Dr. Carol A. Wilson, Author, Professor of Health and Psychology, meditation teacher, Sound Healer, Reiki and Karuna Reiki® Master Teacher, aromatherapist, and Feng Shui practitioner, utilizes a dynamic holistic mind-body-spirit approach to personal growth and healing. With 25 years of experience in the healing profession, she has successfully assisted hundreds of individuals rediscover their personal power--the inner power that leads to motivation, triumph over adversity, and attainment of goals. Listed in Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who's Who of Women, and Who's Who in American Education, Dr. Wilson is internationally and nationally recognized for her published medical research on mothers with and without premenstrual syndrome and first born adolescent daughters. Her background and experience includes a Ph.D. in Health Education (stress management) from the University of Utah and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology, awarded to her by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), a member of the American Association of Integrative Medicine (AAIM), and an honorary member of the Society for Shamanic Practitioners. Dr. Wilson is also a member of the Sound Healer's Association (SHA) and is founder of Carol Wilson Organization, which includes a scholarship program for those who are terminally ill and disabled. 

During Dr. Wilson's postdoctoral tenure, she developed an expertise in the field  of substance abuse addiction and practiced Functional Family Therapy  (FFT), a short-term therapeutic model that has been recognized as a national blueprint model. She also served as Program Manager of Adolescent Treatment Services for the County of San Diego. Years earlier, as a university professor at the University of Virginia, she taught in the Curry School of Education, recognized as one of the top teacher education programs in the nation.  While a professor at UNLV, the University of Utah, Utah State University and National University, she taught over 30 different Health and Psychology courses and implemented therapeutic interventions for addictive behavior, dysfunctional relationships and family dynamics, obesity, eating disorders, grief and bereavement, depression, anxiety, stress, and health related disorders. Highly engaged in community humanitarian efforts, Dr. Wilson has served women, children, adolescents, the aging, and those with HIV/AIDS in her experience as a Hospice volunteer.  A comprehensive description of Dr. Wilson's professional training and experience is found in her academic curriculum vitae (in pdf format) . 

Although Dr. Wilson utilized a biopsychosocial model in her research and educational approaches as early as 1987, a paradigm shift occurred in her work in 1999 with a rise in spiritual consciousness  that embraced eastern, ancient and shamanic spiritual/healing  approaches.  She viewed this shift as a desire to create not only an invaluable bridge between East and West but to appreciate the healing practices of indigenous cultures throughout the world, which she observed in her travels to the Philippines, the Mariana and Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Russia, Estonia, Okinawa, Japan, Korea, Thailand, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and throughout the world.  

REIKI:  Dr. Wilson has taught Reiki to hundreds of individuals throughout the United States, ranging in age from 8 to 83 years, and has developed a powerful and active Reiki Community that sends distant energy as a group. They also participate in monthly healing circles, Reiki clinics, and other workshops and events. 

Dr. Wilson's Reiki lineages are as follows:

First Degree          Second Degree                           Master Teacher

Dr. Mikao Usui                       Dr. Mikao Usui                              Dr. Mikao Usui           

Dr. Chujiro Hayashi                 Dr. Chujiro Hayashi                       Dr. Chujiro Hayashi

Mrs. Hawayo Takata               Mrs. Hawayo Takata                      Mrs. Hawayo Takata

Beth Gray                              Barbara Weber Ray                       Virginia Samdahl

Denise Crundall                      James Glock                                 Dr. Larry Rosecrans

Didi Otterson                          L. Monahan & S. Cantanzaro          

                                     Grace Alvarez Sesma

Dr. Wilson has attuned the following to Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Master Teacher:

Bonnie Horrigan (2004)                                Marsha Rasmussen (2009)

Muriel Lyman (2004)                                   Gabriella Jambor (2009)

Gwen McGee aka Eboni Snoe (2005)           Teresa Law (2009)               

Janet Hatch (2005)                                      Sangita Rosengarten, M.D. (2009)              

Merrilee Morgan (2005)                                Dianne Sterling, Psy.D. (2009)              

Susen Sawatzki (2006)                                George J. Pratt, Ph.D. (2009)

Kristine Wilkerson (2006)                             Rita Martinez (2009)                  

Dee Jerge (2006)                                         Cindy Contreras (2009)

Linda Whiteside (2006)                                 Nicole Friedman, Ph.D. (2009)                       

Michael T. Simms (2006)                              Shonie Mitchelson (2009)                         

Ric Reiser (2007)                                         Cheryl Kvilang (2009)

Michelle Clifford (2007)                                  Beth Inman (2009)

Jonathan M. Webb (2007)                             Erin Moore (2009)

Susan K. B. Hammond (2007)                       Tiffany Anderson (2009)

Dina Aminova (2007)                                     Xiomara Bell (2010)

Lilian Llanos-Rosales (2007)                          Denise Palfreyman (2010)

Dixie Scott-Marshall (2007)                           Donna Mirabile (2010)

Joel W. Brady (2007)

Shirley Zorn (2007)

Brenda Haines (2008)

Christine Mandrake (2008)

Kathleen Roarty (2008)

Nedra Abramson (2008)

Brittany Lee (2008)

Debbie Straley (2008)

Cindy Hunsaker (2008)

Margaret Armstrong (2008)

Kimberly Roos (2008)

Denise Walz (2008)

Craig E. Lewis (2008)

William Dufala (2008)

KARUNA REIKIi®:   Dr. Wilson received Karuna Reiki® certification from the International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT) in 2003.  She integrates Karuna Reiki® into her healing practices and teaches Karuna to Usui Reiki Masters.

SOUND HEALING :  Dr. Wilson began playing classical piano at age 7 and by age 10 was pianist and organist for several choral groups and was the recipient of numerous music awards.  She integrates sound healing into her classes and healing practices and conducts workshops; i.e. The 2008 11th Annual Wellness Festival in Sun Valley, Idaho.  Dr. Wilson has been a member of the Sound Healer's Association (SHA) since 2002.  She trained and certified with Jonathan Goldman, Founder and Director of the Sound Healer's Association (SHA), President of Spirit Music, and a pioneer in the field of harmonics.  Dr. Wilson has also trained with Silvia Nakkach, award-winning composer, singer, recording artist, and author who is an internationally accredited specialist in cross-cultural music therapy training and a pioneer in the field of sound, transformation of consciouness and music education; Layne Redmond, a pioneer in transformative rhythms, drummer, recording artist and author of the book When The Women Were Drummers; Lama Tashi, a 2006 Grammy nominee; Laraaji, a pioneer of ambient music, Kimba Arem and other acclaimed sound healers. 

AROMATHERAPY (ESSENTIAL OILS):   Dr. Wilson was trained in Essential Oil Science and Chemistry, Basic Principles of Aromatherapy, Raindrop Technique, Applied Vita Flex, Healing Oils of the Bible, and Emotional Release with Essential Oils by Dr. David Stewart, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Aromatherapy Research and Education (CARE).  Dr. Wilson also received training from Dr. Gary Young, Pioneer and Founder of Young Living Essentials Oils.   Dr. Wilson is an Executive Level Distributor for Young Living Essential Oils and has been an active participate in the Young Living Annual Conventions, which included being a Grand Session Keynote Speaker and break-out session presenter for the 2006 Young Living Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah.

MEDITATION :  Dr. Wilson began the study of relaxation techniques during her doctoral training when she developed an expertise in stress management via a biofeedback laboratory and utilized a variety of meditation, guided imagery, visualization, and autogenic relaxation techniques in the stress management classes she taught; however, her meditation practice during the past ten years has been as a student of Buddhism. Her intensive study and practice of Buddhism has included meditation retreat and pilgrimage as a Vajrayana practitioner in the Karma Kagyu Tibetan Buddhist tradition, also known as Diamondway Buddhism. Her root lama, Lama Ole Nydahl and his late wife, Hannah, while in the Himalayas, became the first Western students of His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, who requested that they bring Buddhism to the West. Dr. Wilson took refuge with and received teachings and empowerments from His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dorje in 2003 on his first visit to the United States.  She also received teachings from him at his home in Kalimpong, India in 2005 while on pilgrimage.  While on pilgrimage again in 2008, Dr. Wilson received several empowerments and the teaching "37 Practices of a Bodhisattva" from His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (KIBI) in New Delhi, India.  She has also received empowerments from Sharmar Rinpoche and teachings from many renowned Buddhist teachers including His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Khenpo Choga Rinpoche and Drupon Samten Rinpoche.  Dr. Wilson respects all spiritual beliefs and practices.  Her book,  Healing Power Beyond Medicine , will be published by O-Books in January 2011.