PNE TEACHERS
Sieglinde Hieronymus
Teacher, Practitioner, European Coordinator
After finishing university in 1993, Sieglinde left Germany for California, where she met Judith Johnson and had the opportunity to study with her intensively for two years. This inner and outer journey changed her life profoundly and led to a deeper connection to Self through the healing of her own trauma.
After returning to Germany, she trained as a massage therapist and then to become a naturopathic doctor. Since then, she has continued to take courses in various healing modalities. However, over the years, the realization crystallized that PNE was the method that worked most deeply for her. Providing a safe container and listening carefully to what the body wants to tell us is an easy and fast way to access unconscious emotions and constricting beliefs. She witnessed this within her own healing practice and also through her work with patients in a psychosomatic clinic.
Since 2020, she has organized PNE practitioner-training courses in Europe and co-teaches with Judith Johnson.
sieglinde.hieronymus@gmx.de
Linda S. Hines
Teacher and Practitioner
Linda is a licensed professional counselor and feminine embodiment coach in private practice in Oklahoma City, OK. Through her journey to heal her own trauma, Linda has become a master of many modalities. She is a Deepak Chopra certified instructor in Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga, Primordial Sound Meditation, and Ayurveda. She is certified in advanced Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy. She is a Bioenergetic Analysis instructor (a form of body psychotherapy by Dr. Alexander Lowen). She is a Reiki master. She has studied Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT) by Dr. Steven Vazquez (uses color and light to change brain wave patterns); Shamanic Energy Medicine with Alberto Villoldo, PhD; CranioSacral therapy (level 4) by Dr. Upledger; Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) certified by David Berceli, PhD; and the list goes on. If it will help her clients heal deeper and faster, Linda wants to master it.
After being introduced to Stanley Rosenberg’s work in Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve, Linda researched the Point-Holding Process and Psychoneuroenergetics (PNE), and found Judith Johnson’s work. She knew this was the next step in healing. Working directly with the nervous system, PNE allows deep and permanent healing to occur. Judith Johnson’s PNE, including the Somatic Release Technique, combined with Catalina Ureta’s Point-Holding Process and Somatic Experiencing, integrate the mind, body, and spirit. Like so many students of Judith and Catalina, Linda fell in love not only with the healing modality but with both teachers.
Linda knows her purpose on earth is to assist others along their healing journey. When individuals can orient to safety in their bodies through grounding and inner focus, they learn how to release frozen tension and know deeply that they are not broken. When old traumatic imprints are liberated, we reclaim our natural state of relaxation, social engagement, love, and joy.
lindahines@lindahines.com
405-595-6603
Nicole LaLiberté
Teacher and Practitioner
With 20 years of study in the lineage of Advaita Vedanta, Nicole LaLiberté brings a unique approach to the PNE unwinding process. Through consciously rerouting energies stuck along non-culminating pathways, and recognizing a separate self was “acting” in place of Love, we come to witness movement away from Self. Together we explore our grasp on that deepest misperception that “I am the body” allowing the here-now to dismantle this root cause of all suffering, thread by thread.
nicosutra@gmail.com
Benjamin Bruckman
Australian Coordinator, Practitioner
Originally from Philadelphia, Ben currently lives between the U.S. and Sydney, where he serves as the Australian PNE coordinator.
He has been closely mentored by Judith Johnson for several years and PNE is fundamental to his work. He trained directly with Stanley Rosenburg and co-coordinated Stanley's East Coast training.
Ben developed his approach through in depth apprenticeships with accomplished practitioners in Classical Chinese medicine, Trigger Point, Myofascial Release, and Somatic Experiencing. His treatments are highly attuned to each person and moment - and can range from intense, focused physical remediation, to fine, subtle work to resolve somatic and energetic imprints. Much of the transformation and integration occurs when we're able to bring simple awareness to what is.
Internal cultivation and Qi Gong is integral to his life and clinical work. He also enjoys surfing, beach volleyball, cooking food for others, and being a part of building resilient communities.
benbruckman@gmail.com
+1 619-808-2505 (US)
+61 424-458-031 (AUS)
Debra Pate
Teacher and Practitioner
Holistic Healer and Wellness Expert Debra Pate has dedicated over 40 years to a profound journey of spiritual growth, self-discovery, and holistic healing. Through extensive study and practice, she has mastered a wide range of modalities that connect the body, mind, and spirit. Her mission is to help others break free from emotional and physical barriers, enabling them to live with greater freedom, passion, and well-being. Known for her remarkable intuitive ability, Debra specializes in uncovering unprocessed emotions that often manifest as stress, trauma, or disease within the body. This unique gift allows her to address the root causes of her clients’ challenges, fostering deep and lasting healing. Debra holds multiple certifications, including massage therapy, hypnotherapy, breathwork, emotional freedom technique (EFT), and quantum healing. These diverse skills are unified by her deep commitment to PNE, a transformative modality that has been the cornerstone of her personal and professional life. PNE has not only shaped her approach to healing but has also empowered her to overcome her own significant health challenges, including Lyme disease, Epstein-Barr virus, and mold illness. Today, Debra continues to inspire and guide individuals on their own healing journeys, combining intuition, expertise, and compassion to help them release what holds them back and embrace vibrant, empowered lives.
pne.debra@gmail.com
828-898-8400
Audrey Philpot
Teacher and Practitioner
Audrey has had a long-time interest in the inner workings of the brain and mind. From winning the Science Fair as a child with a demonstration of how the brain operates various parts of the body to studying Psychology in college and graduate school, this interest continued. She has pursued a career which includes social work, personal development seminars, and providing over thirty years of support with public relations and marketing to the health and wellness community—from promoting and producing large-scale events to coaching practitioners on how to market their work.
In 2016 she was introduced to PNE and began studying this work, becoming a practitioner and then a teacher. This work has brought her full circle in her lifelong interest in this field and given her the opportunity to assist others in benefiting from PNE through in-person and online sessions. Audrey is based in the greater Los Angeles area.
audioh@juno.com
818-802-7320
Brett Fleisher
Teacher and Practitioner
A life-long pursuer of the expressive arts and authentic expression, Brett has traveled down many paths as an actor, writer, musician, filmmaker, youth educator, and reiki practitioner.
After many years of feeling out of balance physically, emotionally and mentally, Brett discovered the power of somatic release and began to heal through old traumas that were causing lifelong pain and discomfort. He instantly resonated with PNE's approach to integrating the mind and body and began studying the Point-Holding Process and Somatic Release Technique with his beloved teachers Catalina Ureta and Judith Johnson.
Brett founded The Yummy Heart in the fall of 2018 and loves working one-on-one with people to help guide them back into their bodies, as well as educating people on understanding trauma through workshops and community gatherings.
When held in a container of safety and trust, Brett believes the body knows how to re-calibrate and heal itself. His mission is to aid others in processing traumatic imprints so that they can re-enter their natural state of love, relaxation and social engagement.
brett@theyummyheart.com
Dale Nieli
Teacher and Practitioner
Dale’s integrative approach to healing helps people achieve energetic renewal, neurological restoration, and peace of mind and body. She has spent decades studying and practicing a wide range of healing modalities, so she can personalize sessions and offer the right tools to create lasting change. With humor, authentic presence, and a focus on personal empowerment, Dale’s work focuses on nervous system regulation as an integral tool for creating resiliency. Using PNE and SRT, Dale helps clients develop an internal sense of safety, so they can process trauma to create new emotional and physical patterns.
The interconnected techniques she uses include psychoneuroenergetics, the therapeutic application of yoga, trauma release work, somatic work, vagus nerve regulation, sound healing, mindfulness meditation, energy work, cognitive-based therapy, and intuitive healing. Dale is also skilled at working with people at all stages of recovery, from those who are beginning their own path, to those deepening their long-term sobriety. She also specializes in working with empaths.
Dale’s diverse experience ranges from working in psychiatric emergency rooms in New York City, to the homes of celebrities in Hollywood. Her distinctive approach to the body-mind practice guides clients into a new way of being. These integrative practices allow people to process grief, release old conditioning, let go of unhealthy ways of relating, and remove the limiting beliefs that are holding them back. Dale gives her clients tools so they can experience greater vitality, resilience, freedom, and authenticity.
She is grateful to be a teacher of PNE, as it has enriched her practice, as well as her life.
dalefit@gmail.com
310-923-4742
Artem Zuev
Teacher and Practitioner
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Artem Zuev’s journey has been profoundly shaped by the richness of his early environment and the challenges of his upbringing. A childhood marked by moments of joy but also deep trauma, including parental neglect and physical and emotional challenges, instilled in him a deep empathy for the human condition and a commitment to understanding the roots of healing.
At the age of thirty, Artem experienced a life-altering moment that led him to discover PsychoNeuroEnergetics (PNE). A series of personal challenges and a transformative session with Catalina Ureta awakened a deep awareness of how unresolved trauma had impacted his life and heart. This pivotal experience set Artem on a profound healing journey, culminating in extensive training under Judith Johnson and Catalina Ureta in PNE’s somatic-based approach to trauma resolution.
With a rich background in Vipassana meditation, Reiki, and psychological studies—including attachment theory and transactional analysis—Artem brings a uniquely integrative perspective to his practice. His personal experiences, combined with extensive professional training, enable him to hold a deeply empathetic and nonjudgmental space for clients.
As a teacher and practitioner, Artem is dedicated to creating safety, helping clients reconnect with their bodies, and gently guiding them through the somatic release of stored trauma. He specializes in addressing intergenerational and familial patterns, fostering a paradigm where sensations, emotions, and belief systems are understood as interconnected pathways to healing and transformation.
Artem envisions a world where PNE becomes a second language—a shared framework for processing emotions, releasing trauma, and finding unity in our experiences. His work focuses on empowering individuals to navigate their inner landscapes with compassion, rediscover love and harmony, and experience the profound joy of living in alignment with their authentic selves.
me@artemzuev.com