Karen Horneffer-Ginter
Karen graduated from the University of Michigan Honors College, and received a fellowship to the University of Illinois, where she completed an M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical and Community Psychology in 1996. She also completed a year-long internship, focusing on mind-body medicine and biofeedback, at the University of Massachusetts, and then went on to become the Director of Behavioral Sciences at West Suburban Hospital of Loyola University in Oak Park, IL. In this role, she provided education to physicians and medical students in communication skills and biopsychosocial approaches to health care.
After moving back to her hometown of Kalamazoo, she served as Director of Western Michigan University's Holistic Health Care Program (HOL) for four years and received tenure as an Associate Professor. Her contributions to WMU include developing the undergraduate minor in holistic health, teaching courses on holistic philosophies and methods including spirituality and health, and publishing book chapters and research articles in the areas of psycho-spiritual approaches to counseling, health promotion, and the emotional benefits of journaling. She continues to teach in the HOL program as an Adjunct Associate Professor, while serving as the co-founder of the Center for Psychotherapy and Wellness.
Her website is karenHG.com
