Meet Our Facilitators
Lois LeBlanc LCPC, CPT is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Certified Polarity Therapist in the State of Maine. Lois has a private counseling practice where her clinical work is informed by her studies and interests in developmental issues, depth psychology, energy awareness, EMDR, cognitive approaches, internal family systems, authentic movement, and incorporating myth into therapy. She is a past president of the Maine Mental Health Counselors Association, is currently serving on the board and program committee of the Maine Jung Center, and is a local and international workshop presenter. In addition, Lois is a co-founder of Wisdom Journeys, LLC and has taught as an adjunct instructor at the University of Southern Maine Counselor Education Program.
Alexander Katopis, LCPC, ACS, CADC, NCC, CTMH is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the State of Maine and an Approved Clinical Supervisor through the National Board of Certified Counselors. He has extensive experience working as a clinician and clinical administrator in various settings within the mental health arena and is currently working as faculty at the University of Southern Maine Counselor Education Program. Alex co-owns a community-based mental health agency located in Waterville, Maine, that provides mental health services to the marginalized population. Alexander’s counseling philosophies are grounded in Rogerian principles with an emphasis on humanistic, cognitive, constructionist, and systemic approaches. He is currently attending the Ph.D. Program at Capella University in Counselor Education and Supervision. Additionally, he is a Greek-American who holds close ties and connections to Greece and the Greek culture and is a co-founder of Wisdom Journeys, LLC. Alex is also a past president of the Maine Mental Health Counselors Association.
Bodhi Simpson, PhD, LCPC, ATR of Conscious Creativity & Art Therapy is an art therapist who incorporates work with imagination, creative expression, and myth into clinical practice. She enjoys reconnecting people with the magic and mystery of the mythic, symbolic, imaginal realms and in learning to “see” through the eyes of their hearts so that they may have an embodied encounter with life. Bodhi is a past president of the Maine Mental Health Counselors Association and is a local and international workshop presenter. Additionally, Bodhi is a visionary artist, an author, a professor at the University of Maine at Farmington in the Masters of Art in Counseling Psychology with an Emphasis in Creative Arts program, a co-founder of Wisdom Journeys, LLC, co-founder of Expressive Wellness Workshops, Trainings, & Retreats, and co-founder of the New England Goddess Temple's Triple Spiral Mystery School that offers a unique transformational exploration of Sacred Feminine myths and archetypes.
Shiila Safer, MA of Creativity in Nature Coaching is an intuitive artist, author, and coach who assists people in re-aligning with the natural world. She is a co-founder of the New England Goddess Temple's Triple Spiral Mystery School. She teaches practices to help us embody our wild, playful, creative, brilliant Goddess selves. Shiila is passionate about working with nature-loving women who have been cut off from their roots to reclaim their inner peace by connecting to the healing power of Mother Earth. Shiila believes that we are ushering in the New Earth together as we renew our loving relationship with Earth and all life, in respect, reciprocity and balance.
Jennifer Sundeen, D. Min is the founder of the New England Goddess Temple and co-founder of the Triple Spiral Mystery School. She has walked the path of the Goddess for over three decades and is a licensed Earth Minister, a High Priestess, yoga instructor, spiritual teacher, a healer, an author, an activist, and a community architect. She received her Doctorate of Earth Ministry in 2022, facilitates Goddess pilgrimages internationally, and is the founder of several organizations that support The Sacred Feminine and the Earth. Jennifer is committed to working towards a world in which Mother Earth and all beings upon Her are seen as sacred, are protected, and are treated with reverence. Jen believes an intimate relationship with the Sacred Feminine is essential for this necessary awakening to occur.