KATE O’CONNELL (www.o’connellkate.com) is a Child and Family Therapist with a private practice in Charlottesville, VA, addressing the therapeutic needs of children, adolescents, adults and families.

Her training in Intensive In-Home Services, Addiction, Family Systems Therapy and Energy Medicine enables her to facilitate positive outcomes for her clients, all the while advocating for them within the legal, academic, medical, and social systems.

Her book provides the framework for the ministrations of The Healing Alliance of Central Virginia (www.hacva.org).

A non-profit organization dedicated to uniting the skills, wisdom and expertise of health practitioners in the community, HACVA offers a variety of efficacy-based modalities to facilitate mental, emotional, and physical healing at the cellular level for individuals of all ages and all walks of life, regardless of ability to pay.