Caroline Peterson, DC, PhD, MPH
My job is to be a good listener to you and your body and the story you tell. Your story has many layers. Some are captured in your mind and are the stories of how you make sense of the world and your lived experience in a body in the world. Some stories are captured in your physical body, your emotional body, or your energy body. You may have a strong or weak experience with each of these stories held in all the different bodies you live in. You and your body are the storytellers. I am the listener helping to make sense of how all these stories come together in a way that will invite you to dance into your next phase of life.
To be a good listener I draw from my training in chiropractic, anthropology, epidemiology, midwifery, functional medicine, functional neurology, and vitalistic medicine. I spent decades of my clinical and research experience focusing on fertility, pregnancy, and birth. Now I finally realize my highest calling is to be a midwife to the soul. That means to support you in the birthing of your most authentic expression of self.
To do this, to hold space for you, to support you on your journey we weave between the physical body, the emotional body, the energy body, and the mental body until the illusion is cast away and you emerge completely in yourself.
This is not religion. But it is spiritual.
This is not the end. But the beginning.
My Academic Training:
1984-1989 BA Anthropology. The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA
1991-1994 DC Doctor of Chiropractic. Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Whittier CA
1996-2008 MPA Epidemiology. University of South Florida, Tampa FL
1996-2008 PhD Applied Anthropology. University of South Florida, Tampa FL
2007-2008 CPM Direct Entry Midwife. Maternidad La Luz, El Paso TX
2008 – 2011 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Complementary & Alternative Medicine. Oregon Health & Sciences University Departments of Neurology and Obstetrics/Gynecology, Portland OR
2011-2012 Post-Graduate Midwifery Fellowship. Alma Midwifery, Portland OR
Techniques Practiced
Activator
Applied Kinesiology
Arvigo Maya Abdominal Therapy
Barral Visceral Manipulation
Cox Technique
Craniosacral Therapy
Chikly Lymphatic Drainage
Diversified Chiropractic
Functional Medicine
Functional Neurology
Herman Wallace Pelvic Care
Holistic Pelvic Care
Neuroemotional Technique
Rhythmic Movement Therapy
Sacral Occipital Technique
Thompson Technique
Fieldwork
1989 Bush Medicine & Superstition St. Eustacius Netherland Antilles
1990-1994 Bonesetters, Midwives, Informal Healthcare System. Nicaragua
2000 American Indian Church Peyote Gathering, Texas
2002 Union Vegetal Ayahuasca Church, Bahia Brazil
