Leslie Davenport, MS, MFT
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Leslie Davenport, MS, MFT

Adjunct - Associate Professor and Program Lead

Climate Psychology Certificate

Pronouns: she/her

Email: ldavenport@ciis.edu

Research Interests

Integrative Psychotherapy, Climate Psychology, Guided Imagery

Biography

Leslie Davenport is author of two leading texts on guided imagery, Healing and Transformation through Self-Guided Imagery and Transformative Imagery: Cultivating the Imagination for Healing, Change and Growth.  

She was the founder of the Humanities Program at Marin General Hospital, which evolved into The Institute for Health and Healing in partnership with California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. As a licensed marriage and family therapist in practice for over 20 years, she is an advocate for the role of guided imagery in psychotherapy and integrative medicine. She has recently brought her experience with collaborative healing models to help resolve the climate change crisis with her latest book, Emotional Resiliency in the Era of Climate Change. 

Education

Dominican University of California Master of Science (MS), Counseling Psychology

Mills College Master of Arts (MA), Dance

Academy of Art University, Visual Arts 

Awards & Distinctions

Currently she serves in a climate psychology advisory role to One Resilient Earth, Climate Mental Health Network, and the Integrative Healers Action Network. She has participated in interdisciplinary climate think tanks hosted by the Post Carbon Institute and Institute for Policy Studies.

Courses

Transformative Imagery

Publications

Huffington Post: There are a number of articles on using imagery and meditation for mental fatigue, stress, depression, anger, grief, etc.

Guided Imagery Gets Respect (October 1996) From the Healthcare Forum Journal.

Healing the Body, Healing the Self: Guided Imagery and Psychotherapy in Medicine (June 2008) From San Francisco Medicine.

The Creative Path to Healing (November 2008) From San Francisco Medicine.

Guided Imagery and End of Life Issues: Evelyn’s Story of Graceful Surrender (January 2009) From San Francisco Medicine.