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Contact
Kelly Bryson M.A., MFT
3614 Porter Gulch Rd.,
Aptos, Ca. 95003
Telephone: (831)
462-EARS (3277)
email: kelly@LanguageOfCompassion.com
Click here for a Google map and directions to Shangri La
Directions to Shangri La w/kelly bryson
From Hwy 17
17 into Santa Cruz
Take 1 south (toward Watsonville)
Go about 5 exits
Pass Bay Porter
Get off on Park Ave.
At bottom of ramp go left.
Thru to second stop light at Soquel Dr.
Go Right on Soquel about 3 blocks and on the
left you will see Temple Beth El (and Cabrillo College just ahead)
get into the left lane and turn left on Porter Gulch Rd.
Go exactly .5 miles (30 yards past green street sign that says
Hudson St.) and see mailbox with red cat on it and the number is
3614 Porter Gulch and turn right over the Bamboo Bridge into
Shangri La. Car Pool if possible. Park and follow lites to workshop
space or go to log cabin to find kelly.
Academic Education
Academic Education
University of Florida – B.A. in Psychology
University of West Georgia – M.A. in Humanistic Psychology
University of Humanistic Studies, Del Mar, CA – Study of Family Systems TheoryUnited States International University, San Diego – Doctoral Program in Marriage, Family & Child Therapy
Present Position
Director of The Center for Compassion a Non Profit community organization
providing education in Compassionate Nonviolent Communication(sm) to
organizations and individuals, conflict resolution locally and internationally
and therapist in private practice treating individuals, couples, and families.
Certified Trainer for The International Center for Nonviolent Communication(tm),
Teacher at Celebrations of
Love, adjunct faculty for Prescott College, cofounder of Nonviolent
Communication Santa Cruz
Work Experiences
1972 – 1976 The Drug Project, Gainesville, Fla.
Group and Individual Counselor
1976 – 1982 Sunland Center, Gainesville, Fla.
Therapist/Teacher/Trainer
1982 – 1984 Restaurant Manager, Orlando, Fla.
1985 – 1987 Family Resource Center, Newnan, Ga.
Cofounder/Counselor
1987 – 1991 New Alternatives, San Diego, Ca.
Adolescent and Family Therapist/Social Worker
1991 – 1992 House of Hope (Part Time) San Diego, Ca.
Adolescent Offenders Counselor
1991 – Present Therapist in Private Practice Certified trainter for the International Center for Nonviolent Communication and Director of The Center for Compassion
1993 – Present Body Mind College, School of Healing Arts, & Healing Hands
School
1994 – Present Palomar College, Teacher
1994 – Present University of California Long Beach, Graduate Level Teacher
Certification, Licenses, Associations
Marriage, Family and Child Counselor License by the Board of Behavioral
Science Examiners of the State of California. License # MFC28270
Authorized Trainer – International Center for Nonviolent Communication for 20
years
Psi Chi – The National Honor Society in Psychology At United States
International University
California Community College Instructor Credential – Full Instructor in
Psychology (Valid for Life) # 17622
Publications
Book: “Don’t be Nice, Be Real – Balancing Passion for Self with Compassion for Others. Cover Text: A Handbook to compassionate communication” by Kelly Bryson MFT. – Selected by Barnes & Noble for front table placement and promotion.
Book: The Marriage of Sex and Spirit an anthology co-authored by Kelly Bryson MFT and
Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, John Gray, Scott Peck, John Bradshaw, Gay Hendricks, Harriet Lerner, Wayne Dyer, Thich Nhat Hanh, Riane Eisler, Barbara Marx Hubbard
Elle Magazine Jan. 2003 – Feature article entitled “Mad for Each Other”
Shape Magazine – May 2005 Issue Feature article: “What’s Your Honesty
Policy?”
Cover Story & Picture – The Light Connection Dec. 2002
Book: “The Places you could go, If you weren’t Afraid of NO!”
Book: “Rumi-nations”
Special Trainings
E. Stanley Jones, Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi’s concierge and friend
- He was a friend of the family who stayed with us, inspired Kelly to begin studying Nonviolence, and spoke at our high school auditorium.
Virginia Satir – A 3 month training in “Healing Relationships through Conscious Change” in a Doctoral Program at United States International University.
Dr. Scott Peck – Foundations of Community Encouragement
Elizabeth Kubler Ross – Treatment of the “Terminally Ill”
John Bradshaw – Treatment of Chemical Dependence, Codependency, Depression, Abandonment, Shame, and Healthy Communication in the Family
Rollo May – (Author of “Love and Will”) *Creativity
Dr. Marshall Rosenberg – (Director of the International Center for Nonviolent Communication(sm)) Extensive training across the U.S. and internationally
in Conflict Resolution and the Model for Nonviolent Communication over the past 20 years.
Rep. John Vasconcellos – The Politics of the Mental Health Field
Ram Dass – (Author of “Be Here Now”) Eastern Philosophy and the psychology of compassion.
Gerald G. Jampolsky M.D.- (Author of “Goodbye to Guilt” and Director of the Centers for Attitudinal Healing) Treatment of excessive anger, guilt or fear.
Jean Houston & Jack Canfield – Developing Human Potential
Dr. Albert Ellis – Rational Emotive Therapy
Marianne Williamson – Creating a Department of Peace in our Government
Tony Robbins – Sustaining Motivation
Rev. Dr. Mathew Fox – Creation Spirituality, A Spirituality Called Compassion, Spiritual Community Building
Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, ScD. Captain USN – Noetic Sciences in understanding consciousness
Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith – The Science of Mind
Dr. Warren Farrell – Men’s Issues and Empowerment
Lynn Twist – The Soul of Money, Fundraising From the Heart
Barbara Marx Hubbard – Conscious Evolution
Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey – Creating Your Field of Dreams
Yolanda King – Embracing Power
Tenzin Choegyal Brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet – Compassion
Gordon Davidson & Corrine McLaughlin – Visionary Leadership & Community Building
Elisabeth Sahtouris, Ph.D. – Gaia – Living Systems in Evolution
James O’Dea, President of Noetic Sciences, – Spirit of Human Rights and Compassion And Social Healing Dialogues.
Joseph Chilton Pearce – Crack in the Cosmic Egg – Child Development
Peter Russell – The Global Brain – Integrating Eastern and Western understandings of the mind.
Brian Swimme, Ph.D. – The Epic of the Universe – Living as a Unified Energy.
George Zimmer, CEO of The Men’s Warehouse – Spiritual Corporate Culture
Michael Toms co-founder of New Dimensions Radio – Deep Democracy
Jason Crow founder of The Cello Cries On – Uniting Youth for
Human Rights
John Haglin – Natural Law Party Presidential Candidate – The Quantum Physics of Higher Consciousness
Stan Dale, Founder of the Human Awareness Institute, (Voice of the Lone Ranger) – Intimacy and Spiritual Dimensions of Sexuality
David Whyte – Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America
Azim Khamisa – A Father’s Journey from Murder to Forgiveness
Bill McDonough, FAIA Presidential Award Winner for Sustainable Development- Designing the next Industrial Revolution
A partial list of organizations for which we have provided training and presentations
Conventions
Speaker at the Association for Global New Thought Conference (With
Marianne Williamson, Jean Houston, etc) (AGNT) – Keynote Speaker for the
California Peace Summit in Salina – Keynote Speaker for National Montessori Convention
Invited by National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral
Medicine (NICABM)to speak at annual conference 2006 – Adult Children of Alcoholics – International
Earth Stewards Multiracial Americans of Southern California – National
Conference of Christians and Jews Green Circle – Codependents Anonymous -
National Image Conference – Women’s Opportunity Week – San Diego Co. Human
Resources Exchange – Wholistic Nurses Assn.- Keynote Speaker for the Loving More
Convention – New Living Expo, San Francisco, Keynote Speaker for INCAF,
International Network for Children and Families,
Hospitals & Health Services
Kelly has been teaching a course on Communication for Wellness with Eisendorf,
Bruce R, MD – Santa Cruz Medical Clinic, San Diego Aids Foundation – Mission Bay Hospital – V.A. Hospital – Paradise
Valley Hospitals Mother’s Drug Treatment Program – Mesa Vista Hospital’s PARTS
Program (Parents & Adolescents Recovering Together Successfully) – Radar
Institute of Sharp Cabrillo Hospital – San Diego Dept. of Health Services Staff
Development & Training – Clairemont Neighborhood Recovery Center – Mid Coast
Recovery Center in Pacific Beach, Ca. – New Alternatives – Parents without Partners – Center for Wellness, La Mesa – San
Diego Center for Children in Imperial Beach – Escondido Serenity House – Above
the Line, Santa Cruz
Schools
University of Belgrade (in Ex-Yugoslavia) Psychology Department – Secondary
Education of the Republic of Croatia – Graduate level teaching at California
State University, Long Beach – Palomar College – Fairbanks Country Day Montessori
School – Orange Glen Elementary – Body/Mind College in Sorrento Valley -
University of Professional Studies – San Diego State University’s Intersection
House – San Diego City College Students for Conflict Resolution – Grossmont
College – Healing Hands School of Holistic
Health – School of Healing Arts – Palm Springs Elementary School – Prescott
College (on adjunct faculty) – Orchard School, Aptos, Ca., Pacific Collegiate
School, Santa Cruz.
Churches
The Episcopal Clericus (60 Episcopal Priests of San Diego County) – First
United Methodist in Mission Valley – St. James Episcopal in La Jolla – Mission
Hills United Methodist – Unitarian on Front St. – United Brethren, Old Town -
Christ Church Unity – Church of Today – Pacific Church of Religious Science -
San Diego Church of Religious Science – Bonita Church of Religious Science – El
Cajon Church of R.S. – Unitarian Church of Long Beach – Course in Miracles of
P.B. – Center for Creative Living in Mission Valley – Joyful Heart Church
- Unity Temple Santa Cruz – Center for Conscious Living in Santa Cruz -
Inner Light Ministries in Santa Cruz – Palm Springs Center of Positive Living,
1st Church of Religious Science, Oakland, Ca.
Associations & Businesses
Tony Robbins Research International – Bristol-Myers Squibb – John Paul
Mitchell Systems – Barnes and Noble Bookstores Nation Wide – Herder & Hobbs Real
Estate Advertising in Orange Co. – Noetic Sciences of Los Angeles – Great News – Anti War Campaign of Zagreb, Croatia – Balkan
Peace Team of the Foundation of Reconciliation – Correymeala Community
Foundation of N. Ireland – San Diego Vietnam Veterans Association – Optimists
(Del Mar, El Cajon, Claremont) – Humanists – Image – Aids Buddies – American
Women in Radio and Television – Wholistic Nurses – Bill Silva Presents -
Psychologist’s Association of Kotor, Montenegro – Natanya Kibbutz, Israel -
People’s Cooperative – Inside Edge – The Peace Club UC Irvine – First American
Appraisal Services – Gateway Books in Santa Cruz – Center for Nonviolent
Communication in Ashland, OR – Blooming Foods in Indiana – Sacnas, Society for
Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans, Santa Cruz,
Media
TV
NBC-TV Morning News San Francisco (KNTV),
NBC-TV Morning NewsSan Diego (KNSD),
ABC – AM Northwest (KATU-TV,Portland) (The Largest market morning show in the Northwest)
ABC – KGTV San Diego
CBS – Little Rock, Arkansas
PBS TV in Santa Cruz, Ca
Radio
KPFK-FM (NPR) Los Angeles, 90.7 “The Aware Show” in L.A., CA., Host: Lisa Garr
KOPB-FM (PBS) Portland, Oregon
KPBS-FM(PBS) San Diego “These Days with Tom Fudge”
KPBS Radio Interview “These Days with Dan Erwin” -
KEEL 710 AM, Louisiana Radio with host Dr. David McMillian (more than once) Strategies for Living on 50,000 Watt News Radio
KUCI 88.9FM in Orange Co.with Host Gloria Zinger
KTRS Radio from St. Louis, Mo. (heard in 6 states)
KOPB-FM 91.5 (PBS) Portland Or., host Daniel Davis “Golden Hours”
KKUP – FM 91.5 in San Jose, Ca.
KNYR Santa Cruz
Radio Kotor in Kotor, Montenegro (During the Balkan War)
Print
Elle Magazine Jan. 2003 – Feature profile article “Mad for Each Other”(The largest woman’s magazine in the world with 16 million readers)
Shape Magazine Feature Article
Dallas Morning News
CBS Market Watch
PR Newswire
Health-e headlines
The Reader feature article by Abe Opencar entitled “Big Fisted Optimism” -
Visions Magazine
The Light Connection Front Cover Picture of Kelly Bryson& Feature Story
San Diego Weekly
Awareness Magazine – Feature article
Kelly Bryson MA, MFT is the author of the best selling book:
Don’t be Nice, Be Real – Balancing Passion for Self with Compassion for
Others.
COVER TEXT: A Handbook to Nonviolent Communication (sm).
He has been featured in Elle and Shape magazine, chosen by Barnes and Noble for special promotion, seen on NBC news, ABC AM Northwest, CBS, and heard on NPR, KPBS, KPFK in L.A. A humorist, guitarist/singer/songwriter, & licensed therapist in private practice. He keynotes conventions (National Montessori, California Peace Summit in Salina), is an inspirational speaker, (Speaks at Sunday morning speaker for many churches, etc)
Presented at the Association for Global New Thought conference AGNT w/ Marianne Williamson, Jean Houston, etc.) and has been an authorized trainer for the international Center for Nonviolent Communication for over 20 years, and has trained thousands in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. He trains, presents and consults with groups, corporations (Tony Robbins, Bristol Myers, Paul Mitchell Salons), churches (all flavors), schools, (U.Cal.L.B, Body/Mind College), clubs and all types of organizations. He also studied with E. Stanley Jones, Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi’s concierge and friend.
