I am an ally, resource and support for those who choose to take steps toward optimal health, healing and wholeness of wellbeing. I am certified in Healing Touch, a Holistic Health Practitioner, Holistic Life Coach, Aroma therapy and Mind, Body, Fitness.

As a retired RDA, EF & PT (Retired Dental Assistant with Expanded Functions & Pharmaceutical Technician) of 27+years. Yvonne began her journey as a recipient of Healing Touch as a patient of Scripps La Jolla, CA; in October of 2001. I was fortunate to have my nurse on duty give me a pre and post operative treatment of Healing Touch while in the hospital for a cervical anterior discectomy. This extraordinary therapy changed my life.

I became a Certified Healing Touch Practioner in January of 2016. Volunteering at Scripps La Jolla, Rady Children's Hospital, Scripps Chula Vista, Sharp Chula Vista, Sharp Hospice and Val Jean Zieber's Healing Touch Clinic in Chula Vista, CA. While on this journey of study through Healing Beyond Borders; I became a helper and coordinator for both Foundations of Healing Touch Course 1 and Energetic Patterning and Clinical Applications Course 2 in Chula Vista, CA. I also give back to our community as a Co-Mentor for those who are working toward their certifications.    

I believe that all healing is self-healing, and I am being guided to self-empower people to embody the highest possible state that they can attain and enjoy.  As a trauma nurse I have had the opportunity to assist idividuals to move through their traumas and shift to a more whole state of balance promoting wellness.

I have been providing HT as an HT student since 2015, primarily at the Free First Saturday Clinic I established at the Manchester VAMC along with other alternative providers.  As this clinic was unavailable to Veterans, community members and other stakeholders during the pandemic, I recently obtained my certification (CHTP) to continue doing the work both in person and through distance healing in my private practice.  My experience is with adults, especially those impacted by PTSD, SUD and MST.  In 2016, I was certified as an RxRelax yoga teacher, volunteering to bring the experience of seated yoga practice to persons with cancer at various NH clinics and Manchester VAMC nursing home residents.

I was fortunate to have Kathleen Scacciaferro MSN, CHTI as my mentor and instructor, as well as our student group from the University of Vermont, from which I learned so much.