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Deborah Harris
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Deborah Harris moved to Los Angeles in 2014 from St Louis where, before becoming a Chaplain, she was a dancer, dance educator, MSW social worker, and ...
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Chaplain Deborah Schmidt
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Chaplain Deborah Schmidt, BCC, believes every conversation is a sacred conversation. We all seek a Makom Kaddosh (sometimes referred to as God), where...
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Rabbi Ed Harris Ph.D.
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Rabbi Ed Harris, Ph.D. moved to Los Angeles from St. Louis in 2014, where he was a psychologist in private practice and a rabbi at Central Reform Cong...
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Estelle Fisher
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Estelle Fisher, LMFT, has been facilitating mental and emotional healing throughout Los Angeles for over 30 years. Her belief in the inherent human ab...
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Laurie Hall
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Laurie Hall earned her Masters of Social Work from Washington University in St Louis in 1994, became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in CA in 2002, ...
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