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Kathleen
Duffy, LPN, MH
Kathleen Duffy is a nurse, medical herbalist,
certified Clinical Aromtherapist and 'm'
technique® practitioner thru R.J.Buckle
Associates' Aromathrapy for Health Professionals
program. She was certified as an instructor for
R.J. Buckle Associates' course in April 2000.
 Kathleen's
background is a critical care nurse from 1965-1978
in a hospital setting. In 1978, she opened the
HERBARIUM, a retail herb, supplement and essential
oil store (click here for her store's website).
Because of public demands, she began NATURAL HEALTH
CARE SERVICES, in 1988, a private consultation
service for individuals and businesses. Kathy is
actively involved in the holistic health movement
through consulting, lecturing and offering
workshops on herbal remedies, nutrition and
aromatherapy at area colleges and medical
institutions.
Education in Nursing:
Graduate, STCC (nursing division)
Springfield, Mass. 1965
Complementary/Alternative Therapies
Education:
Dominion Herbal College, Canada
1979-1981
Shook institute of Pharmacognosy, Calif 1980
institute, NY
Gaia Institute, Ashland
Ma
Interface, Boston, Ma. (workshops &
intensives 1980-1997 Instructors
include:
Linus Pauling PhD, Harold Manner, PhD,
Herbert Benson MD, Tieraona Low Dog MD, Christopher
Hobbs LAc, John Christopher ND, Carolyn Myss
PhD
Certifications:
Therapeutic Touch, by Dolores Kreiger PhD,
RN 1994
Clinical Aromatherapy by Jane Buckle PhD, RN
1999
Clinical Aromatherapy Instructor by Jane
Buckle PhD, RN 2000
Media:
Monthly talk-show program on alternative
therapies WREB Holyoke, Ma.
1980-1989
Host call-in talk show "HERBS FOR HEALTH
& HEALING" WNNZ Springfield, Ma.
1992-present
Local resource for radio & television
programs regarding CAM WHYN, WWLP, WGGB,
Springfield WTIC, Hartford, CT. 1978-present
Publications:
Expert Reader, Advisory Board Member: THE
COMPLETE GUIDE TO NATURAL HEALING, International
Masters Publishing Co.
1998-2000
Columnist for HEALING RETREATS & SPAS
magazine 2000-present
Presentations &
Programs:
1984-1996 "HERBS & HEALTH" Springfield
College
1991-1998 Woman's Pavillion, Mercy Hospital,
(assorted workshops)
1993 Collaborated with Baystate Medical
Center Oncology unit on bone marrow transplant
using herbs for the Immune
System
1998 Consultant to WF Young (natural
products manufacturer)
1999 Guest lecturer Cardiac Nurse's
Symposium "HERBS FOR THE
HEART"
1999 Speaker for the Knowledge Foundation
International Symposium "HERBAL PRACTITIONER'S
PERSPECTIVE" , Baltimore, Md.
2000 "HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS" Mercy
Hospital, Springfield, Ma.
2000 "NATURAL REMEDIES FOR ADD/ADHD" Mass.
Dept. Mental Health
Personal:
Kathy is mother of Eric (33), Andrea (31),
Jessica(17) and grandmother to four boys. Her
interests include gardening, hiking, natural dyeing
of wool, spinning, knitting and everything Irish.
She and her husband are the USA representatives for
the Irish charity, FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF
CHERNOBYL.
See her website at the
herbarium
Contact Kathy Duffy at Pysz333@aol.com |
