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Our Faculty and Staff
Elizabeth Anne Grubb, CMT, NCTMB, BA, is the
president, shepardess/director, and inspirational
breath and founder of Health Options Institute. She
has been teaching various classes in massage and
holistic health since 1983. She currently teaches
Deep Muscle Massage, Nutrition and Herbs, Claiming
Your Ground, and Circles of Life.
Elizabeth
is also a dynamic public speaker and facilitator for
women seeking self development. Her main topics are
"From Sub-Clinical Anorexia to Innate Fearless
Eating", and "The Empowered Woman: "Manifesting Your
Career Dreams!"
Her
bodywork training includes: Shiatsu with Laila Wah,
Anatomy & Physiology, Neuromuscular Therapy with
Paul St. John, Reiki I and II with Reverend Beth
Gray and Reiki I, II, and III with Reverend Susan
Gideonse, Polarity with the Kripalu Center,
Reflexology with the International Institute of
Reflexology, Sports Massage with Rich Phaigh,
Cranial Sacral Therapy with Colorado Cranial
Institute and with Merry Witty, Wetzig Coordination
Patterns, Body Electronics with John Ray and Robert
Stevens, Hanna Somatics with Carol Welsh-Baril, Nuat
Thai® with Kat Bartel, Touch for Health at the
Center for Human Integration, Hot Stone Massage with
Lisa Helbig and Randy Christman, Stretch Rehab, and
Twining Structural Balancing. She is a Nationally
Certified Massage Therapist.
Her
holistic health training includes Nutrition with the
Wild Rose College of Natural Healing, the Perfect
Health Foundation, John Ray and Dr. Donsbach; and
Functional Nutrition with Steve Chagnon. Her
Herbology training was through the Wild Rose College
and Evelyn Snook; Wild Foods with Evelyn Snook, and
Deborah and Steve Hoog; Flower Essences with
Jennifer Tucker; Iridology with the Wild Rose
College, John Ray and Robert Stevens; and Homeopathy
with the Himalayan Institute and Robin Murphy.
Elizabeth
has over 4000 hours of training and experience doing
Dorothy Espiau's Circles of Life, Solutions,
Interventions and Alternatives which are the main
modalities she currently practices. Her additional
counseling and mind/body training include Gestalt
Therapy with Ute Arnold, Boundary Setting and
Healing from the Core with Suzanne Scurlock-Durana,
Continuum with Susan Harper and Emilie Conrad, Voice
Dialogue with Hal Stone and Sidra Winkleman, and the
Forum with Landmark Education. She earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Psychology
from Temple University in 1979, where she graduated
Summa Cum Laude, third in her class of 3,000.
Caroline Bayard, REV, LLC, DNT, CA, CR, CNHP, AHSP,
who is the main instructor for
Reflexology, has lectured, taught seminars and
assisted people in their healing work and growth
throughout the United States, the Virgin Islands,
Canada, Mexico, and Europe since 1969. She has
extensive training in numerous alternative healing
modalities. As the director and founder of the
Northeast Holistic Center in New Jersey, Caroline
has developed 3 extensive Reflexology Certification
Programs ranging from 125 hours to 643 Hour Program hours. She
is an Ordained Minister.
Donna
Booke, EMT, who teaches CPR and AED, is an
Emergency Medical Technician who has been teaching
First Aid and CPR for adults, children, and infants
since 1994.
Randall
Christman, CMT, who teaches Hot Stone Massage,
specializes in using massage, hot stones, and energy
work to bring peace and balance to the body, mind,
and spirit. He has been practicing since 1990. He
is a graduate of the Florida School of Massage with
over 1000 hours of certified training. He
additionally has 350 hours of massage teacher
training at the Arizona School of Integrated Studies
in Sedona. Since 1993, Randall moved to Sedona and
has worked at noted resorts and healing spas, giving
over 2000 massages and another 643 Hour Program hot stone
massage. He has worked with many well known
healers, shamans, and mystics in the southwest and
also Brazil.
Cheryl
Dietrich, A.A.S., is the Office Manager
and an Admissions Recruiter. She updates our
promotional literature, course notes, and website.
She also provides information about classes to
potential students and personalizes individual class
schedules. She is also in charge of financial
assistance with Sallie Mae loans, OVR, and the
Veteran's Administration.
Diane
Majka Grandstrom, RN, BSN, CCRN, who
teaches Aromatherapy, is a Critical Care RN who has
published and spoken extensively on health issues,
including producing and moderating ''Your Health
Today,'' a local cable TV talk show for five years.
Her personal quest for softer environments in
Intensive Care Units led her to coordinate an
enormously successful Holistic Health Awareness Fair
and ultimately Aromatherapy! She has developed her
own line of essential oil products and opened her
own Aromatherapy business in Reading in 1994, to
promote public awareness of the joyful art and
science of Aromatherapy. In 2001 Diane
serendipitously provided aromatherapy to One Police
Plaza, one week after the World Trade Center
tragedy. Her soul soothing scents for cancer
patients were featured in the February 2003
Prevention Magazine.
Jason-Cristofe
Marcello, REV, A.H.S.P., who acts as both a main
and assistant instructor for Reflexology, has
lectured, taught seminars and assisted people in
their healing work and growth throughout the United
States, the Virgin Islands, and Western Europe since
1978. He possesses extensive education including a
400 hour certification in Clinical Reflexology from
the Northeast Holistic Center. He is an Ordained
Minister. He has been teaching reflexology since
1995.
Tania
Horne, CMT, NCTMB, teaches Deep Muscle Massage,
Anatomy & Physiology: Level I, and Cancer Massage.
She is a graduate of the Massage Therapy Program at
Health Options Institute, a nationally certified
massage therapist, and a member of the ABMP.
Additionally, she is certified in Healing Touch, Hot
Stone Massage, Lomi Lomi Massage, Lymphatic Drainage
Massage, and Cancer/Mastectomy/Hospice/Terminal
Illness Bodywork. She has worked in several
settings over the years, including in a medical
massage center, a chiropractic center, and in a spa
resort. Currently she works as the head massage
therapist at the Deerfield Spa and in her own
private practice. She specializes in cancer massage.
Grace
M. Kelley, M.Ed., NCC, who teaches Polarity,
holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling and
certifications as a Polarity Wellness
Educator/Practitioner. She has 16 years of
professional training and experience providing
counseling services. She has incorporated Polarity
in her professional work for the past 10 years.
Patricia Morrison, CMT, LLCC, who teaches Sports
Massage: American/European and Russian/American,
Lymphatic Drainage Therapy, and Lypossage and who
assistant teaches Orthopedic Neuromuscular Therapy,
has been practicing extensively since 1992, and is a
member of the ABMP. She has an RN degree from
Northampton County Community College and is a
graduate of the Massage Therapy Program at Health
Options Institute. She is a Five Star Trainer /
Practitioner of Lypossage. Additionally, she has
advanced certifications in Lymphatic Drainage
Therapy and has continuing education in Orthopedic
Massage (sports related) from Omeri, Wetzig
Coordination Patterns, Cranial Sacral Therapy,
Medical Setting Massage, Sports Massage, Feldenkrais,
Lymphatic Lymphedema Complex Decongestive
Physiotherapy, Visceral Manipulation, Zero Balancing
and Circles of Life. She has worked with several
area chiropractors, biofeedback psychologists,
medical doctors, and in salons, as well as in her
own very successful private practice. She
specializes in Lypossage (body contouring massage)
and in helping pre and post operative patients of
cancer surgery and plastic surgery recuperate using
Lymphatic Drainage Therapy.
Jennifer Petrilla, CMT, who supervises
our student clinic, is the assistant manager for
Laurel Spa at Pocono Manor and supervises a staff of
29 massage therapists. She is in charge of hiring
and training the massage therapists who work for the
spa. Additionally, she also performs massage and
body treatments at the spa. She is a graduate of the
Massage Therapy Program at Health Options Institute
and has additional education in Hot Stone Massage.
She is a member of the ABMP.
Nancy
M. Porambo, LMT, NCTMB, BA, MS, CNMT, who
teaches Professional Practice Concepts, Client
Communication Skills, and Spa Basics, has operated a
successful Neuromuscular Therapy practice in Jim
Thorpe, Pennsylvania since 1990. She holds a degree
in business management and has authored the practice
building book Professional Practice Concepts,
which she incorporates into her business/ethics
class. She has a Master's degree in Clinical Health
Psychology from the Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine. She was recently honored with
the "Teacher of the Year" award from Lehigh Carbon
Community College, where she teaches psychology to
honor students receiving college credits while still
attending high school. She is currently the
president of the American Massage Therapy
Association, PA chapter, and is quite active on the
Pennsylvania massage licensure committee. Her
extensive experience coupled with formal training
serves to guide the therapist toward the development
of a successful career in massage therapy.
Michelle Radcliffe, CMT, NCTMB, who
teaches Orthopedic Neuromuscular Therapy, is a
Nationally Certified Massage Therapist and a member
of the American Massage Therapy Association. She is
a graduate of the Somerset School of Massage Therapy
with Neuromuscular Therapy Certification (Janet
Travell's Method). She also completed a two year
Fitness specialist Certificate program at the
Raritan Valley Community College. She has been
specializing in Neuromuscular Therapy in her own
private practice in Bethlehem Township, Pa. since
2000. She has additional training in advanced
myofascial massage, medical massage, pain
management, sports massage, lymph drainage massage,
facial massage, hot stone massage, and raindrop
therapy.
Karen
Reifinger, REV, RM, SP, CMT, who teaches
Lomi-Lomi Temple Style Bodywork, spent many
years of private study and practice in the healing
arts, and then pursued and received her
certification in Integrated Bodywork in 2000 in
Pennsylvania. She is a certified practitioner and
instructor of Lomi Lomi: Hawaiian Temple
Bodywork, and a certified practitioner of
Kahuna Lapa'au and Huna Mua.
Karen promotes self-empowerment and self healing
using an eclectic blend of traditional modalities
and practices of world culture. She continues to
deepen her education in traditional Hawaiian healing
through training and travel in the Hawaiian Islands.
Her unique teaching style inspires students to
embrace their full potential for transformation and
profound growth.
Jason
Rinker, LAc., BS, MA, who teaches Shiatsu, is a
licensed Acupuncturist who received his Bachelors of
Science from Bastyr University and his Masters in
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine from
Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental
Medicine in Seattle, WA. He has been licensed with
the PA state board of Medicine since 1999. He has
lived and studied in Shanghai China at Shugan
Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He also
practices Vipassana meditation and viyasa yoga. His
passion for the synthesis of Modern day medicine and
Traditional therapies has spanned over 15 years.
Linda
Rose, CMT, who teaches Seated Chair Massage,
provides weekly on site corporate massage at Agere
Systems and Air Products. She has done contract on
site chair massage for companies such as: GMAC,
Brown Daub, and Sterner Insurance. Additionally,
she has a private practice in the Allentown area.
To her teaching she brings a degree in Business
Economics and a strong sales background so she can
give strong pointers to students as to how to get
them contracted with a corporation. Additionally,
Linda’s academic background includes extensive
studies in Shiatsu as well as Deep Muscle Massage,
Anatomy and Physiology, and Neuromuscular Therapy.
Kim
Santos, CMT, who is a main instructor and an
assistant instructor for Deep Muscle Massage and who
supervises the student clinic, is a graduate of the
Institute's Massage Therapy Program and Secretary
for the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the AMTA.
Additionally she has training in Medical Massage,
Hot Stone Massage, and Cancer, HIV, AIDS Massage.
She has experience working in the following
settings: gym, chiropractic, nursing home, salon and
spa, and in her own successful private practice.
Dr.
Richard V. Simeone, DC, CCSP, DACBR, who teaches
Practice Procedures and Policies, has been in
private practice since 1983. He is a graduate of New
York Chiropractic College. He is a Certified
Chiropractic Sports Physician and is a Diplomat in
Rehabilitation and Disability and Impairment
Ratings. He has extensive training in Low Speed Rear
Impact Collisions and is a Collision Reconstruction
Consultant. He has been an expert witness in
automobile and worker's compensation injuries for
many years. He has over the years incorporated
Massage Therapists in the treatment of
musculoskeletal injuries as part of his clinical
practice. He has developed this course in response
to a need he has observed in his office when
interviewing and training Massage Therapists. He is
presently a member of the Health Options Institute
advisory board.
Dr.
Robert F. Swift Jr., DC, BA, BS, MA, who teaches
Anatomy & Physiology Levels I & II, and Iridology,
holds degrees in Biology, Psychology, Philosophy,
and Chiropractic, is a professional bodybuilding
trainer, and musician incorporating
Music-Sound-Vibration work into his holistic
chiropractic practice. He began professionally in
1982 by training partially limbed gym personnel whom
no one else could help. These included Vietnam
veterans who needed on the spot assessment of
limitations, deciphering true mechanical challenges
from both perceived physical limits and
psychological/emotional limits, and impromptu use of
available materials for strapping, supporting, and
stabilizing limbs or trunk in order to use existing
equipment. This “thinking beyond mere protocol”
approach is evident in every course, workshop, and
lecture he does. Some of his teachers include Dr.
Bernard Jensen (Iridology), Dr. Robert Thompson
(Herbology), William Wolcott (Metabolic Typing
Nutrition), Gurucharan Sing Kalsa (Kundalini Yoga &
AK), Fr. Thomas Berry (History of World Religions
and the Ecosphere), and Jonathan Goldman (Vocal
Toning/Harmonics). He has been practicing holistic
health since 1975 and using Iridology since 1978.
Mora
Vivona, REV, who is an assistant
instructor for Reflexology, is director of the
HIV/AIDS Programs and Complementary Alternative
Medicine Therapies for the Northeast Holistic
Center. She possesses extensive education including
a 400 hour certification in Clinical Reflexology
from the Northeast Holistic Center. She is an
ordained minister and has been teaching both
reflexology and holistic health since 2000.
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