Background

Western Medicine

Education:

• Bronson Methodist School of Nursing, graduate 1973
  
• Center for Training in Family Planning, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner, graduate 1977

Experience:
I began my nursing career in Critical Care. I worked as a nurse in ICU, CCU, Burn Units and Emergency Rooms. I also worked in hospital administration as a Nursing Supervisor. I then moved into Women's Health Care and worked as the Clinic Director of a Women's health care clinic. After completing my education as a Nurse Practitioner, I practiced as a primary health care provider within the Western Medicine paradigm for 14 years.

Holistic Health Care

Distinctions:

• Grandfathered into Registered Polarity Practitioner (RPP) status as one of the first to receive this distinction.
• Honored with the Certified Polarity Educator (CPE) title in 2004.

Education:

• Polarity Therapy: Seminars and classes with Pierre Pannetier, Jim Said, John Chitty, Nancy White and Marilyn Warzocha from 1980 -2005.
• Craniosacral Therapy: Study since 1981 with some of the foremost names in the field including Jim Mc Donald D.O., John Upledger D.O., Charles Lincoln D.O. (UK) and Peter Armitage D.O (UK).
• Lymphatic Drainage- Chickley Technique, 2001
• Herbal Medicine- 12 years of study with native healers and elders of the Mohawk and the Ojibwe peoples.
• Homeopathy-since 1981 classes and seminars through the National Center for Homeopathy, apprenticeship with Dennis Chernin MD.
• Myomassology-1983 graduate of the Irene Gauthier School of Massage, Southfield, MI.

Teaching Experience:

• Therapeutic Touch for Nurses, U of M (Flint)
  
• Advanced Craniosacral Therapy for the Cranial Base (APTA)
  
• Basic Craniosacral Therapy for Bodywork Practitioners (Ann Arbor)
  
• Homeopathy for Nurses ( Continuing Education, Southfield)
• Multiple lectures on Homeopathy to local and national audiences, 1988-2001

Publications

• Study Group Manual- 12 Week Course , Third Edition, National Center for Homeopathy, Alexandria,VA, 1998
• Cranial Base Release with Mechanical Assistance, ENERGY newsletter, APTA

Professional Affiliations

APTA- American Polarity Therapy Association
MHNA-Michigan Holistic Nurses' Association
ABC-American Botanical Society
Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce
NCH-National Center for Homeopathy
AWHONN-Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

© Marsha Traxler RN, RPP, CPE