For more than four decades, Susan Baron, PsyD, LMT has worked with the body as an instrument of healing. As a CA and NY Licensed Massage Therapist (#003835), Susan has practiced in the SF Bay Area with clients from Dance Medicine and Sports Medicine at St Francis Hospital, the San Francisco Ballet, and the world-renowned musical revue "Beach Blanket Babylon." In addition, Susan has worked with clients focused on strengthening their overall health and wellbeing. She has also been privileged to work with individuals entering their end of life transition, easing both patients and families through this time of worry and grief.
Susan earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. For 10 years, she treated patients in community mental health settings and at a non-profit community based Federally Qualified Health Center in the SF Bay Area.
Susan is an Integrative Therapist of BodyMindSpirit providing Soul-Centered Life Coaching with emphasis on helping individuals who are dealing with stress, grief and loss, chronic pain management, transitional states including adjusting to one's body following surgery, as well as an interest in community building and conflict resolution.
She is the author of The Lived Experience of Masterful Drummers Who Facilitate Synchronized Drumming Gatherings: A Transcendental Phenomenological Study (2015). In facilitating Mindful Drumming, she provides synchronized drumming and rhythm as a nonverbal means to develop embodied listening and empathy, to nurture empathic presence, and to create a safe and often joyful environment for transformation and community healing to take place.