Joanne O'Neil

Joanne O’Neil, M.A., has been a practicing psychotherapist since 1987, integrating dynamic psychotherapy, transpersonal vision, insight dialogue, contemplative practices, and western herbalism in a uniquely holistic approach to emotional wellness. A versatile and creative psychotherapist, Joanne was certified in Psychosynthesis in 1983-86. She taught an Introduction to Psychosynthesis to Counselor trainees at University College Cork, in Cork Ireland, in 1995 and 2000. Having begun her formal herbal training in 1993, she continues to practice and study with the leading teachers of the day. She earned a master's degree in Healing Arts from Goddard College in 1998. She has had extensive training in Spiritual Psychology with Dr. Tom Yeomans at the Concord Institute, Grief, Bereavement and Hospice work, CBT, Mindfulness, Meditation, Gestalt therapy, Psychodrama techniques, trauma and recovery work, and many energy medicine techniques, including being a Reiki II practitioner.

A long time yoga student and meditator, Joanne teaches her interested clients deep breathing and other forms of meditation as healing modalities. Her extensive studies of the ancient wisdom traditions and the energetics of subtle anatomy, guide and inform her deep listening skills. Her collaboration and study with many contemporary talented and original thinkers serves as a foundation for her work with people of all ages and backgrounds. Joanne has held numerous clinical and leadership positions in the human services. These professional experiences in the mental health field afford her a broad, multifaceted perspective in her work.

A perennial student, she has studied with many respected herbal teachers through the years. Her passion for plant medicine and the healing properties available in all aspects of the natural world, shape and guide her work with clients. Joanne began a small wholesale, organic herbal tea business, Moonrise Medicinals-in 1998. She delights in knowing the larger public is quietly discovering the delicious and healing properties of plant medicines through her handcrafted tea blends, one teapot at a time.

In her quiet time Joanne loves music, singing and the arts, wandering in woods and fields, by oceans and rivers, purple-thumb gardening, traveling, the art of puttering, swimming, reading voluminously, and writing. She is the author of: The Art of Presence: One Path Toward Peace, published in 2010.

Joanne’s experiences as a holistic health care practitioner of the Wise Woman Tradition, a long time social justice advocate--particularly related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the increasing poverty in our country, a mother, a professional in the mental health field, a champion of children and adolescents and their care, have convinced her of the importance of ministering to the whole person with deep presence and reverence.

Visit Joanne at her website:

https://www.themoonrisesanctuary.com