https://birdsongwellness.org/agatemoonblog daily 0.75 2023-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555677e5e4b07b6145fdb487/1614564867234-61300FL1PJ4KXPQL4E4G/29219EF4-2519-4950-A92A-EE8C5D1A15E4.jpg Agate Moon Tides & Channels https://birdsongwellness.org/agatemoonblog/2021/3/16/nifutoep6iq5wwsz8f73mcjy8esigc monthly 0.5 2021-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555677e5e4b07b6145fdb487/1615926634504-87IKBU3C4CJ5NXS9O7PO/IMG_3317.jpeg Agate Moon Tides & Channels - Attention Restoration “Attention Restoration Theory suggests that mental fatigue and concentration can be improved by time spent in, or looking at nature. The capacity of the brain to focus on a specific stimulus or task is limited and results in 'directed attention fatigue'.” (ART) (Kaplan, 1989, 1995) Attention Restoration is a practice to explore in Ecotherapy. It can be really helpful for people working through ADHD (any age), and those who spend too much time on screens (probably most of us). As with all practices, if the prompt doesn’t resonate or sit well with you, full permission to keep scrolling. My hope is to share these little tidbits of Ecopsychology education and practices on this page. Learning and sharing are good medicines for all. 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she/her Mother, Therapist, Activist & River Guide Birdsong Wellness’s Founder & Executive Director MS, LPCC, E-RYT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555677e5e4b07b6145fdb487/81be808e-f8f8-43b8-b8c3-8c9be0e0953a/Scarlet+Headshot.jpg About - She/her ANFT, IIFEC-TMHP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555677e5e4b07b6145fdb487/7c743aef-c86c-4106-9040-a840823cc0b3/headshot.jpeg About - LPCC Student Therapist Intern Katharina “Kat” Goodshield is a Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate student at Saybrook University, where she is earning her master’s degree and cultivating a holistic, trauma-informed, and relational approach to counseling. Originally from Bonn, Germany, Kat earned her bachelor’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Vienna, in Vienna, Austria. Her background in anthropology continues to shape her curiosity about how culture, identity, relationships, and community influence how people understand themselves and move through the world. Before entering the counseling field, Kat spent many years working as a pianist, composer, and music educator. Her creative background has deeply influenced how she connects with others, shaping her sensitivity to emotion, self-expression, and experiences that can be difficult to put into words. As a mother of two and someone who has lived across different countries and cultures, Kat brings both personal and professional curiosity to the complexities of relationships, identity, belonging, life transitions, and personal growth. Her developing approach to counseling is grounded in empathy, authenticity, cultural humility, and a genuine curiosity about each person’s unique inner world and lived experience. She is invested in understanding how relationships, life experiences, environments, and broader cultural contexts shape how people feel, cope, connect, and make meaning of their lives. Kat is particularly interested in trauma-informed care, the ways past experiences and relationships shape us, major life transitions, mindfulness, and somatic and experiential approaches to healing. She is excited to begin her clinical training at Birdsong Wellness in August 2026 and to continue developing an approach that honors the complexity of the whole person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555677e5e4b07b6145fdb487/0920ad71-91ff-4181-bfe5-056636f366cd/Birdsong+Wellness+Headshot.jpeg About - Tina Dawson LMFT Student Therapist Intern Intern MFT, CMT, Doulas by Nature certified Doula , Marriage Family Therapist Intern specializing in Expressive Arts Therapy, Prenatal, PregnancyAnd Postnatal Therapy, Substance Use Recovery, Grief work, Trauma therapy. Tina loves being in the redwood forest, by the sea, within the sanctuary of the Arcata marsh, and among the bonnie hills of her ancestral homelands in Scotland. She was raised in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains and has lived in Humboldt County for 30 years. She came to San Francisco in 1997 to join her communal living Sufi community, and to study Feminist Spirituality at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) with teachers Starhawk, Luisa Teish, Charlene Spretnak, and Johanna Macy. She later migrated up the coast to Humboldt to serve the Luna Tree sit, Earth First, and Julia Butterfly in 1999. When Luna was safe, she settled for 3 years living communally with over 100 other healing arts practitioners at Heartwood Institute, nestled deep within the hills of Southern Humboldt. This is where she received hermassage and craniosacral therapy training, and led an environmental activist retreat program. After Heartwood she chose Arcata as her home, met her husband, and started her healing arts practice, Heart of the Rose Healing Services for Women. Here she served her community for over 20 years as massage therapist, childbirth educator, and birth doula, having the honor ofattending over 100 births. Years of working intensively with women, their children, and their families inspired her to move into a deeper therapeutic landscape. In 2022 she embarked on a 5-year Marriage Family Therapy Psychology degree at her alma mater CIIS, this time with a focus on Expressive Arts/Drama Therapy (EXA). She is thrilled to begin her internship at Birdsong Wellness, and transform her practice by serving her community as a therapist. Her Heart of the Rose career has shown her the importance of creating safety and trust to foster a respectful and healthy therapeutic relationship. Her foundational therapeutic belief is that when people are provided with a safe, relational, therapeutic space, which includes access to the natural world, play, and the arts, they are able to access their innate capacity for self-development and growth. This is especially truefor children. She’s excited to offer this space for her Birdsong clients, and looks forward to working with individuals, groups, families, children, and couples. During her time at CIIS, she received a solid foundation in counseling techniques, theories, group therapy activities, social justice and childhood trauma training, and EXA modalities. She’s excited to help clients approach the therapeutic value of the expressive arts, like dance, movement, song, music, visual arts, games, drama, etc. These modalities can help people access the intuitive and imaginal language of symbols, metaphor, ceremony, and ritual. Tina’s trainings: MA in Counseling in Expressive Arts Therapy, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA - 2022 to present, graduation 2027 Heart of the Rose Healing Services for Women – Creator, Owner, Practitioner and Manager of Private Practice Massage and Cranialsacral Therapy / Doula Services / Childbirth Educator / Theatre of the Oppressed training with Mandala Center for Change – Dell Arte- 2025 Drama Therapy with pioneer Armand Volkas at Center for the Living Arts– 2023 Living a Soulful Life Grief Facilitator training with Frances Weller -2023 Tarot Training - Carolyn Ayers – Arcata, CA - 2013-2015 9-month Herbalist Studies – Dandelion Herbal Center, Fieldbrook, CA – 2012 Birthing From Within™ Mentor / Childbirth Educator Training – 2007-2010 Birth Doula Training – Doulas by Nature – 2006 1st and 2nd Degree Reiki – Usui System of Reiki Healing – 2003 Certified Massage Therapist – Heartwood Institute – 350 hours – May 2002 Women’s Spirituality Department - California Institute of Integral Studies – Fall 1997- 1998 https://birdsongwellness.org/contactus daily 0.75 2024-05-28 https://birdsongwellness.org/supervision-training daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555677e5e4b07b6145fdb487/1773699224359-7632J0NE95XW1KWNUPYR/unsplash-image-h7dl6upIOOs.jpg Supervision & Training https://birdsongwellness.org/store daily 0.75 2023-11-03 https://birdsongwellness.org/store/90-min-psychotherapy-intake-assessment monthly 0.5 2025-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555677e5e4b07b6145fdb487/1678068175800-J5BJ8UMTXTMO6AUTHD5F/IMG_3608.jpg Store - 90 Min Psychotherapy Intake & Assessment