About

Loraine Van Tuyl, Ph.D., CHT, is a licensed integrative clinical psychologist, a certified Depth Hypnosis practitioner, and a shamanic eco psychologist who got her doctoral degree at Palo Alto University and her certification training at the Foundation of the Sacred Stream in Berkeley, CA. She has distilled thirty years of diverse and well-rounded professional experiences into an elegant and seamless integration of modern psychological expertise, ancient healing practices, and natural wisdom. Her unique Soul Authority™ methods have empowered hundreds of spiritual and intuitive empaths, experts, and change catalysts in psychology, holistic health, academia, the arts, law, conservation, biotech, computer science, engineering, entrepreneurship, economics, and social justice work. Loraine’s deep understanding of overwhelmed empaths and highly sensitive professionals has helped her to connect to audiences far and wide. She has written extensively about her unconventional ideas in Thrive Global, MindBodyGreen, Rebelle Society, Elephant Journal, and Medium, and is the author of Amazon Wisdom Keeper: a Psychologist’s Memoir of Spiritual Awakening. Her second book—Soul Authority: Liberatory Tools to Heal from Oppressive Patterns and Restore Trust in your Heart Compass — addresses the most critical and salient social and mental health crises of our times and was released in April 2022. In addition to being an expert guest on numerous podcasts and radio shows nationwide, Loraine has been invited to participate in intimate 20-person think tanks on topics such as mindfulness, racial healing, community building, and bridging science and wisdom alongside leading consciousness pioneers and master teachers, such as Ruth King, Jack Kornfield, Thupten Jinpa (primary interpreter of His Holiness the Dalai Lama), and Sharon Salzberg.