About the Facilitators

Brook Olsen, HHP/SEP curriculum vitae

Brook Olsen is the founder and director of the San Diego High Conflict Diversion Program. Prior to that he co-taught the High Conflict Intervention Program for nearly two years for the San Diego County Court System. He is trained in Interpersonal Communication and High Conflict Resolution.

Brook's training includes six years of study with Dr. Michael Mamas in the field of transpersonal counseling, trauma counseling, energetic healing, and meditation. He is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner which involved three years of training in trauma resolution through Peter Levine’s Foundation for Human Enrichment. Brook is a licensed Holistic Health Practitioner and a Certified Clinical Nutritionist.

These trainings have contributed to Brook's strong understanding of the workings of the nervous system, and the role that it plays in the psychological and physiological reaction to trauma, conflict and anxiety. In his private practice as a Life Coach in Encinitas, California, he helps his clients to resolve trauma and conflict as well as to find their way through some of the difficult circumstances that life can present, such as job change, divorce, grief, etc. In addition to High Conflict Diversion classes, Brook teaches communication workshops for couples, verbal skills to health care practitioners, and Core process workshops.

For more information: Phone: 760-402-6082

Email: brook@highconflict.net
Website: www.highconflict.net

Nicola Ranson, LCSW/SEP

Nicola Ranson became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California in 1997. She has a private practice in Encinitas and in San Diego, California, where she specializes in psychological trauma. She is deeply concerned about the impact of parental stress on children. In California, Nicola has provided crisis and counseling services for the Veterans Administration, San Diego County Mental Health, Kaiser Permanente and Tri-City Hospital Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic. Nicola has taught Multicultural Counseling at the University of California, San Diego, Extension, and is currently on the adjunct faculty at National University's Marriage and Family Therapy program. Nicola has a background in body/mind techniques, creative approaches, hypnotherapy and crisis intervention. She has worked extensively with the seriously mentally ill, as well as those who need a helping hand for a brief period. She is a member of the Provider Network of Survivors of Torture International, San Diego, and of the California Society for Clinical Social Work. Nicola's experience in social service and counseling also includes work in England and Canada.

For more information: Phone: 760-753-2604

Email: nicranson@teaempathy.com
Website: http://www.teaempathy.com/