Program Directors
Ron Valle, Ph.D. (#PSY8615) has served as a psychologist for over 25 years, specializing in clients with chronic pain and stress-related disorders, and with individuals facing a life-threatening diagnosis and their families. Professor, counselor, supervisor, and author, he currently serves as a director of Awakening: A Center for Exploring Living and Dying and is the senior editor of both Phenomenological Inquiry: Existential and Transpersonal Dimensions and Metaphors of Consciousness. Ron has worked with the dying and grieving on a volunteer basis since 1982. A long-time practitioner and teacher of meditation, Ron developed the Integrated Therapy Program for Transforming Stress and Pain while co-director of an outpatient university hospital pain clinic. Ron's academic resume.
Mary Mohs, L.V.N., M.A., M.A.C. has her Master's degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology. Her life's work has included working with the dying and grieving for over 20 years, as well as being a drug and alcohol counselor. Her extensive study of both Eastern and Western spiritual philosophies and approaches to life has deepened her understanding of her own spirituality, and reflects her interest in the commonalities in all of the world's religions. Mary serves as a director and co-founder of Awakening: A Center for Exploring Living and Dying, and is the author of a number of papers addressing living, grieving, and dying with awareness. Mary's academic resume.