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Name, Spiritual Orientation
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O
’Connell, Rev. Dr. Katherine, Interfaith
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raven4848@yahoo.com; http://www.interfaithseminaries.net
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Interfaith Seminary, September 5, 1998
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Reverend Dr. Katherine Rosemary O
’Connell is an Interfaith Minister and the Chancellor of Interfaith Seminaries. In December 1999, she led an Interfaith Truth and Reconciliation Service at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Capetown, South Africa, and currently collaborates in peace-building efforts throughout the world.
Rev. Dr. O
’Connell is also a Licensed Psychologist, Nurse Practitioner, Cosmologist, and Reiki Master. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology, a Masters in Public Health, and served as a former presidential alcoholism policy advisor to President Carter.
Rev. Dr. O’Connell has acted as a consultant for major international media programs. Her work has been referred to in major media including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Irish Times, Parade Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Self, and New Woman magazine and she has been featured in a nationally broadcast Bill Moyers television special.
As an international keynote speaker, she has shared the podium through the years with such pre-eminent authors and healers as Dr. Larry Dossey, Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Raymond Moody and Dr. Dean Ornish.
Rev. Dr. O’Connell is the Founder of the East-West Interfaith Seminary for the Healing Arts and the Dream Institute which provides training to therapists, physicians and other health professionals and companies worldwide. She has been actively involved in dream and sleep research for over twenty-five years and is currently exploring deeply the relationship between faith and physical health.
Rev. Dr. O’Connell is the author of two books on healing, End of the Line: Quitting Cocaine and Bruised by Life? Turn Life's Wounds into Gifts. Rev. Dr. O
’Connell coined the term medical dreamwork to describe the powerful role that dreams and other ancient healing techniques play in the area of assessment, treatment and healing of physical illness. She is actively engaged in researching the role of dreams in medicine from ancient history to the present. Rev. Dr. O
’Connell serves on the faculty of graduate schools, seminaries and schools of medicine both in the U.S. and abroad. She has been a member of the Association for the Study of Dreams, the Association of Interfaith Ministers, Interfaith Ministries International, the Parliament of World's Religions and the United Religions Initiative, and serves as a keynote speaker for conferences worldwide.
Having Celtic, Jewish and American Indian/First Nations ancestry, Rev. Dr. O
’Connell is moved to help preserve the ancient wisdom and indigenous healing practices of all peoples worldwide. In addition, she contributes time and energy to the protection of endangered sea life, especially the Orca Whale.
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Baby Blessings/Naming ceremonies; Coming of Age Ceremonies; Crisis Counseling/Support/Intervention; Earth Prayers/Ceremonies; Family and Relational Counseling/Support; Funerals and memorial services; Grief and Transition Counseling/Support; Healing Prayers/Groups; House, Property and Business Blessings; Musical Services/Chanting; Prayers; Premarital Counseling/ Support; Seminars on Spiritual Topics; Spiritual or Pastoral Support; Spiritual/Religious Instruction; Substance Abuse Counseling/Support; Unions and Commitment Ceremonies; Weddings; Writing/Editing on Spiritual Topics
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Animals and Their People; Clergy, Members of Religious Orders; Divorced or Divorcing Individuals; Ethnic/Racial/ Cultural Specialty (Indigenous peoples); Former Clergy, former Members of Religious Orders; Hospital Staff; Men; Native American/Indigenous Cultures; Recovery Community; Women
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Name, Spiritual Orientation
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Olson, Cynthia; Interfaith
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1908 51st Street, Sacramento, CA 95819
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olsons2@aol.com
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(916) 712-9776
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Graduated from
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The New Seminary, 2006
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Bio
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I spent 25 years in Africa and the Middle East supporting women and children in distress. Those experiences led me to seek interfaith studies, and I was ordained as an interfaith minister in June 2006 by the New Seminary at St. John the Divine Cathedral in NYC. Subsequently I completed 4 units of CPE at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA. From that experience I sought specialized training in hospice and palliative care and was hired in June 2007 as a chaplain by Vitas Hospice Care, where I continue to support individuals and families during their end-of-life journey. I am a grandmother of five, photographer, single-engine pilot, and I love spending time outdoors with nature!
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Baby Blessings/Naming Ceremonies; Coming of Age Ceremonies; Earth prayers/ceremonies; Funerals and memorial services; Grief and transition counseling/support; Hospice chaplaincy; Hospital chaplaincy; Laying on of hands; Spiritual or pastoral counseling/support; Unions and commitment ceremonies; Worship services
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Animals and their people; Cancer patients; Caregivers and/or parents; Chronically ill, terminally ill, hospice; Ethnic/racial/cultural specialty; GLBT; Homebound individuals; Homeless individuals; Hospital staff; Men; Mentally challenged individuals; Native American/indigenous cultures; Physically challenged individuals; Senior citizens; Veterans and families; Women; Youth
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