While completing her Master of Clinical Social Work, Charon concurrently enrolled in Sex Therapy education and completed a psychodynamic fellowship at Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. From there, she has taken education in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Pat Ogden and Janina Fisher), Compassionate Inquiry (Gabor Mate), and Imago Relationship Therapy. Charon has completed 200 hours of yoga teacher training, and has been certified as a Functional Nutrition Coach and Mindset Coach. Charon is currently studying neuropsychology.
By Charon Normand-Widmer I recently spoke with a colleague who commented that some BIPOC CI participants she had trained with reported that CI was ‘too white” for them. As a BIPOC person myself who has gone through the program, I found this reported experience shocking and surprising, as it had […]
By Charon Normand-Widmer Balancing awareness and care for one’s body is a profound journey that intertwines personal experiences, challenges, and a dedication to showing up for one’s self, day after day. As a young reader immersed in both fiction and nonfiction, my fascination with health and nutrition emerged around the
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Today I am compelled to write on the topic of self-compassion, following a particular session I had with a client who expressed anxiety about their health. Our work together has involved visiting their trauma; first by identifying emotions, and then locating them in the body. What can we do to
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