Lanie Bergin, M.Ed, Registered Somatic Therapist and Educator. Lanie is the founder and visionary of EAIO. She is the Program Director and Master Teacher for the advanced programs. She also offers on-going supervision for academic students who are studying expressive arts therapy. Lanie is on the Board of Directors for Expressive Arts Institute of Oregon.
Laura Paradise is a certified life coach, longtime Authentic Movement practitioner and graduate of Tamalpa Institute Levels 1 and 2. In her coaching practice, Laura focuses on career and business development with particular attention to self-promotion skills. Laura has developed a unique coaching methodology that integrates movement, art, and voice.
Donna Otter, MA, REAT, is a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist who received her Master’s training from the Expressive Arts Institute of San Diego and the European Graduate School. A lifelong artist and writer, she is active in the Portland storytelling circuit and loves sharing the power of art-making with others to increase life’s meaning, fulfillment, and enjoyment. Donna is the lead expressive arts therapist for the students enrolled in Expressive Arts Oregon. Donna has served on the Board of Directors for Expressive Arts Institute of Oregon, Nonprofit School of Expressive Arts.
Holly Mae Haddock is honored to teach Music Therapy, Therapeutic Relationships in Expressive Arts, and to provide Group Supervision for graduate students of the Expressive Arts Institute of Oregon. Holly Mae earned her MA in Counseling Psychology and Expressive Arts Therapy from California Institute of Integral Studies in 2007. She’s used the Expressive Arts to work therapeutically with dual diagnosis, incarcerated youth, in residential addictions treatment, and in community-based programs for transient children and their families. Currently working as a private counselor and coach, Holly Mae specializes in supporting people from all walks of life to develop channels of resilience, joy and meaning through accessing the deep, wild creativity that dwells inside us all.
Emma Sullivan Uebele, holds an MA in Expressive Arts for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding from the European Graduate School. She has a multifaceted practice which includes coaching clients through expressive arts, facilitating group processes, and offering trauma competency consulting for organizations and government entities. Emma’s work focuses on the impact of trauma, whether experienced directly or vicariously, leaning into embodiment and the arts as tools for restoration and healing.
Tom McLaren, Creative Operations Officer for BLA. He is a photographer/videographer (Environmental Grace Productions), writer and musician. He facilitates Expressive Arts workshops in music, photography and writing. Tom is on the Board of Directors for Expressive Arts Institute of Oregon.
