited Hungary with the intention of spreading the seeds of a different approach to psychology. Dr. Hegyi maintained special interest in psychology during her medical carrier. She was acquainted with transpersonal psychology in the late 1980s, while practicing in Paris at The Hotel-Dieu de Paris, as hematologist-oncologist. Many of her patients were fighting leukemia. While providing contemporary western medical treatment, Dr. Hegyi was also looking for additional help in psychology, to improve the quality of her patients life. While successfully advancing in the medical sciences, she developed a special interest in Tibet, and as part of it, in Tibetan Medicine. She became an advocate of the integration of Western and Eastern type of healing practices. When our University was founded she came aboard, and since than she teaches on-line classes, focusing on East-West dialogue. Currently, Dr. Hegyi works at The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

considers herself to be a life-time learner, interested in the cause-effect relationships of human behaviors. Additionally, as a Korean-American woman, she has been intrigued by the culture powers and gender-based preferences that direct human relationships. To understand these areas of learning, Rebecca studied at Reformed Theological Seminary and received dual Masters Degrees in Theological Studies and Counseling Studies. Currently, Rebecca is a Ph.D candidate in Counseling Studies at Capella University, specializing in Asian culture studies. Her doctoral research will focus on issues and therapeutic methods that will augment individual's coping strategies when dealing with life challenges. Rebecca is a Licensed Mental Health Therapist in Florida and Licensed Professional Counselor in Idaho, with previous therapeutic practices working with various populations such as ethnic groups, children, adolescents, couples and families. Rebecca has also taught many psycho-education courses to community groups to enhance public awareness on addictions, health services, grief therapy, and parenting.

received a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas and a B.A. from Austin College. Dr. Kissinger has extensive clinical and research experience in the areas of psychological assessment, psychotherapy outcome measures, and clinical supervision. She has extensive online teaching experience and distance learning program development and evaluation. Dr. Kissinger teaches Introduction to Psychological Research at SDUIS.

is the founder of the Ascent Consulting Group, serving authors, speakers and other innovators by helping them take their ideas and products from concept to commercialization. His qualifications include over twenty-five years of progressive experience in organizational communication, financial problem-solving, marketing consulting and personal development. Joe holds an MBA in Finance, an MA in Sports Counseling and is currently completing his dissertation towards his Ph. D. in Sports Psychology; he serves on the faculty of the San Diego Golf Academy and San Diego University for Integrated Studies.

has worked in the addiction treatment field for over sixteen years. He is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC II) in California, holds a Master's Degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, and is a Doctoral student in Transpersonal and Tibetan Buddhist Psychology at the San Diego University for Integrative Studies. Mr. Lundmark's experience includes development and implementation of addiction recovery programming as the Clinical Director, Director of Chemical Dependency, Dual Diagnosis, and Eating Disorder programs at area hospitals, residential, and out-patient treatment centers.

earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology and a B.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State College.. She completed two years of post degree training in gestalt therapy at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. Dr. McCuistion-Lewis has extensive clinical and forensic experience, having been a licensed psychologist for over twenty-five years. She has been a teacher of psychology and English at several different colleges and universities. Her extracurricular interests are many, including fiction writing (she is currently working on a novel) and Eastern psychology and mysticism.

Arlene Mazak is a psychospiritual educator and researcher of Asian spiritualities, with sixteen years experience teaching in transpersonal graduate schools. She was full-time core faculty at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in the Residential M.A. and Ph.D. Programs, as well as core faculty in East -West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. For the past two years, she has been online adjunct faculty at SDUIS. Clinically trained as a marriage and family therapist with psychodynamic and transpersonal orientations, she is licensed in California, with a private practice in Fountain Valley, Orange County. She also offers interfaith spiritual guidance and life coaching as part of her services. Arlene received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in South Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago, an M.A. in Counseling from the University of San Francisco, and a graduate certificate in Organization Development and Transformation from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Arlene has research interests in meditative states of consciousness attained by yogis of different Hindu and Buddhist traditions. As a Fulbright-Hays scholar in north India, she researched a detailed map of consciousness based in Hindu Tantric teachings on kundalini development. She has also researched psychosocial aspects of Vajrayana Buddhism in the Kathmandu Valley, among the Tibetan and Nepali Newar communities. Throughout her life, Arlene has personally been engaged in mystical practices: first, Christian contemplation, then Hindu yogic and devotional practices, and now Tibetan Buddhist practices of the Nyingma tradition.

graduated from Argosy University/Dallas Campus with a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. He is a postdoctoral fellow at Enrichment Counseling and Assessment in Dallas, working with a wide range of individuals and groups, specializing in psychological assessment. As a psychotherapist, Dr. Morris has worked in such areas as premarital counseling, substance abuse, dual diagnosis, recovery, and depression. He has also provided geriatric neuropsychological services in hospitals and outpatient settings.

is a licensed psychotherapist who has conducted Intensive Journal workshops since 1977. She is the author of "Jung's Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism: Western and Eastern Paths." She earned her Ph.D. from International College.

Mary Lee Moser has a Masters Degree in Psychology from University for Humanistic Studies, and a Certificate in Art Therapy from New England Art Therapy Institute. She is also certified by The Center for Journal Therapy as an Instructor for Journal to the Self ; by UCSD as a Geriatric Activity Leader; and as a Grief Recovery Specialist by Grief Recovery Institute in Los Angeles. Mary Lee has taught expressive arts in hospitals, hospices, colleges, corporate settings, and behavioral health programs. In 1994, Mary Lee founded The Center for Growth through Creativity in Solana Beach, through which she provided person-centered creativity workshops in public and private settings for five years. She recently retired from a long-term position as inpatient Expressive Arts Therapist at Bayview Hospital in Chula Vista, and continues to be active there as an Advisory Board member at the Bayview Clubhouse. Currently, she is writing a memoir about raising a special needs child; her son, now an adult, is collaborating with her on this project.

is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has maintained an active private practice for nearly twenty-five years in Southern California. She received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and M.A. as well as B.A. degrees from San Diego State University. Dr. Moss was Adjunct Professor of Behavioral Sciences for nearly a decade at Mira Costa College and has taught advanced counseling classes for UCSD Extension. At SDUIS, Dr. Moss teaches Foundations of Depth Psychology.

is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and licensed Acupuncturist. A graduate of Indiana University and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, he completed the Advanced Seminar of the China International Acupuncture Training Centre in Beijing, People's Republic of China and received his doctoral degree from South Baylo University in 1989. He is currently in private practice in San Diego.

is a traditionally trained Doctor of Tibetan Medicine. She is the sole practicing female Tibetan physician in the United States today and the Director of the Nyerongsha Institute of Traditional Tibetan Medicine and Culture in Berkeley, California. Dr. Nyerongsha is a seventh generation physician - her family name is synonymous with compassionate medical care in her homeland in Tibet. While her early training in medicine was in the Nyerongsha Medical School, she graduated from Men-Tsee-Khang, the most prestigious medical school in Lhasa, Tibet where she mastered Traditional Chinese and Tibetan medical approaches. She was one of the organizers and presenter at the First International Conference on Tibetan Medicine in Washington, DC in 1998. In 2000 she will be hosting a dialogue in Tibet between western physicians and the teaching staff of her former medical school in Lhasa. Dr. Nyerongsha maintains consulting practices in Colorado, Arizona, Texas, Oregon, and California.

Pratt earned his Ph.D. in experimental and I/O psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana, and a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship in higher mental processes at University of Minnesota. His college teaching career includes positions in psychology (University of Redlands, UNC-GreensboroPh.D. program, & Ottawa University), management (U. of Redlands, Elon University), and human resources & organization development at U. of San Francisco (1989-97) Since 1984, Pratt has worked extensively with financial institutions, helping them train and select personnel for their sales and customer-service efforts and build executive teams. He has written several articles on profiling and selection including challenging businesses to take selection and training as seriously as do professional sports teams. With Robert Nideffer, Ph.D., the founder of Enhanced Performance Systems (EPS), Pratt has written several articles, books, and workbooks about The Attentional & Interpersonal Styles inventory and Coaching Attention Control Training in Business. He produced the decision rules and narratives for TAIS for Windows software for scoring and generating reports for business and sales people (programs that have been imported onto EPS website for TAIS via the Internet). Dr. Pratt currently teaches Assesment and Evaluation in Sport Counseling and Behavioral Statistics at SDUIS. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Industrial Relations.

is a licensed Clinical Laboratory Scientist, with a B.S. in Biological Science, M.A. in psychology from Pepperdine, and a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology from SDUIS. Specializing in hormonal biochemistry, she has presented her research at numerous colleges and universities, and on radio and TV nationally. She is the author of two books: Your Guide to Hysterectomy, Ovary Removal, and Hormone Replacement, and Hysterectomy? The Best or Worst Thing that Ever Happened to Me?

has a BS in Accounting, a BA in Computer Information Systems, a Masters in Business Administration, and a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology. His diverse work experience ranges from family owned businesses to multinational corporations, union and non-union employees, as well as supervising a variety of ethnic groups within the global marketplace.

is a clinical instructor at the UCLA Mind Body Medicine Group and a visiting lecturer at Harvard and Stanford Universities. He has also been honored with the position of translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and recently he has been asked by his colleagues to be the first President of the forming International association of Tibetan Medicine. His Ph.D.'s are in Philosophy and Clinical Psychology. His areas of research and interest are psychotherapy for patients with life-threatening illnesses and the phenomena of death and mind body interaction. Dr. Rapgay is known nationally for his expertise in Tibetan Medicine - he was a featured presenter at The First International Conference on Tibetan Medicine in Washington, DC, in 1998. He earned his first Ph.D. in Philosophy from Visva Bharta University in India and his second Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in California.

received a Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of Illinois, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from The Union Institute, an M.A. in Psychology from United States International University (Nairobi), and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Chicago. Dr. Resnick was a Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Nairobi, Health Information Specialist for the Office of Population and Health with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Instructor of Psychology at United States International University (San Diego) and the University of Humanistic Studies. She has conducted research and published in the areas of psychodiagnosis and cultural interdependence. Dr. Resnick is a licensed psychologist in California and is a clinical psychologist for Interfaith Community Services in Escondido, California. She teaches Physiological Psychology and Research Methods at SDUIS.

is a licensed social worker who counsels adults, couples and groups. He has extensive experience with supervision of clinical staff and graduate students. Mr. Ross also has experience counseling the critically ill such as cancer and HIV positive patients. He received his Master of Science in Social Work from McGill University in Canada.

is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and is also a certified yoga instructor. She is an online instructor at SDUIS. She has been facilitating groups since 1993 and helps individuals know their connection to their Higher Power and learn to maintain that connection through transformational processes such as: Transpersonal Psychology - a theory based in spiritual healing and creating a deeper relationship with one's higher power, Dream Work, Vision Process, Meditation, and Inner Child Work - a therapeutic tool to heal deeper wounds and create self-care and balance in life. She practices psychotherapy in the areas of substance abuse, domestic violence, mental illness, sexual abuse, and relational problems.

is a Board Certified Music Therapist and a Fellow in Guided Imagery and Music (GIM). She is in private practice as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in San Diego using a wide variety of Expressive Arts techniques in her work. She received a Masters degree in Music Therapy form the University of Miami and a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from the Professional School of Psychological Studies.

has been associated with Humanistic Psychology for thirty years at The Center for Studies of the Person. He works as a consultant to people in organizations, finding new ways with Clients to deal with conflict, leadership, morale, quality of work and accountability. He has served on the faculty of several universities and is co-author of a recent book, Conflict is Inevitable -- War is Optional. He resonates with the Jewish hope for justice, and the Christian hope for love, the Buddhist hope for liberation, the Hindu hope for multiplicity and the Islamic hope for community, and the Animist hope for spirit in all beings. He earned his doctorate at the University of Pittsburg.

graduated from the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (PGSP) in Palo Alto, California. His specialty areas include child, adolescent, and family therapy as well as psychological assessment. He holds a current California license and has a private practice in San Diego. Dr. Stolberg has been teaching in the community for years and enjoys the opportunity to help shape future generations of practitioners in our field. In addition to therapy and teaching he enjoys the research side of the field as well, authoring a new suicide scale for the MMPI-2, several publications in assessment textbooks and journals, and presentations at both national and international assessment conventions.

is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and is also a certified yoga instructor. She is an online instructor at SDUIS. She has been facilitating groups since 1993 and helps individuals know their connection to their Higher Power and learn to maintain that connection through transformational processes such as: Transpersonal Psychology - a theory based in spiritual healing and creating a deeper relationship with one's higher power, Dream Work, Vision Process, Meditation, and Inner Child Work - a therapeutic tool to heal deeper wounds and create self-care and balance in life. She practices psychotherapy in the areas of substance abuse, domestic violence, mental illness, sexual abuse, and relational problems.

attended the University of Dayton obtaining a BA in Psychology and Philosophy. He holds a Masters of Divinity from the University of Saint Michael's College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto. He obtained a Masters in Applied Spirituality from the University of San Francisco. He did his training in clinical counseling by completing a Masters of Mental Health Counseling and a Post Masters Certificate in Clinical Counseling from John Carroll University in Cleveland Ohio. He holds an Ohio License in Professional Clinical Counseling. His private practice is devoted to kids, teenagers and their families. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Dayton and teaches courses in the Psychology of Adult Development and Aging, Child Development, Tests and Measurements, Personality Theory, and Sport Psychology. Joe Tedesco is known as the founding father of Southern Ohio Lacrosse. He served as the second Commissioner of Boys High School Lacrosse in Ohio and as a board member of the National Lacrosse Foundation, now US Lacrosse, in Baltimore. He has been the Ohio lacrosse man of the year and was inducted into the Ohio lacrosse Hall of Fame on June 9, 2006. He is the director of the Dayton Institute of Applied Sport Sciences--helping athletes, coaches and their families offering wellness and mental health counseling, and programs in sport performance enhancement training. His academic sport psychology research includes performance enhancement in soccer, rowing, lacrosse and track.

Rachel Van Dessel, MA, MFA, received her MA in psychology from Sonoma State University and her MFA in dance from New York University. As a long time meditator, Rachel has completed a traditional Tibetan Buddhist 3 year retreat which allowed her an opportunity to synthesize and deepen her many years of Buddhist practice. She is director of the Summer Dance Program at Pema Osel Ling Buddhist Center and has presented a combination of chi gong, dance, movement, and meditation throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan.

is a consultant in private practice in La Jolla, California, who provides personal, performance, and organizational counsel. This includes performing psychotherapy with professionals, executives, athletes, and their families; coaching for executives and leaders; performance consultation for athletes and business people; and organizational counsel to executive and management teams. Michel's previous clinical experience has included working as a psychotherapist within the UCSD Department of Psychiatry and at the Veteran's Administration Department of Psychiatry in San Diego, California. His performance enhancement experience has included working with both elite and recreational athletes. His earlier professional experience includes holding the position of President and CEO of asterion.com in Seattle, Washington, Senior Vice President and Division Manager with Unilab Corporation in San Jose, California, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Counsel with PLSI in San Diego, California, Corporate Controller with Lab Corp in San Diego, California, Attorney with the law firm of Mulvaney, Kahan & Barry in San Diego, California, and Certified Public Accountant with the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Montreal, Canada. Michel's educational background includes a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Juris Doctor from University of San Diego, as well as a Masters in Accounting and a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University. Michel is certified in Sports Psychology, as well as being a licensed psychotherapist, CPA, and attorney.