Hillary Funk Welzenbach

Hillary Funk Welzenbach is grateful to all of the teachers she has had the honor and privilege to learn from.   She first began studying Authentic Movement at the Authentic Movement Institute in Berkeley California, USA with Lysa Castro in 2002.  Since then, she has worked with Barbara Holifield at the California Institute of Integral Studies(CIIS) in private retreats and supervision from 2003-2007.  Hillary studied Authentic Movement with Julia Gombos and Tina Stromsted at CIIS in 2005 and did individual Authentic Movement work with Sherry Freeman from 2003-2006.  Hillary participated in annual retreats with Janet Adler from 2007-2018.  She has engaged in supervision with Susan Cahill in the Discipline of Authentic Movement from 2013 to the present and received her blessing as a teacher of The Discipline of Authentic Movement in 2017. 

Hillary runs the Montana Center for Somatic Psychotherapy in Missoula, Montana, USA, a group practice supporting Somatic Therapists in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and The Discipline of Authentic Movement. She integrates the Discipline of Authentic Movement into her work as a psychotherapist and supervisor.  Hillary has offered individual, group, and retreat work in Authentic Movement since 2006 in Missoula, MT. She has been providing individual and group supervision in trauma work and Authentic Movement since 2017.  She is currently engaging deeply with the questions around the intersection of nervous system modulation and the mandorla.  

Hillary received her Master’s Degree in Somatic Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco, USA in 2006. She has been a practicing psychotherapist since 2006.  She is certified in EMDR and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.   Other trainings include EFT for couples, Circle of Security, Somatics, and EMDR.  She also teaches dance.