Hello!
My name is Lorena Fernandez, Ph.D. REACE®
I am an Artists, Coach and Registered Expressive Arts Consultant and Educator.
(I'm also a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, bilingual Venezuelan-American, Latina and a former Industrial Systems Engineer.)
Native Roots link here.
I offer training and coaching for mental health professionals, social workers, artists and educators in Expressive Arts for healing, personal development and team-building.
I help individuals and groups to explore and express their highest potential in an atmosphere of safety, empathy and respect.
As an Artist I'm meticulous about my creative freedom and I am always open to artistic collaborations.
I was born high on the Andes Mountains of Venezuela, ancestral land of the Timotocuicas Indians. I studied and worked in Texas, California, Singapore, Swizerland, and in the Netherlands. I have been happily married to a Norwegian man for over 22 years and I'm the mother of two wonderful adult daughters.
My diverse, multi-cultural life experience informs my inclusive coaching & teaching practices
QUALIFICATIONS
I hold a PhD in Expressive Arts Therapy and Coaching from the European Graduate School EGS in Switzerland.
I have a Masters of Art in the Humanities from California State University with a thesis on the work of Frida Kahlo.
I am a Certified Person Centered Expressive Arts facilitator for Healing and Social Change from Saybrook Graduate School & Research Center in California.
