DIANE RENZ, MA, LPC

Diane Renz, M.A., L.P.C., has 37 years of Mindfulness experience, trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn & Saki Santorelli at the Center for Mindfulness, UMASS.

 

Diane is a Neuroscience Practical Applications Facilitator, Licensed Psychotherapist, workshop developer, Mindfulness instructor & MBSR teacher, who founded Your Gateway to Healing™, a worldwide counseling, coaching, and consulting service.

 

Utilizing the latest neuroscience studies that show our capacity for changing our brains & biology through focused attention, she presents a variety of somatic and mindfulness based practices to help people affect positive state & behavioral changes, that are detailed in her upcoming book on Anxiety, based on her current trademarked workshop, “Healing Beyond Anxiety™: Body as Ally.”

 

With over 30 years in human services, trained in Transpersonal & Contemplative Psychology, philosophy, religious perspectives, as well as, extensive post graduate studies in Trauma and Somatic psychology, her work is a confluence of various schools of thought and personal experiment, and is fueled both by professional training and personal exploration.

 

She has studied with Dan Siegel, MD, in the field of neuroscience and Interpersonal Neurobiology, Jon Kabat-Zinn in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and integrates the teachings of numerous other thought leaders in the field of Somatic research and Neuroplasticity. Diane’s view of a person’s inherent health guides her work; each symptom becomes opportunity for healing. Both her professional and personal experience has proven that you can turn ‘pain into possibility™’ as it becomes your Gateway to Healing™.

 

 





Speaker Disclosures:



Financial: Diane Renz is the Founder of Your Gateway to Healing™. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.



Non-financial: Diane Renz is a member of UMASS Center of Mindfulness.