Facilitator and Director
Tara has a Ph.D in prenatal and perinatal psychology from the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, and has worked at the BEBA clinic since 2001. Currently she is the co-director of the Beba clinic together with Ray Castellino and works as a facilitator at the Santa Barbara and Ojai BEBA clinics. She is a certified craniosacral therapist. She is an experienced facilitator of process workshops for adults. She co-teaches Dr. Castellino’s Foundation Training in Spain and in the US together with Ray Castellino and Mary Jackson. She is the co-director of the non profit organization Global Resource Alliance dedicated to the alleviation of poverty and disease, and supporting communities in the Mara region of Tanzania.
Facilitator
Alison is a pre and perinatal somatic therapist who has been working with families, couples, babies, children and individuals for the past 27 years. She worked with families at the BEBA Clinic in Santa Barbara, and Ojai, CA for 8 years. She is certified as a Craniosacral Therapist, a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and she holds certifications in the Pathwork, Body into Being, Energy Healing and Shamanism. A graduate of the Castellino Foundation Training, Alison is a certified Womb Surround Facilitator and a certified Family Practitioner and Supervisor. She has assisted Ray Castellino, DC (ret), RPP, RPE, RCST®, Mary Jackson, RN, LM, RCST®, and Tara Blasco, Ph.D., RCST® with two Castellino Foundation Trainings, many Womb Surrounds and the Family Practitioners Training; she has assisted Ray Castellino and Anna Chitty, RPP, BCST, SEP, ABD with the Body into Being Training; and she has co-facilitated 7 Womb Surrounds with Ray Castellino and is an experienced Facilitator of Womb Surround Process Workshops.
Alison specializes in the healing of early wounding and trauma from conception through adulthood. In her private practice, workshops and trainings, she integrates her unique blend of spirituality, psychology, energy healing, and somatic pre and perinatal therapy into her work.
Alison has created Pathwork training programs, somatic pre and peri natal workshops, and parenting classes that incorporate the Castellino pre and perinatal approach. She has implemented these programs internationally, in Japan, Israel, Canada, Brazil and North America (California, Vermont, Virginia, Michigan and Massachusetts).
Alison currently lives in Amherst, MA, with her son, Rohan.
Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant
India provides part time administrative, bookkeeping, web and fundraising services to BEBA. She has been working at BEBA since October 2019. She was born and raised in England, UK, now lives in Ojai. She loves to hike.
Contact India for billing issues, scheduling and general questions.
Email: email4beba@gmail.com
Videographers: Videographers are students of the Castellino Foundation Training, students from the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute’s Santa Barbara Graduate Institute’s Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology Program, and/or healthcare professionals who are approved by Dr. Castellino. Many of them are practicing health care professionals with years of clinical experience.
