Meet the Facilitators

Jennifer Brindisi, MA,

owner of Renaco Holistic Healing, is a certified holistic healing practitioner, exercise physiologist, and researcher for the Dept. of Psychiatry at UConn Health.  She is currently studying the effects of depression on the brain and cognitive function in older adults.  Jennifer founded Beyond the Game, a program that teaches life skills through sports.  Her goal is to help bring the spiritual and energetic aspects of healing into the world of traditional western medicine to provide an integrated approach to achieving health for the body, mind, and spirit.

 

brindisijenn@comcast.net

Julie Montinieri, Energy Medicine Practitioner and owner of Blue Heron Healing, provides hands-on assessment and balancing of the energy system that surrounds and interpenetrates the body. Energy balancing leaves you relaxed and grounded so you have greater access to your own deepest wisdom. Julie provides transformative intuitive guidance, addressing the psycho/spiritual components of issues found in the energy field. She is also a Reiki Master and meditation instructor. For her complete resume visit BlueHeronHealing.blogspot.com.

 

Julie.Montinieri@gmail.com

Lori Thulen, LCSW

is a licensed clinical social worker who holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Connecticut. She is the owner of Seeking You, LLC, counseling services for individuals, couples and families. Prior to private practice she worked for Hartford Public Schools as a mental health clinician in the school based health center. Lori has been trained in a variety of therapeutic interventions including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She specializes in the areas of trauma, depression, anxiety and relationship challenges.

 

seekingu.2013@gmail.com