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JIM JOHNSTON ACCEP

Academic Director

In Practice for 10 years, Jim began as a Core Energetics client and found tremendous personal transformation leading him to a practice in NYC, positions at ICE, NYC Living Core, Nyack Living Core, international teaching, and co-founding Corevolution NYC. He believes in the power of this work to change lives.

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SAM CAGNINA ACCEP

Faculty Member
Sam is a post-graduate of the Institute of Core Energetics, and is certified in TRE and mindfulness techniques.  He works with individuals, couples and groups and brings consciousness to how we block our energy and recreate defense patterns adapted in childhood that keep us limited and disempowered. Sam helps others open to the fullness of their life-force, and supports others in bringing their unique gifts as they engage in the world.
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BRIAN CAMERON, ACCEP

Faculty Member

Brian completed his certification in Core Energetics at the NY Institute of Core Energetics and has a private practice in NYC. He has held faculty positions with Corevolution and the Art of Intimacy programs, also in NYC.  He has over 20 years of experience coaching and managing teams in business. He is dedicated to group process work, particularly creating space where men can find strength in their vulnerability.

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CLARE CARR ACCEP

Faculty Member

Clare Carr is an Advanced Certified Core Energetics and Helix Healing Works Practitioner in New York City. Clare helps individuals recognize and navigate the pathway to their lives' fullest potential. Clare's practice focuses on individual, couples and powerful group experiences. She specializes in helping with the challenges of self-acceptance and helps her clients evolve as they move through the stages and ages of life.

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CHARLES CORLEY, LMHC, ACCEP

Faculty Member

Charles is a senior teacher at the Institute, teaches internationally and is Co-Director of Core Academy in Rhode Island. He has 30 years of experience facilitating groups in areas including substance abuse, actor support, and men’s and adolescents’ groups. He has a full-time private practice as a Core Energetics Practitioner in NYC.

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LEIGH ANN COBB CCEP

Associate Faculty

Leigh Ann Cobb is an Advanced Certified Core Energetics Practitioner based in San Marcos, Texas. She completed her 4-year practitioner certification and postgraduate year at the New York Institute of Core Energetics. Leigh Ann is also a Certified Provider of Trauma Release Exercise®. In 2020, she led a trauma workshop series for the New York Open Center. At the most recent International Core Energetics Convention, she brought her creative and spirited take on embodiment.

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BETH MCKEE ELLIOTT, MFA, ACCEP, RSMT

Associate Faculty
Beth McKee Elliott is an Advanced Core Energetics Practitioner in private practice. Her background in dance and movement brings a wealth of highly specialized knowledge about the body, movement, and meaning into her healing. She has a unique way of working with clients, and her goal is to help each one find their healing path and to live their most fulfilling life.
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SANJAY KEVIN EVRAN, CPRA, ACCEP

Faculty Intern
Sanjay is a Radical Aliveness, Bioenergetics and Core Energetics Practitioner in private practice and has been working with individuals and groups since 2016.  He is passionate in supporting his clients come into deep contact with their body and holds a wide lens where systemic complexity can be seen and honored.
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AIMEE FALCHUK, MPH, M.Ed., ACCEP

Faculty Member
Aimee Falchuk, MPH, M.Ed., CCEP is based in Washington DC and in private practice. She is the Founder of the Falchuk Group.
Aimee writes and lectures on the Pathwork and is a contributing writer for the wellness platform Goop.  Aimee’s paper, “Understanding the Core Energetics process” was published in the Journal of Dance Movement and Spirituality.
Aimee is a board member of Mental Health America and the Hadassah Foundation.
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JONATHAN GODFREY CPRA

Faculty Member

Jonathan is a Radical Aliveness and Core Energetics Practitioner who teaches internationally. He leads workshops throughout the U.S. and has a private practice in Philadelphia and New York where he works with individuals, couples and groups. Jonathan's focus is on empowering his clients to realize their full potential and creating inclusiveness for all people and all perspectives to be seen and heard.

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JEREMY FULWILER LMSW, ACCEP, CTS, CPT

Associate Faculty

Jeremy, is a body psychotherapist with extensive post-graduate training in Core Energetics, yoga, trauma recovery, pain management, personal training, aromatherapy and energy healing. He is founder of Wellness Beyond Words in Metro Detroit, focusing on embodied group and relational experiences for supporting individual and systemic evolution.

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GAIL HOLLIES ACCEP

Faculty Intern

Gail Hollies is an Advanced Certified Core Energetics Practitioner based in the DC/Maryland area. With 30 years of experience in various modalities of transformational work, including Holotropic Breathwork, Voice Dialogue, Radical Honesty and Shalom Retreats, Gail enjoys finding creative ways of bringing her wisdom to sessions. Her love of expressive arts, in particular vocal and movement improv and SoulCollage®, allows clients the opportunity to explore non-verbal forms of self-expression.

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KATE HOLT, RN, ACCEP

Faculty Member

Kate Holt, RN, ACCEP, CTP teaches Core Energetics internationally. She has a private practice, working with individuals, couples, and groups. Kate provides supervision, coaching, and consultations for practitioners and leaders. Kate has a deep love for the work of Core Energetics and its ripple effect in the world. 

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BARRA KAHN, MA, ACCEP

Faculty Member

Barra maintains a practice in D.C. where she works with individuals, couples, and groups. She also leads workshops, has taught Yoga and body-work for 40 years, and teaches Nonverbal Communication at GMU. Formerly, she was Artistic Director at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts.

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MELISSA KAPLAN ACCEP

Faculty Intern

Melissa Kaplan, is a somatic therapist, based in New York City. She believes that eros is the awakening force that transforms our defenses, our negative beliefs and distorted feelings.  She works with trauma that is held in the body in order to increase our capacity for pleasure and ground in our true selves.  She teaches self-intimacy through body, spirit and emotional connection.

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LISA LOUSTAUNAU ACCEP, OSC

Faculty Member

In Core Energetics practice for more than 22 years, Lisa trained under Core’s founder, John Pierrakos MD. An international workshop leader, process facilitator, teacher and supervisor of Core Energetics practitioners, Lisa is also among the top one percent of most-endorsed American psychotherapists on LinkedIn and practices in Stamford, CT.

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CAROL LUTTER ACCEP

Associate Faculty

Carol’s deep reverence for animals and the Earth informs her work with all humans, with a special sensitivity to the challenges and trauma often experienced by social change activists. Carol helps people to embrace authenticity and self-care, align with desires and purpose, increase capacity for love, live life more fully, and expand their impact.

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ANITA MANDLEY LCPC, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

Faculty Member

Anita Mandley is an Integrative Psychotherapist specializing in complex and developmental PTSD, Intergenerational and Cultural Trauma, Relational Wounds, Ancestral Wounds, and Interpersonal Violence.

Anita has over 40 years experience in the field of mental health and most recently, at the Center for Contextual Change for over 20 years.

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DAVID PHILLIPS, ACCEP MeD, BBA

Faculty Member

David is the Founder of Energetic Awakenings in Cleveland, OH. He is a workshop leader and group facilitator for organizations dealing with topics such as racism, conflict, & LGBTQ cultural competency. David holds his Master of Education in Adult Learning & Development. He is a Certified Core Energetics Practitioner, Reiki Master, and Certified Coach.

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ANNA SMITH ACCEP

Faculty Member

Anna brings a deep loving heart and commitment to the sacred work of self-transformation.  An Intuitive Energy Healer, in private practice, she leads groups, and teaches energy healing. Anna studied with the School of Conscious Healing, is certified in IET, and Essentials of Trauma Treatment

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Ben Wild ACCEP EdM

Associate Faculty

Ben Wild, ACCEP, EdM, is an Advanced Core Energetics Practitioner who works with individuals and groups at his practice in NYC and with incarcerated individuals at Sing Sing and Otisville Prisons. Ben is dedicated to creating healing spaces for BIPOC, queer and incarcerated people, and those who are routinely marginalized by society. He leads retreats at Shalom Mountain Retreat Center and holds a Masters in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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KARYNE WILNER ACCEP

Faculty Member

Karyne B. Wilner, PsyD, served as Director of Education and as Assistant Director of the Institute of Core Energetics from 1990 through 2011. Formerly, she directed the Brazil Institute and was Associate Director in Australia. She has traveled widely giving lectures, workshops, and seminars and she has written numerous journal articles about somatics and psychology.

Currently, she has private practices in Newport, RI and Newtown CT and teaches Master’s level Holistic Counseling courses at Salve Regina University in Newport RI.

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DOUG WIRTH ACCEP

Faculty Member

Since 1989, Doug has worked with individuals/couples/groups. He earned a BSW from UWGB, his masters from Hunter College, graduated from ICE in 2011 and joined the faculty in 2012. Previously, Doug was a senior faculty member of the American Psychological Association, served on Institute of Medicine workgroups, and was a senior health policy advisor to NYC Mayor’s Dinkins and Giuliani.

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