Education and Training
Education
I earned my undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Sociology at Linfield College now Linfield University, a school that sits on a beautiful campus graced by hundred plus-year-old oak trees in the small community of McMinnville, Oregon. After working for the state as a caseworker, raising my two sons, and developing a private practice, I returned to school for a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Psychology. Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center (now Saybrook University) in San Francisco suited my needs and interests perfectly. As a graduate school with a Humanistic Psychology focus, it allowed me to pursue my interests in holistic health and healing.
Certifications
Healing Touch Certified Practitioner (HTCP). Healing Touch is an energy-based healing method developed by nurses in the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA), followed a few years later by Healing Touch becoming an independent program. Information on this program, including research, newsletter, and e-magazine, can be obtained at Healing Touch and at Healing Touch Program
Healing Touch
Healing Touch™ is a hands-on energy medicine therapy that is evidence-based, has a scientific and spiritual theoretical framework, and was established by holistic nurse Janet Mentgen in 1989. Healing Touch is a holistic therapy that has been integrated in many hospitals, hospices, and health care facilities, as well as in private counseling and healing practices. It has been taught in 32 countries around the world.
Pioneering Expertise in Healing Touch Certification
Dr. Weymouth is one of the few psychologists certified in Healing Touch, as most are nurses, and counts herself among the pioneers of the program, having been trained by Janet Mentgen, founder of the program, and Sharon Scandrett-Hibdon, PhD, one of the nurses who worked with Mentgen to develop, teach, and establish requirements for certification. Dr. Weymouth was first certified in July 1997 and achieved re-certification every 5 years since then.