Sandy Sela-Smith is a multi-faceted professional who is an educator, a licensed mental health counselor, and a certified clinical hypnotherapist who holds a doctorate degree in psychology. She is also a research faculty member at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and a part time faculty member at Saybrook Graduate School. In her private practice, which she calls Infinite Connections, she works with individuals and couples using predominately a particular form of depth psychology. Sandy focuses on using feelings to access what she terms the tacit level of individual consciousness, genetic consciousness, and soul awareness from which she contends that the self-and-world construct is formed. She maintains that self-transformation and life changes occur when inaccurate, incomplete, or misinterpreted information is reinterpreted, made accurate, and made complete. As a Board member of PSYmore, she brings a wealth of experience, knowledge, and understanding from education, psychology, and business to aptly compliment PSYmore’s research goals.

Current Work
In addition to Sandy’s work as an educator and hypnotherapist, she conducts workshops and seminars on inner healing, personal empowerment, and dream work using the Ullman method. To learn
more about Sandy’s work in the mental health field, see her website: www.infiniteconnections.us.

Background
Prior to 1993, Sandy worked as an educator for about 15 years that included positions, such as a teaching assistant at St. Petersburg Junior College in St. Petersburg, Florida, a university teacher at Baoji Teacher’s College in China, a substitute teacher in the Seattle Public Schools in Washington, and a teacher at King’s High School in Seattle. Intermingled with her teaching career, Sandy held business positions for approximately 14 years. From 1978−1989, she was the vice president of Associated Wholesale Inc. in Seattle, and was a part time state coordinator with the Close-up Foundation.

Education
Ph.D. (Psychology), 2001, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, San Francisco, California
M.A., (Psychology), 1999, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, San Francisco, California
B.A., (Education/Social Studies & Political Science), 1966, University of Washington

Educational or Professional Honors and Association Memberships
Current
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Florida
Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist

Published Work

• Sela-Smith, S. (2000). The Ullman method of dream analysis: Context and content. Dream Network Journal. 19 (1), 36-40, 42.
• Sela-Smith, S. (2000). The motel dream. Dream Network Journal. 19 (2), 43-46.
• Sela-Smith, S. (2000). Gods in the mirror. Dream Network Journal. 19 (3), 15-18.
• Sela-Smith, S. (2001). Dreams and journeys in a Yellow Car. Dream Network Journal. 19 (1) 36-38.
• Sela-Smith, S. (2002). Mirror – Shadow. Dream Network Journal. 20 (4), 38-41
• Sandy Sela-Smith Background Synopsis (last updated January 26, 2007) Page 2
• Sela-Smith, S. (2002). Heuristic research: Review and critique of the Moustakas method. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. (In press).
• Sela-Smith, S. & Keyes, B. (2004). E pluribus unum: Out of many, one. Richardson, TX: Manitou Communications.
• Sela-Smith, S. (2004). Radical Dreaming: Use your dreams to change your life: A Review. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 36 (2). 229-231.
• Sela-Smith, S. (2005-6). Dodgeball isn’t always just dodgeball. AHP Perspectives. Dec-Jan 2005-2006. 28-31.
• Sela-Smith, S. (in revision). Feeling as a source of knowledge: The missing component in Wilber’s upper left quadrant. Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
• Sela-Smith, S. (in revision). Melting the Chains. Richardson, TX: Manitou Communications.

Methodological Expertise
Grounded Theory
Content Analysis
Heuristic Self-Search Inquiry
Descriptive Statistics

Other Certification
Teaching Certificate (China), 1989, Western Washington University
Teaching Certificate (5th Year), 1976, University of Washington
Research

Upcoming
“A Study to Determine the Prevalence of Dissociation among In-Patient population of the Shanghai Mental Health Hospital” (date to be determined).

Completed
“The Impact On The Experience of Cancer Patients of Therapy-Based Heuristic Self-Search Inquiry in Addressing Levels Four Through Seven of The Seven Levels of Healing,” (an eight week pilot study), Geffen Cancer Center in Vero Beach, Florida, 2002−2003.

Past Presentations

• “The Precursor to Dissociation,” Fourth Pan-Asia conference on Mental Health, Shanghai, China Original Dissociation, November 15, 2005.
• “Mapping: A Tool to Facilitate Integration in a Dissociative Personality,” Fourth Pan-Asia conference on Mental Health, Shanghai, China Original Dissociation, November 17, 2005.
• “Training for Conducting Research In China On Identification of Dissociative Identity Disorder,” Fourth Pan-Asia conference on Mental Health, Shanghai, China Original Dissociation, November 18−19, 2005.
• “Mapping: A Tool to Facilitate Integration in a Dissociative Personality,” International Society for the Study of Dissociation, Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada, November 8, 2005.
• “Healing the Original Dissociation: Separation of Mind from Body, and Mind-Body from the Essential Self,” International Society for the Study of Dissociation, Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada, November 8, 2005.
• “Spiritual Dimensions in Understanding and Healing of the Self,” Healing Retreats for Women with Breast Cancer in St. Petersburg, Florida, April 23, 2005.
• “Out of Many…One: An Explanation of Dissociation from the Inside Out,” Quinebaug Valley Community College in Danielson, CT, March 12, 2005.
• “Helping Clients Heal Inner Division,” Quinebaug Valley Community College in Danielson, CT, March 10, 2005.
• “Healing Genetic Patterning,” Quinebaug Valley Community College in Danielson, CT, February 12, 2005.
• “Reducing Stress for Mental Health Professionals, “Quinebaug Valley Community College in Danielson, CT, February 10, 2005.
• Sandy Sela-Smith Background Synopsis (last updated January 26, 2007) Page 3
• “Beyond Dissociation: Learning to Live from the Authentic Self,” International Society for the Study of Dissociation: Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, November 20, 2004.
• “Discovering Psychological Connections to Physical Illness,” University College extension of University of Maine, October 14, 2003.
• “Accessing Inner Strength in Tumultuous Times,” University College extension of University of Maine, October 13, 2003.
• “Accessing Cell Level Consciousness,” Institute of Noetic Science, Florida Suncoast quarterly meeting, March 30, 2003.
• “The Emotional Effects of Subtle Energies in the Workplace,” Geffen Cancer Center in Vero Beach, FL, March 12, 2003.
• “The Effects of Heuristic Self-Search Inquiry into Emotional Issues on the lives of Cancer Patients,” Florida Saybrook Students’ Association, February 1, 2003.
• “Healing the Self and the Planet Through Cell-Level Transformation,” Seeding Spirit in Action, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, July 19-21, 2002.
• “E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many…One,” UK-International Society for the Study of Dissociation, Manchester, England, May 11, 1999.

Sandy currently resides in Colorado near Foxton. She may be contacted via email at sselasmith@psymore.org or via her website: www.infiniteconnections.us

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