Our Team

When it comes to finding the right help and to give you the results you'd like to achieve, we'd like to introduce you to the experts that work out of the Seattle Center for Structural Medicine:

Kelly Clancy, OTR/L, CHT, RBI, SMS, SCFSM Owner

As a Structural Medicine Specialist, Bowenwork Practitioner, Occupational Therapist and Certified Hand therapist, Kelly uses her skills as a manual therapist and ergonomist to address the postural components which may be contributing to pain and dysfunction. She addresses not only the postural and structural issues that may be present, but also the ergonomic factors and the relationship of stress and its impact on the body's nervous system.

Through body awareness techniques, education on self care, nutrition, movement, and exercise, Kelly focuses on the multifaceted, multilayered components that lead to greater health and wellness. Her primary goal is to empower her clients to learn and practice a balanced lifestyle that supports health and well being.

Kelly graduated from Colorado State University’s school of Occupational Therapy in 1987. Since that time she has gone on to complete her sub specialty training in Hand Therapy and became certified in 1994. In 2006 she received her Bowenwork training from the Bowen Academy of Australia where she has recently completed her Instructor training. In 2011, she completed her three-year training in Structural Medicine through the Institute of Structural Medicine™ and is currently teaching ongoing Structural Medicine courses through the Institute. Kelly is also on clinical faculty with the University of Washington’s rehabilitation department.

Kerri Arenholz, OTR/L, CHT

Kerri Arenholz has specialized in arm and hand rehabilitation since 2000 and obtained her Certification in Hand Therapy in 2005. She attended the University of Maryland for her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and obtained a Masters of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from Touro College in New York.

After working with clients in acute trauma and with repetitive strain injuries, she recognized the body must be addressed as a whole and began incorporating Myofascial Structural Integration and Bowen Therapy into her practice.

Karen Black, Pilates and AIS Instructor

Karen Black received her Pilates certification in 2002 under the direction of world renowned master teacher Romana Kryzanowska at Pilates Seattle International. After dancing professionally with Milwaukee Ballet Company, Karen moved to Seattle to join the Spectrum Dance Theater. In 2007, she returned to school to finish a degree in Medical Anthropology and Global Health at the University of Washington. Karen infuses her warm inviting personality with exceptional skill and knowledge to create an amazing Pilates experience.

Irina Borshevskaya, LMP

Irina started her journey to healing arts in Moscow, Russia in 1990. After receiving her massage license, she spent a few years specializing in infant massage therapy. Irina then came to the United States and practiced in a rehabilitation center along side physical and occupational therapists.
Irina is a believer in the healing power of consciousness through touch. More than thirteen years of experience has taught her that touch is an integral part of the community and a gateway to a deeper connectedness and awareness.
Irina specializes in deep tissue, postoperative massage, energy work, and lymphatic drainage.

A note from Irina:
“Above all I am honored and grateful to be a part of your process and experience. I look forward to meeting you.”

Barbara Dick, Certified GYROTONIC® Trainer

Barbara is an observer of movement. Whether it's during a GYROTONIC® session with a client or out in the world at large, she's looking at the energetic pathways, the freedom and flow of the movement.

Since 1996 she has been teaching and watching movement and fitness students in the water and on land. Her students have ranged from teens to folks in their 90s, from free and happy movers to those in pain or disabled by disease or accidents. She enjoys helping clients appreciate their own movement potential, say good bye to unhelpful patterns and have fun while learning.

While her work with clients focuses on teaching GYROTONIC® exercise, she relies on past teaching experiences: water exercise, Pilates, stretch and strengthening classes plus 1001 ways to move with a ball. She has a commitment to continuing education and self study and has completed course work in GYROTONIC® golf and therapeutic applications and in GYROTONIC® specialized equipment and regularly studies with GYROTONIC® master trainers. Above all, her clients have repeatedly proven themselves to be the most profound teachers.

GYROTONIC® is a registered trademark of Gyrontonic Sales Corporation and is used with their permission.

Andrea Gould, NLP™ Practitioner

Andrea Gould is a certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner since 2008. She became certified through NLP Choices Training Center in Seattle. Over the last three years, she has worked with many people using NLP techniques. As a result, her clients have become more aligned with their outcomes and goals. Working with clients, Andrea finds the greatest joy in helping others on their path of healing and growth.
Andrea became interested in NLP after ten years of doing her own personal growth work. She discovered that she was fascinated with NLP and how quickly people can change their limiting beliefs and patterns. Andrea has been specifically interested in how emotional and mental health, play a part in a person’s physical actions and well-being. Through NLP, she has discovered that when the subconscious and conscious minds are in alignment, the person becomes healthier holistically.
Andrea lives in the Seattle area with her husband and two-year old daughter. She has a genuine interest in the lives of others and where they came from. She enjoys traveling, reading, and learning about health and wellness. To learn more about what Andrea does, go to www.andreagould.com

Julie Jameson, Energy Healer, Reiki Practitioner

Julie Jameson of All Points Healing is Seattle’s premier provider of Energy Healing. With over a decade of experience supported by spiritual and Energy Medicine training, Julie helps clients move forward in their lives with an emphasis on ease and grace.

“My passion is to share my gift of healing and give others access to the powerful tools I have acquired over the years.” ~Julie Jameson

Julie Jameson is a gifted and experienced Energy Healer who has the unique ability to “read” places of contracted energy as reflected in blockages in your body, mind, emotions or spirit. Guided by intuition, Julie employs an array of tools to facilitate transmuting blocked energy to openness, ease, and love. Julie’s healing practice is rooted in the belief that “everything, including healing, can be profound yet easy.” Julie helps to strip away the perception that we’re out of touch with our own grace, joy and love – that we are all Divinely created.

Julie Jameson began her journey using Energy Medicine to heal her life from the mindset and choices that came from a troubled childhood and resulted in illness and a crisis that made her question the way she was leading her life. She sought out the energetic tools that allowed her to transform and heal her life and proceeded to uncover her own capacity to heal others. Her passion to facilitate healing with individuals and groups is rooted in constant learning and exploration of new ways to make her gifts even more effective.

In addition to her 20 years of experience in a related professional field, Julie taps into over ten years of experience as a Reiki Level II practitioner and as an Ordained Minister to help countless individuals achieve positive outcomes. She specializes in facilitating healing and meditation groups, including Guided Meditation & Relaxation for the City of Seattle’s employee wellness program, as well as working one-on-one for fully interactive Energy Medicine sessions.

Please contact Julie at 206.354.7090 to schedule an individual or custom group healing session, and visit her website at www.allpointshealing.com.

Barbara Kaley, OTR/L, CHT

Barbara Kaley is a 1979 Occupational Therapy graduate of the College of St. Catherine in St Paul, MN. She has been a practicing Occupational Therapist for the past 30 years and has specialized in upper extremity and hand injuries and disorders. Barbara was certified as a hand therapist in 1990 and has maintained her certification. Prior to specializing in Upper Extremity disorders, she focused on the treatment of Central Nervous System disorders utilizing Neurodevelopmental Treatment techniques.

Barbara has treated and managed post surgical, complex multiple system injuries of the hand and upper extremity. She has experience treating a multitude of diagnoses including fractures, complex nerve and tendon repairs, replantation, burns, reconstructions related to RA and OA, and Dupuytren's contractures.

In her roll as a HandTherapist, she has specialized in the treatment of cumulative trauma and repetitive stress injuries. She uses her skills in the application of soft tissue release techniques, myofascial release, postural analysis, ergonomic adjustments and neuromuscular re-education to treat pain and to maximize recovery from injury for functional outcomes.

Tiffany Kuespert, LMP, SMS

Tiffany completed her training at the Institute of Structural Medicine with founder Donna Bajelis, PT, CHP, SMS in 2006. She has worked in the field full time since her graduation and continues to enjoy the dynamic relationship between structure and movement and the effects to that relationship through Structural Medicine, as though the work were new.

As well as addressing chronic and acute musculoskeletal disorders through myofascial manipulation, she also employs movement re-education in order to take the session home with you, so that as the body unravels into new shapes and available movement, the space is utilized and expressed. She is passionate about "bridging the gap," between alternative medicine and allopathic treatments which is congruent with the Institute of Structural Medicine's motto, and to this end is working on completing her Bachelors of Science as a pre-med major.

DeAnn Laube, LMP, RBT

bio to come...

Sue Machtley, PT, DPT, MTC, Green Grass Physical Therapy Owner

Sue Machtley, PT has officially joined the Seattle Center for Structural Medicine where she runs Green Grass Physical Therapy. Sue aims to exceed patient expectations by providing orthopedic manual physical therapy as well as comprehensive patient education. She believes teaching patients about how their body moves is the key to achieving long-lasting positive outcomes! Please visit www.greengrasspt.com for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Sue Machtley started working in the field of Physical Therapy in 2002. Her keen interest in spinal rehabilitation led her to train under the direction of renowned manual physical therapist Stanley Paris, PT, who particularly excels in his ability to treat the spine. In 2008, she was eligible to sit for her Manual Therapy Certification, an advanced credential held by fewer than 35 physical therapists in the state of Washington and fewer than 2000 physical therapists in the nation!

Currently, Sue is working towards her Orthopedic Clinical Specialization (OCS) through the American Physical Therapy Association.
She also serves as adjunct faculty at the Seattle Center for Oriental Medicine, www.siom.edu, where she teaches Surface Anatomy, Palpation and Kinesiology.

Professional Associations:
American Physical Therapy Association www.apta.org

Demian McKinley, LMT

Demian McKinley has practiced bodywork and taught yoga around the world for the past 7 years.

Originally a field biologist for the Nature Conservancy and the Alaskan fishing industry, Demian gravitated toward yoga and the healing arts after developing back problems from his work, though he never lost his love of working and playing in wild nature.

Therapeutic bodywork is his passion. A Licensed Massage Therapist in the State of Hawaii, he has studied the 10 series of Structural Integration in the tradition of Ida Rolf, has studied cranial- sacral work, and apprenticed Yamuna Zake in Body Logic, a deep form of bodywork that awakens and realigns the body's structure. Demian brings presence and extensive experience into his sessions, as well as bringing his therapeutic knowledge into vibrant and creative yoga classes, workshops and retreats.

Demian is multi-disciplinary in his approach, focusing on yoga, Yamuna therapies and bodywork. He has infinite gratitude for his teachers, past and present, having studied Structural Integration and consciousness work with Lee Joseph in Kauai, Body Logic and Body Rolling with Yamuna Zake in New York City, Yoga, and Ayurveda with Gopala at the Hridaya Hermitage in Maine, Yoga and philosophy with Emil Wendel and Julie Martin at Brahmani Yoga in Goa India, Meditation and brain science with Cynthia Zaal and Robert Petteway in Houston Texas, harmonium with Dave Stringer, also having studied Yoga with Clive Sheridan, Godfrey Devereux, Shiva Rea and Mark Whitwell.

Besides yoga and bodywork, his passions and interests include contact improvisation, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), ayurveda, rock climbing, mountaineering, travel, kayak surfing, beach lounging, bluegrass mandolin, playing the harmonium and kirtan chanting. He lives in Kauai, Hawaii.

Jennifer Wong, MS, OTR/L, SMI

Jennifer Wong, of EmBody Living, is an occupational therapist with a Structural Medicine background. Jennifer strives to improve a person's function in activities ranging from basic daily activities to physically strenuous sports, or in-between. To achieve this, she addresses structural alignment, ergonomics, environmental factors, neuromuscular re-education, the nervous system, and independent home exercise programs. Jennifer also emphasizes the importance of self-care outside of the clinic, especially in maintaining or progressing the gains a person makes during therapy.

Specific techniques/modalities that Jennifer uses are: Structural Medicine, Bowenwork®, Manual Ligament Therapy, Kinesio Taping®, and self-release techniques.