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We are willing to travel anywhere in the nation and internationally.

Our main office is located in Northern California. We are immediately available to serve all major cities in the Bay area. These include San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, Sonoma, and San Jose.

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I was born, raised & embraced by the sensual, warm waters of Northern Florida while I was educated & matured in the eclectic ways of California thinking and being. I received my name, Stephanie Rainbow Lightning Elk Wadell, in a sun dance ceremony in 1995, and it was given to me in a vision. It should be noted that the SunDance was a vision SunDance and not a piercing SunDance, which is a path of healing through pleasure, as opposed to healing through pain.

Understanding the essence of your life force energy in terms of your health, relationship to your Self, Life, and others is my primary focus in my session work, either through counseling, therapeutic coaching, hypnosis, behavioral analyst work, or shamanic ceremonies that establish your connection to True reality, Nature. Sometimes, we may encounter your Shadow and then do deep healing work based on your beliefs conceptualized in early childhood development. In addition, I do Body Work to remove pain tapes stored within your muscle memory or cellular encoding if needed. I conduct my sessions according to your pace and comfort level.

I work with your five aspects of Self in solving your issues or concerns: Emotional, Physical, Mental, Spiritual, and Sexual. I have taught Spiritual Sexuality workshops, a Mystery School, and Medicine Wheel traditions. I am also a LightWorker, utilizing your Higher Self's impetus to manifest your Sacred Dream.

I understand the concerns that Veterans face upon returning home. I employ ancient self-healing methods and hands-on healing to help you regain total self-acceptance. I can clear past lives and ghosts that may continue to haunt you in your readjustment to a natural way of Life.

M.A., Counseling Psychology, University of San Francisco 1991
Certified Massage Therapist
Certified Shamanic Hypnotherapist
Former Sexual Surrogate Partner/Body Therapist
Workshop Leader - Sacred Spiritual Sexuality
Co-founder and Co-chief - of the 13th Moon Mystery Kivas of Sandpoint, Idaho
Founder, Guide, Elder, Leader - the 13 Healing Moons of the Great Turtle Mystery School - Canyon, Texas and Glen Ellen, California
Author - Contributor: Women of the Light, The New Sacred Prostitute, Spiritual Sexual Shamanism
Educator - Conferences, radio, television

Member:
The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)
American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT)
International Professional Surrogate Association (IPSA)
Bay Area Surrogate Association (BASA)

Killing Veterans with Dangerous PTSD Meds

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, and constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three psychiatric drugs, including a potent anti-psychotic called Seroquel.

Thousands of soldiers who have PTSD have received the same medication over the last nine years, helping to make Seroquel one of the Veteran Affairs Department's top drug expenditures and the No. 5 best-selling drug in the nation.

Several soldiers and veterans have died while taking the pills, raising concerns among some military families that the government is not upfront about the drug's risks. They want Congress to investigate.

In White's case, the nightmares persisted. So doctors recommended progressively larger doses of Seroquel. At one point, the 23-year-old Marine corporal was prescribed more than 1,600 milligrams per day - more than double the maximum dose recommended for schizophrenia patients.

A short time later, White died in his sleep.

"He was told if he had trouble sleeping he could take another (Seroquel) pill," said his father, Stan White, a retired high school principal.

An investigation by the Veterans Affairs Department concluded that White died from a rare drug interaction. He was also taking an antidepressant, an anti-anxiety pill, and a painkiller for which he did not have a prescription. Inspectors concluded he received the "standard of care" for his condition.

It's unclear how many soldiers have died while taking Seroquel or if the drug contributed to the deaths. White has confirmed at least a half-dozen deaths among soldiers on Seroquel, and he believes there may be many others.

Spending for Seroquel by the government's military medical systems has increased more than sevenfold since the start of the war in Afghanistan in 2001, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act. That outpaces the growth in personnel who have gone through the system in that time.

Seroquel is approved to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, but the Food and Drug Administration has not endorsed it as a treatment for insomnia. However, psychiatrists are permitted to prescribe approved drugs for other uses in a common practice known as "off-label" prescribing.

But the drug's potential side effects, including diabetes, weight gain, and uncontrollable muscle spasms, have resulted in thousands of lawsuits. While on Seroquel, White gained 40 pounds and experienced slurred speech, disorientation, and tremors - all known side effects.

Researchers at Vanderbilt University published a study suggesting a new risk: sudden heart failure.