About the Founder…

                                    Kelsie Kenefick, M.P.S., C.B.T., L.M.H.C.

It is with great pleasure that I bring to you all that I have learned about pain from both a professional and a personal level…

My story...

I know just how devastating pain can be to a person’s life. In 1989 I was in a car accident, which left me in a great deal of pain for several years. I lost my job teaching at a high school in New York State because I “took too many days off” due to the pain. This was financially devastating. Then my relationship broke up because the man I was with said I was “no longer any fun to be with” and I just “didn’t want to do anything anymore”. He said that he could understand if I had lost an arm or a leg…. but I “didn’t look hurt”. I ended up moving out West to the dry climate where my body felt much better. I left behind everything that was familiar. I left behind my friends and family. I was physically exhausted from the pain, jobless, and my life was in upheaval. Sound familiar!?

The insurance company decided to cut me off from benefits after one year while I was still in intense daily pain. This left me on my own to figure it all out. With that comes the blessing in disguise!

In 1994 I went back to school to become a certified biofeedback therapist. I had a master’s degree in Humanistic Psychology and Education from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Since the mid- 70’s I had studied yoga, meditation, and mind-body healing out of my own personal interest; and taught workshops on these subjects. I made several trips to India over the years to further study the mind-body-spirit connection. Biofeedback brought a scientific basis for proving the mind-body relationship in healing and reducing pain. This was very exciting!

The power of the mind to heal is beyond belief! I have continuously seen miraculous recoveries over and over again during my years working as a biofeedback therapist. In the 90’s I even got to try it on myself a second time. After a ski injury, the orthopedic surgeon told me that I would need surgery. He said that I should deal with it after I got off the crutches for the fractures which gave me about eight weeks. I immediately made myself tapes to work with on a daily basis and tapped into the subconscious mind, using imagery and other techniques, to heal myself. When I went back for a checkup he sent me to the physical therapist three times because he declared that the readings had to be wrong! He said that these readings were showing that my knee was stronger than the average person’s knee that had never been injured! He didn’t ask me how I did it…it just left him a bit puzzled!

In using the power of my mind to heal I successfully eliminated the need for surgery. This is what I teach my patients how to do; use the mind to heal. This is something that can be taught. They are learnable skills.

I have spent over ten years working with people who havemigraines and other pain. It is with enormous gratitude to the patients I have worked with around Colorado, and to the doctors who believed in my work, that I bring you my books, CD’s, products and teachings.

…Living life again… feeling fabulous! Pain free…naturally!	…living free of pain I can have fun and celebrate life again!	…living life to its fullest….drinking it in…

My credentials...

• M.P.S., Masters in Professional Studies, State University of New York at New Paltz, in humanistic psychology and education, 1980
• C.B.T., Certified Biofeedback Therapist, Biofeedback Certification Institute of America, 1995
• L.M.H.C. - Licensed Mental Health Counselor, New York State, 2006
• C.S.T - Certified Seminar Trainer - Peak Potentials
• Board member/membership chair, Colorado Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (C.A.A.P.B.), 1996 – 2000
• Teacher, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver, “Introduction to Biofeedback”
• Hospital experience in biofeedback – Boulder Community Hospital in Pain Recovery Center, and Centura Health Hospital, Durango, Colorado, in Pain Clinic
• Co-creator of multi-disciplinary neurological clinic (Windom Medical Center), Durango, Colorado
• Private biofeedback practice – Durango, Colorado and Boulder, Colorado
• World Yoga University, Monroe, New York, 1978 – 1982, studied yoga and holistic healing
• Workshop leader, mind-body healing courses and stress management courses, at Omega Institute, within schools, government organizations, corporations, hospitals, 1980-present
• Yoga teacher – for all populations from teens to seniors, and people living with pain, 1982-present

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