Claire D’Andrea, RN, CHTP, NC-BC, CCRC has over 48 years of nursing experience encompassing Integrative and Holistic Medicine, Intensive Care, Research, Maternal Child Health and Home Health. She earned certifications as an Integrative Nurse Coach from The International Nurse Coach Association, Certified Healing Touch Practitioner from Healing Beyond Borders, and Clinical Research Coordinator from The Association of Clinical Research Professionals. She is HeartMath trained though the HeartMath Institute. Claire is a member of The International Nurse Coach Association, The Holistic Nurses Association, Healing Beyond Borders, and The Association of Clinical Research Professionals. 

Claire’s educational background and years of diverse clinical nursing experience has led to a gratifying career in health care. Believing that health is more than the absence of disease, her passion is helping people explore the many facets of healing and the intricate connection of the mind, body and spirit in achieving a state of well-being and health. Her healing touch journey began after her own cardiac event in 1998. She began her personal healing in energy medicine with healing touch witch led her to study and practice to become a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner in 2008. In 2017 she became a Board Certified Holistic Nurse Coach.

In addition to her private practice she enjoys working with the team at Guarneri Integrative Health, Inc. at Pacific Pearl La Jolla as an Integrative Nurse Coach and Healing Touch provider. Previously, Claire worked full-time at Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, California for almost 15 years. She was the Supervisor of Patient Care at the center from 2004- 2017, managing a diverse clinical staff of health care professionals including Registered Nurses, Medical Assistants, Dietitians, Exercise Physiologists, Biofeedback Therapists, Acupuncturists, Healing Touch Practitioners and a Research Nurse. She had oversight of the clinical operations of the department including healing modalities classes and workshops, cardiac stress imaging studies, the Lifestyle change program, cardiac rehab and Enhanced External Counter Pulsation

Claire volunteers with two notable organizations. She is a Board Member of Miraglo Foundation and serves as Secretary. She also volunteers her time to support women living with heart disease for WomenHeart, a nonprofit with the mission to improve the health and quality of life of women living with or at risk of heart disease and advocate for their benefit.  She has been a spokesperson for WomenHeart since 2004 and has presented at many community events and for the California Society for Cardiac Rehab. She was a member of the WomenHeart Board of Directors from 2012 – 2017 and also served a term as Vice Chair of the Board. She trained at the  WomenHeart Science and Leadership symposium in 2004 and has been a WomenHeart Champion since then holding monthly support groups and ongoing public speaking.

First, what matters and how I can help - I believe in the your ability to heal and to create a life you love. I believe in the power of connection, touch, being real, stories, and creativity because these help us deal with whatever life might throw our way. I an a member of the Creative Process, Not Product, Fan Club and will sponsor your membership when you're ready to join, too. I understand childhood, or developmental, trauma, transition, the impact of sudden illness, and chronic illness from the inside out. I understand caregiving, and the effects of brain injury in loved ones. I promise to use all of my knowledge, expertise, and life experience during our time together.

Now my credentials...I am a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner in the Kansas City, MO area and have been ceritifed since March 2001. I have a master's degree in non-clinical health psychology and employ a foundational holistic, integrated approach to health and well-being. I am a certified Kaizen Muse Creativity Coach (CKMCC) which underlies my gentle approach to healing and creative processes. I am a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT) and teach tangling as a meditative, calming, fun process. I am certified for trauma informed care for trauma and addiction (CCTS-A).

I am married, have two adult children and two grandchildren, am a certified foster fail for rescued dogs and cats, and nurture a 111-year old historic house nestled in a small town with a Civil War battleground up around the corner. 

Call me if any of this sounds interesting or you want to talk.

A proactive seasoned nurse, health advocate and Certified Healing Touch Practitioner who looks holistically at clients to optimize their health journey. The Bio Mat and Aromatherapy augment a customized treatment to provide a warm, relaxing environment and deeply energetic healing experience. Call today!

Suzie earned a degree in Art History from Agnes Scott College. She then received her nursing degree from Emory Univeristy and is a seasoned holistic nurse. Her passion for health and wellness provides an innovative, practical approach that has helped hundreds of her patients. She expanded the domain of traditional nursing in Mississippi by Founding and Directing the Spa at St Dominic Hospital and the Sanctuary Body Spa. She recently Founded Integrative Medicine and Heath Practitioners of Mississippi, a group of like-minded  practitioners that meet once a month. She is an inspired teacher and Healing Touch practitioner that effectively integrates non-traditional viewpoints with scientific awareness that assists her patients in the self care of mind body soul connection. She is married with 4 grown children, 3 grandchildren and 3 dogs.

 I am an intuitive, compassionate, skilled, trauma-informed, caring, holistic nurse practitioner-healer-coach. I believe that each person has his/her/their own best wisdom, answers, and personal healing strengths, but may be challenged at times in accessing and/or trusting these personal attributes. I also embrace the tenets of Attitudinal Healing, (such as: "the essence of our being is love" and "inner peace is letting go of fear"); and  Mindfulness Compassion for self and others. I believe in the importance of a caring human connection, and in holding a safe and sacred  space for personal exploration and inner healing. I am proudly a certified advanced holistic nurse who embraces an integrative transpersonal trauma-informed nurse-healer-coaching practice. I love integrating a variety of healing tools/practices, such as Healing Touch, Reiki, Interactive Guided Imagery, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Positive Neuroplasticity, HeartMath, integrative somatic trauma therapy approches; and Family Systems Constellation Facilitation, etc, to help promote inner healing and well-being. In addition, it has been through my most difficult personal life challenges and life-threatening physical experiences, that I have gained my greatest insights and most profound personal and spiritual growth, which has benefited me by amplifying my empathic, resonant, and transpersonal connection with others. I now have a therapy office in Arcata, CA where I can do hands on HT, as well as remote or distant HT. I have included a photo.

In 2000, due to a health crisis I began to explore the path to healing.  Certified in Healing Touch, Energetic NLP, a Reiki Master/Teacher, Tai Chi/Qigong Instructor and Meditation Leader.  I learned skills and techniques to enable my own healing as well as how to assist others in their healing.  Through my position at the University of Arizona (1996-2016), I was able to share my love of healing and started a Healing Touch clinic on campus for students and faculty. I also developed and managed a two-year research project on the effects of Healing Touch on Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with post traumatic stress (PTS).   I taught Tai Chi/Qigong for the University of Arizona Employee Wellness Program and at the Tucson Veterans' Center. Currently, I have a private practice and teach healing methods.

As a certified Healing Touch Practitioner, my purpose is to be of service to clients that seek awareness of their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual selves. I do so by providing not only energy medicine but also information and tools to assist in balancing their physical, emotional, mental and spirital health and healing. I offer my clients compassion, encouragement, active listening and strength. I am a teacher and a channel for healing and Light. It is with great gratitude that I offer myself in service to this higher purpose.

• Member of the Torrance Memorial Medical Center's Graziadio Wellness Center Advisory Committee

• 15 Year Hospice Volunteer at Torrance Memorial Medical Center

• Community Speaker - Cancer Support Groups and Caregiver Classes

• Reiki Master

• Heart Touch Project Training: Certificate in Compassionate Touch

• Matrix Energetics - Levels 1 through 3

• Certified Consulting Hypnotist

• Energy Medicine Partnerships, INC - Levels 1 through 4

After experiencing her first Healing Touch session, Cathy was hooked. Wanting to spread the beauty of Healing Touch, she became Certified as a Healing Touch Practitioner and then Instructor. Cathy retired from a career in Accounting and opened her Healing Touch practice - Peace Within Healing Touch, L3C. She is a Reiki Master/Instructor and has studied Sacred Geometry. In addition to teaching Foundations of Healing Touch: Course 1, Cathy mentors Certification students and offers practice sessions for new students. She continues to work privately with clients - both in person and remotely, and volunteers as often as she can, providing complimentary sessions to those in need. As a member of Healing Beyond Borders, Cathy serves on the Marketing/Membership Committee and is a member of the Biofield Research Interest Group. She serves as a volunteer practitioner and the Board Treasurer for the Healing Touch Center in Farmington Hills, MI, and is a member of the American Holistic Nurses Association.

Cathy enjoys presenting Healing Touch information sessions to a variety of groups. These sessions include a mini chair session so that all in attendance can experience, firsthand, the beauty of Healing Touch.