Donna Roy

LPC, CHT, Administrative and Clinic Director, M.E.T.A., LLC

DONNA ROY is a licensed professional counselor and certified Hakomi therapist and trainer. She has a private psychotherapy and supervision/consulting practice in Portland, Oregon, where she also administers and teaches in M.E.T.A. trainings, directs the M.E.T.A. Counseling Clinic, and guest presents in Portland State University’s Department of Counselor Education and other local organizations. She has special training in couples, marriage and family therapy, experiential dreamwork, and clinical supervision.

Donna comes to counseling with a rich international background. She lived and studied in Germany in college, was a Peace Corps volunteer in South Korea in the 1970s, and worked in Bangladesh with Save the Children as part of her master’s degree studies in intercultural administration. These experiences lead to her work with refugees on both the east and west coasts of the U.S., and to an intercultural communication consulting and training business. As an activist, she has always cared deeply about people and their gifts and about facilitating interpersonal understanding and intrapersonal awareness.

Selin Strait

LPC, M.E.T.A. Training Coordinator

Selin is a counselor, dancer and gardener living in Portland, OR. Inspired and committed by the people and work of M.E.T.A., she also works to coordinate M.E.T.A. trainings. Originally a social justice activist, waiting tables to pay the bills, she became inspired by the healing potential of our human capacity for embodiment and connection. She trained in Dance Movement Therapy and continues studies in Interpersonal Neurobiology and Attachment, which are the foundations of her work.

email: selin@meta-trainings.com

Jessica Montgomery

MSW, CHT, Certified Hakomi Teacher

Jessica Montgomery, MSW, CHT, is a counselor, teacher and facilitator with a fulltime practice in Portland, Oregon. A lifelong catalyst in the art of change, Jessica draws on 25 years of training in mindful, experiential counseling, interpersonal neurobiology, systems theory, movement and ritual arts, and attachment theory. As a mentor and coach, Jessica supports practitioners in developing greater awareness and mastery of professional intimacy in the therapeutic relationship. Jessica joined the M.E.T.A. faculty in 2010, and is the co-developer of the Attachment Module and Attachment for Couples for Hakomi of Oregon. She is a founding faculty member of the ground-breaking Master of Science in Integrative Mental Health program at the National College of Natural Medicine, and joined the faculty of the Pacific Center for Bodywork and Awareness on Kaua’I in 2016. A gifted communicator, Jessica is skilled at synthesizing key information across disciplines, inspiring a holistic and transformative approach to facilitating evolution at the mind-body interface.

Jessica may be reached at: (503) 449-4978 or by email:  jessica@meta-trainings.com

Nova Knutson

LMT, CHP, Certified Hakomi Teacher

Nova Knutson is the creator of M.E.T.A. Integrative Bodywork Training, an adaptation of M.E.T.A. theory and techniques for use in a bodywork context. Nova maintains a practice offering counseling through the body, a fusion of Hakomi and bodywork, as well as mindfulness-based massage, a bodywork system rooted in M.E.T.A. philosophy and skills. In 2006, Nova graduated from Portland’s first M.E.T.A./Hakomi Comprehensive Training and was certified in Hakomi in 2010. She received her BA from The Evergreen State College in 1991, graduating with a focus in fine and performing arts.

Nova may be reached at: (503) 358-5263 or by email:

nova@meta-trainings.com

Stephen Keeley

LPC

Stephen Keeley, LPC is a licensed professional counselor,  He has been in private practice since 2012, and worked as a counselor in several community addiction treatment centers in Portland for the previous decade.  He has been an adjunct faculty member in the Counseling program at Portland State University since 2010, and provides pre-licensure clinical supervision for interns in his private practice.

Stephen joined the META Counseling Clinic as a clinical supervisor in 2014 and provides individual and group supervision to clinic interns.  His supervision style is based on supporting and enhancing the supervisee’s strengths, fostering their stage-appropriate development, and encouraging thorough self-examination and personal process as a way of increasing effectiveness as a counselor.  He is passionate about providing clear and compassionate supervision, and embraces the multiple roles supervisors need to hold in order to support the selfhood and professionalism of each supervisee in each moment.

email: stephen@meta-trainings.com

Deah Baird

ND, MS, CHT

Deah Baird, ND, MS, CHT
503-515-5188
email: deahbaird@gmail.com

Anne-Marie Benjamin

LPC, CHT

Anne-Marie Benjamin is a licensed professional counselor and a certified Hakomi therapist.  She has been in private practice since 1998, and has been providing clinical supervision to registered state interns since 2008.

Anne-Marie joined the M.E.T.A. Counseling Clinic as an adjunct supervisor in 2011, providing group supervision monthly, as well as standing in as individual supervisor on an as need basis.  She is committed to facilitating the synthesis of mindful/experiential approaches with each intern’s individual counseling style, and skill level. Drawing from her years in the field, she enhances the quality of both client and intern experience through her clinical wisdom. She also responds mindfully to intern professional developmental needs in her direct supervision role. This clinical role is allied to her additional role as M.E.T.A.’s Alumni Coordinator in which she assesses and facilitates professional growth opportunities for M.E.T.A. Graduates.