staff and bios
Executive Director and Certified Nutritionist - Carolyn Rowley, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist - Gayle Callaghan, Psy.D.
Bach Flower Remedy Specialist - Lisa McDaniel
Pilates Instructor - Alessandra Fraga
Hypnotherapist - Liza Boubari, CCHT
bios
Carolyn Rowley, Ph.D.
Dr. Rowley is the Founder and Executive Director of Cayenne Wellness Center and Children's Foundation (2000 - 2010). She received her M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Loyola Marymount University and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology¹ from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She successfully completed an internship in Pediatric/Child Clinical Psychology with the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine as well as a post-doctoral fellowship in the Research Training Institute at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles. Dr. Rowley went on from Drew to work as a project director at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research studying prostate cancer and prevention with ethnically diverse communities. Dr. Rowley also has teaching experience from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIU-C), having taught both Introduction to Psychology and Psychology of Personality.
In 2005, Dr. Rowley began another non-profit organization as a result of her missionary experience to Africa (The Machao Orphanage Foundation - www.machaoorphanage.org). The primary goal is to house and educate the orphaned children of Makueni, Kenya. We need educational sponsors for the children since education in Africa is not free. We are currently fundraising to complete a clean water project for the children.
Her current book, Creating Your Ultimate Self: The Body (2009), co-authored with Dr. Brenda Grice Laue, is based on her re-known 3-4-4 nutritional method of eating. She is a health and wellness consultant and a certified nutritionist that works with individual clients offering personalized recommendations and support while integrating appropriate food choices with lifestyle options.
Dr. Rowley travels speaking on nutrition for area community centers (i.e., Crenshaw Medical Center located in Los Angeles) and lectures and does book signings. Her latest project, The Faces of Sickle Cell Disease, takes her around the United States photographing and collecting audio recordings of those with sickle cell disease.
¹ Though Dr. Rowley is educated and trained as a clinical psychologist, she does not hold a license to practice in the State of California as a psychologist. She conducts consultations on nutrition and wellness, and not evaluations and treatments for psychological implications.
video
Shirlee Smith of Talk About Parenting interviews Dr. Carolyn Rowley about Sickle Cell Disease.
Gayle Callaghan, Psy.D.
Dr. Callaghan is a licensed clinical psychologist, licensed family therapist and registered and board certified art therapist. Dr. Callaghan has over 20 years of experience working with families in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. She has extensive experience in working with victims of domestic violence, foster children, and families recovering from trauma. Dr. Callaghan includes elements of art therapy and play therapy when working with children and their families, as well as traditional family therapy interventions. She looks forward to exploring ways that clients can grow, heal and improve in life toward a brighter future.
Lisa McDaniel, CNHP
Lisa McDaniel, upon completion of a comprehensive course of study, has been awarded the designation of Certified Natural Health Professional from the National Association of Certified Natural Heath Professionals, as well as receiving additional certifications in Ear Acutherapy, Dried Blood Cell Analysis, Clinical Aromatherapy and Enzyme Therapy. Lisa, a long time advocate of natural health, is currently completing her studies to become a Naturopathic Doctor, and is also a Kundalini Yoga Instructor certified through IKYTA and trained by master teachers at Golden Bridge Yoga in Los Angeles.
Liza Boubari, CCHT
Liza Boubari is a Board Certified member of the International Association of Counselors and Therapists and a Certified Domestic Violence Counselor. In 1992, when Liza was scheduled to undergo her third surgery for ovarian cyst, she was referred to a hypnotherapist. After four sessions of hypnotherapy, Liza was able to heal herself, making the surgery to remove the cysts unnecessary. This powerful experience with hypnosis and guided imagery, combined with her natural talent for listening and understanding, led her to this science to help others. The scope of Liza’s practice includes - Traditional and Ericksonian Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Time-Line Therapy, Guided Imagery, NLP and occasionally Past Life Regression. Liza can work with anyone for anything because she gets to the root cause of the problem rather than just putting a band-aid on the symptom. This way the symptoms will not return later in life nor will they be replaced with something else. Liza has guided, coached and supported survivors of domestic violence and abuse by assisting them to successfully move forward in their lives with courage, dignity, confidence and self-esteem. She is moved by the desire to help women grow without guilt, without fear and with the ability to communicate with honesty, humor and self confidence so that they “Be the Change imagined.”
