About Bonnie

I hold a PhD in psychology, with an emphasis in media, and am a Senior Fellow at the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership and Co Faculty Director at the Center’s e-Co Leadership Coaching Certification program. I hold a PCC level ICF (International Coaching Federation) coaching credential, and am a certified imagery practitioner for the School of Images in NY.  I am a former adjunct lecturer for Fielding Graduate University in their psychology doctoral and master in Media Psychology and Social Change program. My academic work centers on the study and use of images as cognitive tools for behavioral change and as the means by which we build communities, society, and culture. I have spoken on these topics at numerous international conferences, including Broadcast Educator’s Association, Immersive Media Summit, International Association for the Study of Dreams, and many more.

My past experience includes co-founding MicroFocus Media, a political-media research company with clients including presidential and other high-level campaigns. At the community level I have spearheaded numerous community development programs including planting over 300 trees in urban Los Angeles, serving on the launch board for the Wilshire Center-KoreaTown business council, and the grant selection committee for the Los Angeles Mayor’s Community Beautification office. For many years I worked in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, including running a film/television production company and producing documentary programming.

The foundation of my dreaming work derives from the teachings of the late Madame Colette Aboulker-Muscat, whose work with imagery and dreaming extends through a long family lineage to the 13^th century Mediterranean. It is called the Kabbalah of Light.  I was taught this ancient visionary work through over 15 years’ intensive study with my revered teacher, Dr. Catherine Shainberg, of the School of Images, who was a direct student of, and long collaborator with, Colette.  My work is also informed by my long-time studies with Rabbi Gershon Winkler from Walking Stick, whose teachings of what he describes as ‘aboriginal, shamanic Judaism’ derive from ancient texts and traditions on the profundity, mystery, and psychology of existence.