Carol has been a licensed Psychotherapist since 1985. In addition to therapy for Individuals, Couples, and Families, she leads Mid-life healing groups for women, Groups for Teen girls, The Right-to-Write group (helping people find their inner writer), and works with groups of men who have been abused as children. Carol also does Psychodrama and Improv workshops and has been the co-leader of Palm Springs TheatreSports with her husband since 1993.

Community activities include: Prevent Child Abuse of Riverside County, where she is chairperson of the "It Happens to Boys" project educating the public about men who were abused as boys (Website: ithappenstoboys.org , phone 760-862-kids), Student Assistance Program, Trauma Response Leader of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists of Coachella Valley.

Carol is also a conference speaker and workshop leader and has led workshops for: The Betty Ford Center Children's program, Nami, Prevent Child Abuse of Riverside County, Stan Little Conference, plus many others. She has recently launched into a new venture, Creative Change Conferences. The first conference held in March 2009, "Adults Healing from Child Abuse, it Happens to boys" was very successful. As a result of this conference, many men are now coming forward to talk about their abuse and get help.

The next conference will be "Black and White,”The Chrysalis of the Emerging Woman" A Healing Conference - featuring the poet David Whyte and recovery author and speaker, Claudia Black. A night with David Whyte will be held on Friday, October 23, 2009. The Women’s Healing Conference will be on October 24. See Calendar for more details or call Carol for further information at 760-346-4606. Don't miss this event. David was the keynote speaker at the Psychotherapy Networker Conference attended by 3600 people in Washington DC. We are so lucky to have him come to our Desert. Tickets are now on sale and there are a few exhibit tables remaining.

Office Hours: Mon-Fri - 9 am - 6 pm

Deborah Meints, a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, has 22 years of experience in Spiritual Psychotherapy.  She has a M.A. from Chapman University and a B.A. in Creative Writing from Cal State Long Beach.   Deborah is the Co-director of Village Counseling in Palm Desert, and the co-host of Time Warner Cable’s “It’s a Family Affair.”  She is also the author of “Love Tools for Everyday Heroes.”  Her focus as a healer is to promote spiritual growth that fosters conscious relationships with self and others. She practices individual, couple, family, and group psychotherapy.   

Deborah utilizes a wide variety of psychotherapeutic treatment methods that allow her to be versatile in working with clients.  She has been trained in Grief Recovery, Temperament Analysis, Brief Couples Therapy, Effective Parenting, Inner Child Healing, Chemical Dependency Recovery, Co-dependency Recovery, Voice Dialogue Therapy, Trauma Healing therapies such as  Holographic Memory Retrieval Therapy, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Sand Play, Dream Analysis, and Hypnotherapy.  Deborah has recently studied Destiny Cards with the Magi Fellowship to help unfold the hidden resources of Numerology and Astrology.    

Currently, she is conducting Coming of Age Groups for Women in order to explore the powerful growth path that presents itself to us in our midlife years and beyond.  Using midlife fairy tales, myth, free writing exercises, music and art therapy; women are invited to celebrate their wisdom years.   In addition, she offers intimate Dream Analysis and Writer’s groups.  Bringing people together to explore their soul’s purpose is Deborah’s continuing vision.   As we enter a new era where we must have a deeper connection to the Divine as well as practical coping skills, the focus of Deborah’s work is to teach what she has learned to help bridge the gap between heaven and earth.

Office Hours:  Tuesday-Friday 9-6

Classical Homeopath and Sacred Artist

Harvest Health Foods is a Southern California based organic health food store, owned and operated by Laura Laffranchini, dedicated to bringing you the freshest produce, as well as raw and gluten-free foods, a wide variety of vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements and many other health related products.

We take great pride in the quality of all our products and the absolute satisfaction of every customer is our number one goal. We obtain our produce from farmers all over the country, who are just as dedicated to offering the highest quality possible. We strive to provide the least processed and naturally preserved foods. We believe that products unaltered by artificial additives, preservatives or toxic colorings are the most nutritious and flavorful. We are always willing to share information or answer questions you have about any of the products we carry.

Breast thermography is a 15 minute non-invasive test of physiology. It is a valuable procedure for alerting your doctor to changes that can indicate early stage breast disease.

The benefit of breast thermography is that it offers the opportunity of earlier detection of breast disease than has been possible through breast self examination, doctor examination or mammography alone.

Thermography can detect the subtle physiologic changes that accompany breast pathology, whether it is cancer, fibrocystic disease, an infection or a vascular disease. Your doctor can then plan accordingly and lay out a careful program to further diagnose and /or MONITOR you during and after any treatment.

Dr. Hillary Smith has maintained an Integrative and Chiropractic practice in Los Angeles since 1985.  In 2006 she trained as a Certified Clinical Thermographer at Duke Medical Center.  She provides high quality Thermography Screenings in Palm Springs at the Art of Wellness.

Jeff Wein is a multi-talented Gemini (Pisces rising, Libra moon), an adult child of the sixties whose explorations of consciousness led him to the ecstatic possibilities of physical intimacy. Jeff has studied Tantra with three of the best-known American masters, and has drawn on these and other sources to create the unique approach and content of « the Loving Spirit » workshop.  Jeff has lead personal growth workshops in three languages on four continents over the last fifteen years.

A childhood spent in beatnik circles and a nomadic existence in Europe, the United States, and the south Pacific, followed by art school (right-brain) did little to prepare Géralde Carpentier  [Libra, Scorpio rising, moon in Aquarius] for a twenty-five year career as a corporate executive (left-brain). The common thread in her rich and tumultuous life is her passion for that extraordinary experience we call Life, for personal growth, and for a connection with powerful subtle energies, passions that led her to Tantra.

Together they lead « the Loving Spirit » workshop, a transformational experience for couples who want to create deeper, richer, more intimate relationships.  Over the course of three full days, Jeff and Geraldine teach dozens of techniques, exercises, and activities that help couples overcome disharmony in order to create relationships where true intimacy (physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual) is the goal and the outcome.  Over the past ten years, primarily in Europe, « the Loving Spirit » workshop has helped hundred of couples rekindle love and respect in their relationships. 

In the winter of 2009 and the spring of 2010, « the Loving Spirit » workshop will make its American debut.  Jeff also leads « letters of fire », the Hebrew letters and the Kabbalah, a personal growth workshop that explores an ancient mystical tradition with the intent of relating age-old wisdom to the challenges of life in the 21st century.

Jim has two doctoral degrees and years of clinical experience to bring his clients to the place of optimal health.  He works under the principal that when specific nutritional deficiencies are corrected, the body will begin to heal itself.  Jim utilizes Nutritional Response Testing, Whole Food Supplementation, Herbs and Homeopathic Remedies along with other Alternative Health Care Methods to lead his clients towards a healthier, happier, and improved quality of life. He will help you to see beyond the nutritional myths and will provide you with a plan for appropriate food intake.  You will be put on the path to a better quality of health with essential whole food nutritional support which goes beyond your daily food intake.

Many Americans fall into the category referred to by Jim as the "functionally ill" which is described by Jim as those individuals who follow no particular food guidelines.  We simply eat what is considered to be the Standard American Diet.  Our habitual style of food consumption leads us into a slow and progressive decline in our health status and degenerative diseases. 

TV advertises countless prescription solutions for health related disorders.  Marketers encourage the use of drugs for pain and arthritic problems, acid indigestion or reflux conditions, elevated cholesterol and inflammation.  We see numerous commercials hosted by celebrities promoting weight loss products, digestive aids and more. Millions of dollars are spent on marketing these substances, because, as Americans, we eat the Standard American Diet and as a result, we have health issues.  We take drugs to mask our nutritional deficiencies which are expressed as symptoms. 

Fat is an essential body building block yet, in the media, we are exposed to statements about the need for fat restrictions and fat free foods. In the meantime, we watch America getting fatter and less healthy with more lives suffering from stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and other degenerative diseases.    Natural or Alternative Health Care has long understood that “Good Nutrition Equals Great Health".  Given the proper raw materials, our body has the innate capability to heal itself.

K. Wolff Horst, H.H.P., C.Ht.
Holistic Health Practitioner (H.H.P.), Clinical Hypnotherapist (C.Ht.)

Mary Garvey, M.A. LCSW Master of Arts (M.A.), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (L.C.S.W.)

Together, Ken and Mary embrace a "mindbody" approach to wellness incorporating daily nutritional supplementation, regular exercise, low-glycemic dietary changes, and a positive mental attitude. Mary has been certified as a Guiding Mindful Change coach with its focus on creating greater life-balance using "mindfulness" techniques. More recently, she has become a VisioNavigator life coach infused with the dynamic principles of positive psychology, quantum physics, and neuroscience

Ken Horst is a researcher, life coach, trainer and clinical hypnotherapist. He began his career teaching core weight training programs to college athletes. Ken built a successful business as a personal health consultant (specializing in senior rehabilitation) and later brought mind and body together using the tools of hypnotherapy. Knowledge in the fields of nutrition, detoxification, body work and physical fitness continues to bring his clientele peak levels of health and wellness. Ken led the development of health, weight loss and fitness programming for The Palms of Palm Springs (listed as one of the top five health resorts in the United States). In addition, he managed and trained staff for two successful health clubs in the desert areas of Southern California.

Mary has blended the fields of psychotherapy and spirituality for over 16 years as a California licensed therapist (with 13 of those years as a private practice clinician). She holds a Master's degree in Religious Studies from Loyola University in New Orleans and a Master of Social Work from Louisiana State University. In her work as a therapist, she has integrated these two approaches into a process of "inner work" utilizing sandplay therapy, dream exploration, and journal writing. She has trained with two analysts from the C.G. Jung Institute in Los Angeles in the symbolic depth work of the unconscious. Her therapeutic orientation honors the individuation process in which each person, whether male or female, becomes fully his or her authentic Self.

I am a Marriage and Family Therapist in practice at the Palm Springs Healing Center. Also I am a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP).

What is Somatic Experiencing® (SE)?
Somatic Experiencing® is a short-term naturalistic approach to the resolution and healing of trauma developed by Dr. Peter Levine. It accesses a person's built-in ‘’immunity’’ to trauma that enables them to return to a normal functioning state in the aftermath of a recent or past trauma. traumahealing.org.

As an MFT in practice for 12 years with a holistic focus I integrate traditional psychotherapy modalities. The areas of specialty that I have additional training are trauma and addiction. I treat individuals and couples, adults, adolescents and families.


Practicing since : 1998
License # : MFC 40396

Naturopathic physician whose sole modality of practice is Classical Homeopathy. Utilizing new analysis techniques, he specializes in the treatment of cases which have not been helped by Western medicine. Dr. Smith is currently in private practice in Portland, Oregon, Palm Springs, Los Angeles and Mill Valley, California. He is also the founder of The Homeopathic Symposium, an on-line medical distance learning project which uses actual patient video footage to document and teach the homeopathic treatment of serious illness.

Watch a 7-minute introduction to Dr. Malcolm's work.

Pathways To Wellness provides a unique bridge between traditional and alternative medicine along with a holistic health counseling approach to wellness and life coaching for improving mind, body, soul and spirit of their clients. The
combined focus is on the holistic person to improve overall health and sense of
well being.

Patty and Claire created Pathways To Wellness with their combined professional backgrounds in medicine, mental health, counseling, spirituality and advocacy to bring their blended experiences to address the specific needs of individuals from
a holistic health perspective.

Claire is a traditionally trained Physician,having graduated from the University of Arizona Medical School, and practicing Medicine in California for over 25 years. Through Pathways To Wellness, she provides Alternative Medical solutions with
nutritional advice, second opinions and alternative solutions to health issues including chronic pain. She has given small group and major meeting seminars
regarding health issues and is dedicated to her commitment of improving the holistic wellness of her clients.

Patty holds a B.A. and M.A. in Clinical Psychology with areas of concentration in family and marriage counseling and holistic health counseling from Hawaii Pacific University and Antioch University. As a Life Coach and Mediator, working with individuals, couples, groups and corporations she focuses on relationship and
communication building, stress reduction, loss and grief and life transitions. She has conducted workshops, classes and support groups locally and throughout the United States and the Pacific. She is dedicated to and passionate about
working with people who want to live their best life; one sprinkled with joy, meaning and an enhanced sense of well-being for Mind, Body, Soul, Spirit.

As an experienced professional in the mental health and patient advocate fields for
over 30 years and as a Wellness and Life Coach, she directs her professional
and personal commitments to the service of wellness building for the Mind/Body/
Soul Connection.

Jeralyn Brossfield, MD, FACOG

Dr. Brossfield's interest in medicine began while working in a small clinic with her parents in Sudan. There, although in very poor conditions, women valued health and beauty. In thatched-roof huts there were brightly colored curtains. In the pre-dawn chill, women would wait for hours with their children for a visit with the doctor. The realization of the common experiences of women everywhere was key in Dr. Brossfield's desire to educate and care for women in her career.

Dr. Brossfield completed medical school and a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Loma Linda University. She received honors for her comprehensive care of patients and for exceptional teaching of residents and students training with her.

In November of 2002, working with Dr. Lisa Lindley, Dr. Brossfield opened Rancho Mirage Women's Health Center. She values most the relationship developed with each person believing that this team approach is pivotal to creating individualized and comprehensive care for each patient.

"I feel honored to work with women to increase their understanding and acceptance of their bodies and health. This is the most rewarding part of my work!"

Lisa Lindley, MD, FACOG

Lisa Lindley, MD, is a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist. She obtained her medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine, where she was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha for academic excellence. Dr. Lindley also completed her residency training at Loma Linda Medical Center where she continues to serve as a guest faculty member.

Dr. Lindley's interest in medicine actually began as patient. Her experience, and the physician who cared for her, had such an impact on her life that she entered medical school to pursue a career in women's health. With a first-hand understanding of the opportunities that a caring physician has to guide her patients to better health, Dr. Lindley entered medical school with the dream of doing just that. She now combines her own experiences as a patient, physician, wife, and mother with the knowledge she has gained treating thousands of women, specializing in the issues surrounding menopause and perimenopause.

"I truly enjoy the time spent with my patients, and I’m committed to a work environment that gives patients the time they need. I believe the doctor/patient relationship allows a unique opportunity for care and healing."

Dr. Stec earned her MD at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Postgraduate training included general surgery, radiation oncology and internal medicine. She then worked for the Riverside San Bernardino Indian Health clinics, where she learned the tremendous importance of preventive health care.

In 1994 she opened a private practice of Internal Medicine for Women, focusing on disease prevention and wellness enhancement. In order to empower more people with accurate health information, she and Dr. Jack Deller created the weekly health education TV program “Dr. Talk with Jack and Rita,” which was broadcast in the Coachella Valley from 1997-2002.

In 2003, she organized a community health seminar, “Are Your Hormones Screaming to Be Heard?” providing accurate, up-to-date information about using hormones as part of healthy menopause management. Subsequent seminars included human nutrition from an anthropological perspective, and the importance of nutrition in cancer prevention and treatment.

Dr. Stec continues her private practice of “Women’s Wellness” in Palm Desert, CA. She is the author of "Women's Home Health Companion," a handbook with practical & concise information for wellness enhancement.

“If you have felt powerless when dealing with your boss or co-workers, if you struggle with communicating what you need and want in your relationships with family and/or partners, you may find psychotherapy a useful tool. If you are interested in improving your relationships, if you would like to gain clarity in your personal goals and want to learn how to establish and maintain interpersonal boundaries socially and at work, I can help. I am a Certified Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) and offer assessment and/or counseling for people with workplace issues of substance use.

I will provide individual psychotherapy, group therapy, marriage counseling, grief counseling and workplace issues counseling. I will also work with caregivers to help them cope with their specific needs. I have specialized training and more than twenty-five years experience in addiction and twelve step recovery. I am also a certified bereavement counselor.

Because I have thirty years of professional experience in the financial securities industry, I am uniquely qualified to offer psychological and consulting services to business and industry. My background in the corporate environment makes it possible for me to provide focused, relevant psychological counseling on stress management and career issues.”
Taking the first step toward getting help is often the most difficult

Lorraine’s food is flavorful and super clean. From her fabulous soups, salads, wraps and smoothies helps keep your bodies fueled with the best nutrition.

How it Happened
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There is no mystery to healthy eating. My answer is organic, whole foods in their natural form, as close to nature as possible. I came to that realization, like many people do, because at the age of 24, I was diagnosed with a life threatening illness, breast cancer.

>b>Taking Action

What I changed about my eating was everything from the M.A.D. / S.A.D. diet I was raised on (Mexican-American-Diet/Standard-American-Diet), supplemented with heavily processed “junk” foods common in modern American diets. I began educating myself on organic, whole foods. The importance of an organic whole foods diet became evident to me, it became my way of life.