Ian Shaw-Zak is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist working with the Child Therapy Institute in San Pablo. He has a Masters Degree in Holistic Counseling – Somatic from John F Kennedy University. He is also an ISMETA registered somatic movement therapist and educator specializing in early non-verbal learning and trained in the Hakomi Method of mindfulness-centered somatic psychotherapy. Lifelong movement training including qigong, yoga, dance, a BSc in kinesiology, and Dynamic Embodiment™ resulted in serving highly sensitive people with chronic pain and injuries until studying the body led to psychology. Ian’s work with children, families, and adults grounds creativity, play, and relationship with a focus on developing stability, self-regulation, and functional skills. Some topics of experience include affect regulation, body-mind connection, attachment, trauma, and self-image.