Let us introduce you to our Affiliate Therapists who have completed the BTC training and certification, and who assist us in providing care for our patients.
Shannen Fraley
Licensed Marriage and Family TherapistShannen Fraley is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and earned her Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of San Francisco. Shannen worked for the County of Sonoma for over 20 years, as a Child Protective Services Social Worker and a Forensic Interviewer for Redwood Children’s Center, within the Family Justice Center. Shannen worked in Redwood Children’s Center MDT with all jurisdictions of law enforcement, victim advocates, and the District Attorney’s Office to prosecute Crimes Against Children, and provide services to victims and their families. Shannen has interviewed more than 1500 victims of crime, is a certified expert witness, and has testified in numerous criminal cases resulting in Felony, Life in Prison sentences. Shannen also worked as a designated Human Trafficking Social Worker, and worked closely with law enforcement in sting operations, child abuse and criminal investigations, and served as a member on the Sonoma County Human Trafficking Task Force. Shannen is also trained as a Drug Endangered Children’s expert and worked with Firefighters, Code Enforcement, Law Enforcement, Probation and State Parole to rescue children from drug endangered environments.
Shannen has worked as a therapist in a local psychiatric hospital, and worked for two years as a Hospice Social Worker providing services to Veterans.
Currently, Shannen works as a therapist in private practice treating a variety of clients, including First Responders and their family members. Shannen also works as a medical therapist providing treatment to patients in the hospital clinic and the Emergency Department.
When not working, Shannen spends time with her children, and other family and friends. Shannen enjoys working out, traveling, and spending time in nature.
Justin Forman
Licensed PsychologistJustin Forman has been practicing as a licensed psychologist in Santa Rosa for the past 8 years. He is excited about the possibilities for psychedelic approaches to healing. He is particularly interested in finding the intersections between community, ecstatic states, creative expression, and somatic awareness.
His own personal practices include deep engagement with nature, artistic expression, and martial arts. He is interested in engaging and re-imagining ancestral practices that continue to inform and support us in our healing, reconnection and wholeness. His awareness has been cultivated through study and engagement of earth based spiritual practices in a variety of traditions and approaches.
He believes that the use of psychedelics has the potential to powerfully engage the healing imagination of both participant and guide, helping to reconnect with ancestral lineage, connect to spirituality, process trauma and loss, and return the vitality of being that so many have lost because of their experiences. He also believes that this approach to healing has environmental and socio-political implications as so much of our nervous system responses to trauma play out in how we perceive, understand, and interact in the world. These approaches present a chance to radically and quickly alter consciousness in ways that ripple out from individuals and spread into communities and nations.
Sally Payson Hays
MA/MSEd/PhD - Licensed PsychologistSally Payson Hays comes to BTC after a long career providing mental health services in school and clinical settings. Sally earned her PhD as a school psychologist (UC Berkeley, 2000) with post-doctoral training from UCSF Department of Psychiatry (clinical license, 2010).
Adept at using multiple therapeutic approaches (internal family systems, CBT, DBT) Sally is one of a few certified Collaborative Proactive Solutions family therapists in California (trained by Dr. Ross Greene, author of The Explosive Child). Specializing in children, adolescents, and young adults with specific learning disabilities, ADHD, and Autism, Sally taught at the university level for many years, most recently at her alma mater, UC Berkeley in the School Psychology Program. In her private practice in Petaluma Sally works with and individuals of all ages addressing trauma, depression, and anxiety, providing individual and family therapy, as well as psychoeducational assessment. She trained in psychedelic assisted therapy at the Integrative Psychiatry Institute (Boulder CO, an affiliate with MAPS), and is excited to add this potent treatment to her repertoire.
Sally lives in Sebastopol with her husband, two adult sons, and Yoshi her newly certified therapy puppy. She enjoys painting, writing, and skiing, as well as hiking with her dog.
Milton Woolley
M.S., L.M.F.T.Licensed Marriage, Family, Therapist – Private Practice
License #: LMFT 14417
Certified Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapist
Milton, has been a therapist for over 45 years. He earned a Masters degree in Correctional Counseling and is certified as a Psychedelic Aided Psychotherapist. He began his career working with at risk youth and their families for a police department. Next he created a private practice specializing in adolescent development, men’s groups and men’s retreats. With continued studies in family and Jungian psychology plus an array of other tools he offers a broad psychotherapeutic service with a mentoring tone. He is committed to accompanying his clients on their journey to wholeness.
An active individual, Milton has diverse interests that include photography, aviation, sailing and backpacking. Milton cherishes his 19 – year marriage to Dawn and their Golden Doodle Henri, finding peace and comfort in their company.