Shoshana Kobrin, MA, LMFT, was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. After taking a Master's degree in literature, she pioneered a multi-cultural communications program during apartheid in South Africa. Her manual, "Communicate While You Teach" was written for teachers and nurses in training. Interest in intercultural group dynamics led her to a Master's degree in psychology at John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California. She is a psychotherapist, specializing in food and weight issues, eating disorders, addictions, and writing and art therapy. Kobrin teaches at university level, supervises interns, and provides continuing education for therapists and nurses. She is a Reiki practitioner, treating people and animals. For thirty-two years, Kobrin has been teaching, training, public speaking, and facilitating workshops and retreats in the community. She has presented at twelve, state-wide, professional conferences. Her user-friendly journaling book, "The Satisfied Soul GuideBook: Your Path to Transformation" was published in 2011, "The Satisfied Soul: Transforming Your Food and Weight Worries" arrived in 2012. "Love, Anger, Power - and Food" was published in 2013. Poetry, a children's book, short stories, and a novel, are in the works. Books, reading, and writing have been an important part of Kobrin's life since childhood. Two tools were invaluable in healing from a challenging childhood and her long history of bulimia: Natalie Goldberg's "Wild Mind" which introduced her to free, associative journaling, and Buddhism's Vipassana meditation technique. Kobrin's spiritual and creative life, which she defines as "connection in many spheres of life" is of prime importance to her. She lives in Walnut Creek, California, and enjoys lap swimming, hiking, choral singing, piano and guitar, song writing, sketching, and ceramic sculpture.
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