The Longer Version
Karey has a PhD in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her doctoral work, in 2006, was a groundbreaking website on the archetypal aspects of play, www.cosmicplay.net [currently being updated] based on the work of her dissertation chair Stanislav Grof, MD, one of the founders and chief theoreticians of Transpersonal Psychology. She attended the University of Colorado where she received a BS in Finance, with a minor in Economics along with her law degree, and is licensed to practice in both Illinois and California.
Karey has been a student of change and transformation since the early 1990s. She has worked in the US and Europe as both a trainer and consultant, working with Fortune 100 companies in the area of leadership development. Over the years, Karey has worked with and for leaders in the field of transformation, including Anthony Robbins, Deepak Chopra and transformative educators: Feminine Power Creator Claire Zammit and Conscious Uncoupling creator Katherine Woodward Thomas [She also did background research for them as well]. Karey has also assisted others in designing curriculum and creating coaching programs and online courses.
Karey has a passion for helping people to reach their goals and for unleashing their creativity. Brain based coaching has allowed her to take her skills to new heights--both personally and professionally. Karey holds coaching certifications from two International Coach Federation Accredited Coach Training Programs: The College of Executive Coaching as a Professional Coach and Neuroleadership Group as a Results Professional Certified Coach, and has her ICF PCC credential.
Karey is also a Tiny Habits coach, helping people to change more simply, easily, and quickly, by working with the habit and reward systems of the brain. Karey's clients create the changes they want, while having fun in the process!
Not content to linger at the surface of things, Karey has continued her study of Neuroscience with a Certificate in the Foundations of Neuroscience and an Executive Masters in Neuroleadership with distinction from the Neuroleadership Institute. Her thesis, entitled There's Something about Disneyland applied neuroscience principles to the Happiest Place on Earth.
She is the author of Annie Sullivan and the Creation of Consciousness: A Cinematic Tour of the Archetypal Field of Transformation, and is currently completing a book on Disney's Mary Poppins and the Transformational Power of Play, and turning her Neuroleadership thesis into a book.
A lifelong learner, Karey is also an adjunct faculty member at Antioch University in Los Angeles, and Reiss-Davis Institute Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she teaches dissertation development and Qualitative Research methods. She is also a Certified Archetypal Pattern Analyst and an NLP trainer.
For over a decade, Karey served as an officer on the board of the Association for Holotropic Breathwork, a powerful transformational process, where she chaired the Community Support Committee. She is also a certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator. Karey spearheaded that organization's transition encompass the larger vision and work of the Grofs, creating the Stanislav and Christina Grof Foundation.