In 1984, to complement Hakomi’s exquisite techniques, Jon began developing a comprehensive map of the Self, the Re-Creation of the Self Model of Human Dynamics (R-CS). R-CS is both a map for people to understand and pursue their potential, and also a unique and highly effective approach to therapeutic change. Taught both separately and in conjunction with his Hakomi teachings, Jon leads workshops and trainings in the applications of R-CS to individuals, couples, counselors, and groups.

In the late 1990s Jon began integrating the various models and techniques he used into a structured system. The explosion of research and information regarding interpersonal neurobiology, trauma and attachment offered a unifying web, and in 2002 Jon crafted Mindful Experiential Therapy Approaches (M.E.T.A.). Based on an understanding of the distinct kinds of psychological wounding clients endure, M.E.T.A. provides both the science and art of attending to client needs. Today, M.E.T.A. provides the synthesized conceptual framework and carefully articulated techniques that form the basis of Jon’s teaching, clinical work, and consulting, with individuals, couples, mental health practitioners and groups. In 2008, Jon and colleague Donna Roy, CHT, LPC, formed M.E.T.A., LLC as an umbrella organization to promote this eclectic and transtheoretical model.

Jon is the author of numerous articles, a Hakomi Institute textbook, and the R-CS training manual. He has also won several awards for his poetry.

An avid outdoorsman, Jon enjoys hiking, running, kayaking and martial arts. He loves to travel, is an accomplished carpenter and an unrepentant movie nut. Jon lives in Ashland, Oregon, with his family.

As an activist, she has always cared deeply about people and their gifts and about facilitating interpersonal understanding and intrapersonal awareness.

After a 20 year career in international non-profit management and intercultural communication, Donna had an epiphany about fulfilling another lifetime dream: to become a psychotherapist. This epiphany lead her (via a circuitous and personally customized route) to apprenticeships in altered state dreamwork and shamanic healing, to training as a Hakomi therapist, to graduating with an MS in counseling from Portland State University (2003), and, finally, to licensure (2007) as a licensed professional counselor (LPC).

In 2008, Donna and colleague Jon Eisman formed M.E.T.A., LLC, as an umbrella organization whose mission it is to train counselors and psychotherapists and others in mindfulness-based therapy approaches.

Donna also authored a chapter entitled, "Body-Centered Counseling & Psychotherapy", included in Capuzzi and Gross's textbook, Theories and Interventions in Counseling and Psychotherapy, published by Prentice Hall.

Donna has two grown children (who are also inveterate travelers) and lives with her husband of 30 years and a menagerie of animals. She makes regular trips to her home state of Maine where her parents still reside, practices yoga, loves a good science fiction movie as well as the poetry of Hafiz.

However, although Hakomi was developed primarily as a psychotherapy, the last several decades have demonstrated that it can be successfully applied in a wide variety of related fields. Hakomi therapists and practitioners may integrate the Hakomi approach and principles into other practices and professions including bodywork, expressive therapies, pastoral and spiritual counseling, holistic and alternative healing, coaching and consulting, mediation and conflict resolution, teaching mindfulness and meditation, work with groups and organizations, and other non-clinical applications. The title "Certified Hakomi Practitioner" implies that the individual integrates Hakomi primarily in one or more related fields, rather than psychotherapy.

Certification in the Hakomi Method confirms that at the time of certification, the therapist or practitioner completed an extensive training and certification process in which they both demonstrated competence in the Method and an embodiment of the Hakomi principles.

After certification, Hakomi therapists who integrate Hakomi into their psychotherapy or counseling practices may focus on the practice of Hakomi, and/or integrate it with other modalities. All Oregon therapists and practitioners must adhere to the laws of Oregon with regard to the practice of psychotherapy and counseling and the use of related titles. All are required to continue to follow the Hakomi Institute Code of Ethics and the ethical guidelines of their profession. Many Hakomi therapists and practitioners will provide a free interview in person or over the phone, giving you the opportunity to ask questions and sense whether they are a good match for what you seek. Many also have websites where you can learn more about their work.

Neither M.E.T.A, LLC, nor the Hakomi Institute, Inc. monitors therapists or practitioners after certification, nor requires continuing education to maintain certification. Certification does not imply legal endorsement of the practitioner by M.E.T.A., LLC, or the Hakomi Institute, Inc.

It is understood that the M.E.T.A. trainings teach specific methodologies (Hakomi, Re-Creation of the Self), and do not provide an overall training in all aspects of the psychotherapeutic profession. For example, the Hakomi training does not train individuals to work with addictions, eating disorders, phobias, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, panic disorder, psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder or other psychiatric diagnoses.

If you are seeking a therapist with a particular specialization (e.g. trauma therapy, addictions, couples therapy, child or adolsecent therapy, etc.), we recommend you inquire of the therapist regarding their training and experience in these areas.

Neither M.E.T.A., LLC, nor the Hakomi Institute, Inc. warrants or otherwise assumes responsibility for the services provided by the practitioners listed below, or their competency to provide these services; and may not be held liable for any claim resulting from working with these therapists and practitioners, or for the activities of any students or graduates of our trainings. You assume responsibility for determining whether a therapist or practitioner is appropriate for your needs.

Certified Hakomi Therapists and Practitioners who have trained with or are affiliated with M.E.T.A. are indicated with an *.

16th Street Facility Practitioners

The following are 16th Street professionals who are M.E.T.A. training graduates.

M.E.T. A. Trainings Teaching Assistants

The following are M.E.T.A. graduates who are now or have recently been on Staff in various M.E.T.A. trainings.