mary holscher

psychologist

About

Mary Holscher's areas of expertise as a psychologist include couples therapy and working with individuals in transition. She has been in practice for 35 years. Primary influences/models include Carl Rogers, Carl Whitaker, EFT (Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy), Dan Wile, Hedy Schleifer, and AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy). She has taught extensively at the graduate level in psychology (Antioch University) and in a doctoral program in Transformational Learning (California Institute of Integral Studies). She is currently one of the faculty teaching the six-quarter Leadership and Personal Development course sequence at Bainbridge Graduate School, an innovative MBA program in sustainable business. She loves creative writing, including fiction, memoir and essays. She is a published writer who has led many small creative writing groups, as well as coached individual writers.

Country

united states

City

seattle

Industry

mental health care

Skill

creative writing, personal development, psychotherapy, psychology, leadership, life transitions, emotional intelligence, teaching, curriculum development, higher education, leadership development, mental health, therapists, mindfulness, clinical supervision, stress management, counseling psychology, nonprofits, staff development, coaching, curriculum design, workshop facilitation, career counseling, facilitation

Experience

adjunct faculty

bainbridge graduate institute

2006-1 - 2014-6 · 8 yrs 6 mos

Adjunct faculty for two-year course on Leadership and Personal Development taken by all students in this innovative MBA in Sustainable Business (lead faculty 2007-2008). Its purpose is to provide a context for the inner work necessary to be effective change agents in sustainability. As Co-Ombudsman (in 2008-2009) helped to strengthen and sustain organizational coherence and capacity during a year of significant transition. After a three year break, Mary returned to teach Leadership and Personal Development again, beginning Fall Quarter 2012 and ending Spring Quarter 2014.

psychologist

creative commitment northwest ps

2004-1 - Present · 22 yrs 8 mos

Mary Holscher, Ph.D.,provides psychotherapy services for couples and individuals, four-day couples intensives. groups and retreats for individuals and couples, individual and group consultation and supervision; and creative writing groups and retreats. Creative Commitment Northwest's core assumption is that when a person steps fully into an activity, a place, a relationship, a profession—to life itself!—creative possibilities emerge that cannot be accessed when one is on the fence.

adjunct faculty

california institute of integral studies

1993-1 - 1998-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

* Taught courses (distance learning option) in the School for Transformative Learning. Courses include Foundations of the Integral Worldview * Love and Work: Daily Life in Transformation * Academic Writing.

adjunct faculty

antioch university

1985-1 - 1993-1 · 8 yrs 1 mo

* Courses taught in the Graduate Program in Psychology include: Women's Therapy Group * Personal and Professional Development Seminar * Synthesis * The Domain of Psychology.

coordinator, graduate psychology program

antioch university

1976-1 - 1985-1 · 9 yrs 1 mo

* Advised Students, collaborated in curriculum development, and taught multiple courses to graduate psychology students. Courses include: The Domain of Psychology * Stability and Change in Psychological Process * Society and the Individual * Community Mental Health Integrating Seminar * Group Theory and Group Skills * Women and Psychology * Couples Therapy * Family Therapy: Models and Techniques * Psychopathology * Insanity and the Novels of Doris Lessing * Systems and Developmental Perspectives in Psychology * Personal and Professional Development Seminar * Working with Women Clients * Case Consultation.

Education

university of washington

counseling

1970-1 - 1973-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Activities and Societies: Focus of study was Carl Rogers' Client-Centered approach to counseling and psychotherapy. Internships included nine months at Purdy Treatment Center for Women and the Monroe Reformatory.