Our Staff

Stephen Bryant Walker, LMFT

Stephen Bryant Walker, LMFT

Director, Middle Way Health
Teacher, Lion’s Roar Dharma Center
Co-AuthorSomething So Obvious
Principal, Wear Kindness

Mr. Walker is a licensed psychotherapist and Buddhist teacher (Lama Yeshe Jinpa) who provides his clients with compassionate support and encourages them to bring mindfulness and kindness to their problems, issues and life goals.

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Colleen Tweed Wong, LMFT, PMH-C

Colleen Tweed Wong, LMFT, PMH-C

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Perinatal Mental Health Certified
Clinical Manager

colleen@middlewayhealth.com

Colleen Tweed Wong specializes in maternal wellness and holds a certificate in maternal mood and anxiety disorders from Postpartum Support International. She also works in maternal depression research at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, in General Pediatrics.

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Karen Randles, MA, LPCC

Karen Randles, MA, LPCC

Licensed Professional Clinical Therapist

Being attentive and listening actively is a key component of therapy. Karen understands that each client is unique, so she incorporates several different treatment interventions and techniques to best serve her clients.

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Sue Marshall

Sue Marshall

Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
Certified Massage Therapist
Certified Energy Medicine Practitioner

theessentialbeginning@gmail.com 
(916) 837-1267
www.thequalityofoils.com

Sue Marshall is the Director of Middle Way Health School of Hypnotherapy. She is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and took her training at InnerQuest School of Hypnotherapy

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Laurie Richardson, MA, LMFT

Laurie Richardson, MA, LMFT

Laurie Richardson, MA, LMFT 132096
Expressive Arts Therapist

As an empathetic and intuitive artist, I approach each client as a gifted storyteller. By listening with full attention and a big heart, I use a person-centered approach to help guide the course of therapy. In all respects, I work to honor the wishes of those whose stories I hear and understand.

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Jesus S. Sanchez, LMFT

Jesus S. Sanchez, LMFT

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Practitioner of Mesoamerican Methods for Healing

jesus@middlewayhealth.com

Mr. Sanchez is a trained Marriage and Family Therapist with a background in Mesoamerican traditions. By engaging traditional approaches of psychotherapy and Indigenous concepts, he works with clients to identify their strengths as determined by the health of their social, cultural, family, spiritual and behavioral cycles.

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Judy Lynn Taylor, CCHT

Judy Lynn Taylor, CCHT

Shamanic Practitioner
Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist

www.adventuresinshamanism.com

Thousands of years ago, our tribal ancestors discovered that by bringing their spirit body into harmony, their mind and body would also come into balance and harmony. In this modern age, the concept that humans are a Mind/Body/Spirit complex is being explored both scientifically and spiritually.

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Matthew Kruse

Matthew Kruse

Matthew Kruse is the founder of Noble Hearts Massage, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, offering high quality massage on an affordable sliding scale. Noble Heart’s aspiration is to help relieve the stress and physical pain endured in the modern world through massage. Matthew meets each client’s specific needs through the use of several modalities in a fluid combination. These modalities include Swedish, deep tissue, trigger point, stretching and neuromuscular therapy.

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Robert Nakashima

Robert Nakashima

Qigong/Tai Chi Instructor
Co-Founder
, WarriorHeart
rshogo@gmail.com

Robert Nakashima of Inner Circle Tai Chi began his study of martial arts 30 years ago, specializing in Tai Chi, Xingyi and Bagua. He teaches public and private classes in the Sacramento area and is a multiple gold medalist and Grand Champion in national and international competitions.

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Siri Gian Singh Khalsa, Ph.D.

Siri Gian Singh Khalsa, Ph.D.

Reichian Therapist
(707) 357-5644

For 40 years I have helped people improve their breathing and develop breath practices which are just right for each individual. Besides bringing vitality, joy and peace of mind these yoga, acupressure, and Reichian based practices can activate your own inner healing resources to better cope with anxiety, depression, pain, and addictions.

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Sabrina Schultz, BSN

Sabrina Schultz, BSN

Mindfulness Coach
(916) 492-9007

In this day of aging baby boomers, gym memberships, running and biking clubs and extreme sports, I don’t need to dwell on the importance of exercising the body to keep it supple, strong and to prevent injuries. But have you considered the equally important outcomes of training the mind to also keep it pliable, able to maintain focus, to develop patience, gratitude, acceptance and a sense of friendliness towards ourselves and the world we live in?

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