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In
recent years Chris has served as an organizational development consultant and
counselor in a Fortune 500 company. His
consulting work has also taken him to the state of Wyoming, where he worked with
the former First Lady of Wyoming in developing a statewide forum on livable
community. He has taught
ecopsychology at Naropa University and has delivered many workshops and
presentations on psychology and The Hoop and the Tree.
Chris’s professional publications include articles on ecopsychology,
counseling, consulting and sociometry.
He is the author of a book of poetry, Cairns (Windstorm Creative,
2005). His poetry has also appeared in several chapbooks and magazines
including Appalachia, The Christian
Science Monitor, EarthLight, and Sea-Kayaker,
and in the anthologies The Soul Unearthed and EarthLight:
Spiritual Wisdom for an Ecological Age. He enjoys performing his work both solo and in jazz and dance
collaborations. The
world-beat band Monkey Siren has recorded Chris’ lyrics on two CD’s. A graduate of Yale University, Chris also holds a Masters degree in Community Mental Health (Northeastern University, Boston) and an M.B.A. (University of Colorado, Boulder) as well as a certificate in acupressure massage. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Colorado. Chris
is a long-time student of Zen and T'ai Chi and has taught T'ai Chi at a senior
center in Denver. He has studied healing practices in several traditional
lineages and sacred dance with the Earth Song Sacred Dance Community. His
wilderness experience includes backpacking, mountaineering, and white water
river rafting. He lives with his wife and son in a zone of ponderosa and
sage woodland along the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains by a tributary
of the South Platte River.
PUBLICATIONS: Link to POETRY & BARDIC WORK HOOP & TREE ARTICLES Hoffman,
C. (1999). The tree in the hoop: The shape of all shapes.
The Quest, November/December, 223-227. (ISSN: 1040-533X). Hoffman,
C. (1998). The hoop and the tree: An ecological model of health.
The Humanistic Psychologist,
(26, 1/2/3) Spring/Summer/Autumn, 123-154.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES Hoffman,
C. (1995). Comfort zones: Establishing team norms.
The 1995 annual: Developing human resources - consulting. San Diego:
Pfeiffer & Co. (Jossey-Bass) 29-39. (ISBN: 0-88390-470-5). Hoffman,
C., Wilcox, L., Gomez, E., & Hollander, C. (1992). Sociometric applications
in a corporate environment. Journal of
Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama & Sociometry, 45(1), Spring, 3-16.
(ISSN: 0731-1273). Hoffman,
C. (1988). An application of the sensitivity cycle to organizational groups. Hakomi
Forum, Summer, 57-61. (ISSN: 0884-5808). SOFTWARE Sociometry
- an application running in Visual Basic under MicrosoftÒ
Excel, for sociometry, © 1995, 1997. PUBLICATIONS REFERENCING CHRIS' WORK Paulson,
S. Lawrence. (2001, July). The ties
that bind: A seven-step strategy can help mergers succeed and last.
American Gas, 83(6).
15-16. (ISSN:
1043-0652) Paulson,
S. L. (1996, October). Considering the human factor. American
Gas, 78(9), 30-33. (ISSN:
1043-0652)
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