Master’s Degree in Psychology

As a Counseling Specialist, Elizabeth James earned her Master’s degree in Psychology focusing on an integrative public health model from Norwich University. Her studies delved into the intricacies of human behavior, cognition, emotional well-being and spiritual reality of soul, interplaying within our biological systems, thoughts and perceptions always.

Bachelor's of Science focused on Neuropsychology

Elizabeth refined her skills at two different mental health clinics and as a battered woman's advocate (IOP and MH) and within her non profit for young kids who are sex trafficked. Her private practice of over two decades and academics from highly competitive universities such as Boston University led her to the understanding the brain/body/spirit is intricately working within the neurobiology but even more so in the unseen energies of light and sound in the form of vibrational electromagnetic fields: energy we all share in common. These deeper scientific insights allow her to translate what wisdom text have long since addressed. The conclusions are we operate both in symbolism, language, perceptions and the constraints of cause and effect within our physical beings to produce good health: always individual and a collective formulation unlike what most public health models propose today; one size fits all, one drug formulation and script based on age, sex and symptom alone.

Wheelock College

Elizabeth James holds an Advanced Graduate, Master’s level certification Education, in the Urban Teaching Program. This educational foundation equips her to engage with clients holistically but rationally, considering their unique learning styles and needs: she reaches a broad range of the population; especially those with learning and developmental issues such as: ADD, ADHD. The training allowed for the exceptional or Gifted Students as well. During her time within these studies Elizabeth was involved in a larger research study on racial discrimination and participated in a whole group cohort of individuals who were exposed to extremes of discrimination in learning and understands intimately both the psycho-emotional aspects of discrimination and the neurobiological impacts of losing ones voice and disempowerment to power structures.

Leslie University

Her ongoing commitment to learning includes coursework from Leslie University, where she explored innovative therapeutic approaches and how to scaffold learning. Scaffolding is where the teacher proposes a model or learning skill just beyond the current capacity of understanding of the student/client and models the "next steps" for growth, always within the reach of both their emotional capacity and intellectual ability. These challenge exercises can be done in forms of play, art and humour to make the challenge feel safe, and even open the hearts and minds of the client/student to values and beliefs they had not been familiar or acculturated to in their families of origin. This allows for release of the negative and an indwelling of spiritual understanding of their own will and their place in the world: building confidence through a healthier self esteem.

Harvard University

Learning at one of Americas "top" universities and bringing her ongoing curiosity into how the mind works, she went through coursework for a short period at Harvard in Cambridge. Here Elizabeth studied philosophy and comparative religions. This allowed Elizabeth to form the historical narratives of the collective, this to serve both a multicultural client base and discover the impacts of our objective cultural norms on shaping our values, pains, limitations, collective violence, faith beliefs and exclusion and inclusions of others as we try to grow as individuals. This experience was during the first nine months of her beautiful daughter's life in her womb. This was a uniquely special experience for her to say yes to life ! and to college together. This distinguished university is prestigious - yes, did they or does they have all the answers - never. Emptying of self and opening up to the creator she realised reaped far more wisdom, than the knowledge the world had to offer.

Mind Body Medical Institute, Harvard Medical- Beth Israel Deaconess

H. Bensen, MD brought a model of science and meditation to Boston. This clinical training in resiliency and stress management, now called SMART programs, is an evidenced based training. A patient centered care. The different techniques were for those experiencing extreme stress responses either from physical injury or mental health stress such as caused by trauma. Both mental and physical trauma alike. gaining techniques from world renowned doctors and nurses on how the brain operates within the bodies physiology under stressful circumstances. Also, what is "mindfulness", the tools of restructuring thoughts " triggers" in the brain/body and how the "stress-response translates into the body to dis-ease. Then of course, after capturing full awareness, how to reduce both the pain response or catastrophic thinking, as it impacts the body physiology and nervous system. The goal again was building resiliency for homeostasis and a lasting peace through balance and harmonizing mind-body.

Complementary Medicines

Elizabeth’s curiosity led her both seeking the truth about our lives and our bodies being uniquely in coherence with all the living and therefore into the sciences beyond conventional therapies. She explored complementary modalities such as acupuncture, herbal medicine, and mindfulness practices such as contemplative and spiritually directed prayer and one to one session in her role as a pastoral counselor; she proved highly effective due to her own journey’s desire for what is both truly alive and uniquely alive within the spirit of humanity. As well, she received training both in Divinity school for about a year and in a highly specialized healing and deliverance faith based model and scriptures which speak to Gods desire to heal and make whole his creations. These integrative approaches enhance her clients’ healing journey to whole-health.

Current Research Focus

Elizabeth has done extensive research in natural remedies, plant based, most especially for opioid users. Current cutting edge treatments are utilising a plant from the African content, Iboga, and it is administered as "Ibogain therapies." These are well-known therapies to other parts of the world as in Portugal and rehabilitative center's in South America, and is soon to be this year in Boston, MA . This remedy has been used for hundreds of years.

Contemplative Meditation & Expressive Art Therapies

Elizabeth collaborates with Cravings, anxiety, and pain.

Herbal/Floral Remedies

She educates clients about natural supplements unique light vibrational systems that enhance our cellular activity in a positive manner naturally supporting balance and in some to address cellular health and emotional well-being if one suffers from depression and anxiety with their addiction; known as a comorbidity. Also working on the micro level of vibrational medicine for the emotional fields and physical neurochemical triggers.

Contemplative Prayer/Mindfulness

Guided mindfulness exercises help clients stay present and manage triggers. Those with chronic stress suffer from what is called, “catastrophic thinking”, unrealistic predicting of negative outcomes from circumstances perceived as undesirable. In the AA group model this would be better known by the term,” stinking thinking.” Which in the cycle of addiction leads all too often to negative outcomes from self-fulfilling prophecies of past behaviors that led to the addictions or disharmony within the clients’ family and other significant relationships.