Rhea Orion

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)
Association of Pre and Peri-natal Psychology and Health (APPPAH)
American and California Psychological Associations (APA & CPA)
California and American Associations of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT & AAMFT)
Family Therapy Networker
Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP)
Sexuality Information and Education Center of the United States (SIECUS)

Web Page: holisticounseling.org  

MY EXPERTISE lies in four areas of family and community life, within which I have lived, studied, and worked for 30 years: psychology and sexuality; family life; progressive and alternative education, and peaceful community living. For the past decade I have been working in public and private, traditional and alternative educational and therapeutic settings as a psychotherapist and educator. I counsel couples, adults, teens, and families of all configurations and lifestyles, including at-risk populations, as well as people with severe and Rheumatoid arthritis, and other disabilities. I am a general practitioner, qualified to address any issue, and specialize in sexuality and body issues, relationships of partners, parents, and families, and in teen life from both the parental and teenage viewpoints.

Beyond the approximate seven years of required academics and experience for Marriage and Family Therapy, I have work and education in sexuality and life management for persons with disabilities and their families; in child and adolescent development; in parenting and family skills; and with college and academic advisement. In addition I have five years of cutting edge training and research in sexuality, marriage and alternative relationships. When you consult with me, you are consulting with a specialist.

I raised two children, primarily as a single parent, while putting myself through college as an adult student. My sons are now college age, and I am a practicing psychotherapist of eight years

CONTINUING EDUCATION: I returned to graduate school in 2002 and am currently a research and doctoral student in Psychology and Sexology at Saybrook Institute in San Francisco. I focus on all aspects of sexology and cutting edge counseling psychology. My research will eventually be a book called Redefining Relationships - People and Partnerships in the 21st Century.

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS I hold (or have held): Arthritis Support Group leader, by the Arthritis Foundation; Personal Fitness Trainer, including for pre- and post-natal women, and in water exercise for injured and disabled persons, by the American Council on Exercise and the American Sports Medicine Association; and a Certificate in Interior Design from Tidewater Community College in Virginia.   

I then worked as a college counselor and advisor for five years. I have taught family and life skills, college success seminars, sex and drug education, and psychology at middle school, high school and college levels.

MY EXPERTISE lies in four areas of family and community life, within which I have lived, studied, and worked for 30 years: psychology and sexuality; family life; progressive and alternative education, and peaceful community living. For the past decade I have been working in public and private, traditional and alternative educational and therapeutic settings as a psychotherapist and educator.

I counsel couples, adults, teens, and families of all configurations and lifestyles, including at-risk populations, as well as people with severe and Rheumatoid arthritis, and other disabilities. I am a general practitioner, qualified to address any issue, and specialize in sexuality and body issues, relationships of partners, parents, and families, and in teen life from both the parental and teenage viewpoints.