Faculty

We’ve felt very fortunate to participate in Eva Gold and Steve Zahm’s Buddhist Psychology Informed Gestalt Therapy (BPGT) training group these past several years. The four of us share a common desire to engage in a comprehensive path of professional and personal learning and growth that includes the full range of the human experience. In BPGT we found that comprehensive model and, in working with Eva and Steve, we experienced what it looks like to embody this model with wisdom and heart. It’s now our intention to carry this work forward by sharing it with others.

Michael Running, LPC

Michael Running is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice in Portland, Oregon, working with individuals, couples, and groups. Michael works primarily from a Gestalt therapy orientation, which brings curiosity, acceptance, and relational exploration into the present-moment with clients. In addition to being trained in Gestalt, Emotion Focused, somatic, and group psychotherapies, what Michael brings to therapy is also informed by his nine years as a Buddhist monk in the U.S. and Taiwan along with his 25 year meditation practice. Beyond therapy, Michael enjoys the ambiguity of poetry, the presence of nature, and adventures with his wife.

Tiffani Van Buckley, RCC

Tiffani is credited with her Masters in Counselling Psychology (MA) from the University of British Columbia and has been a registered Clinical Counsellor for the past 12+ years. She connected early on in her career to Buddhist Psychology informed Gestalt therapy and has spent the past decade studying with Eva and Steve, and practicing the art of BPGT. Tiffani also has specific training in Trauma Centered Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY-F, RYT 500), Trauma Informed Yoga & Mindfulness (TSYW), and Attachment theories. She specializes in Trauma and is a Clinical Traumatologist (TITC-CT). Tiffani is located in Canada, BC and lives there with her partner and 3 children.

Ben Moltman, LPC

Ben is a psychotherapist in Eugene, Oregon. He became interested in Buddhism in his twenties and developed a regular meditation practice after listening to a series of talks by Jack Kornfield in 2001. He attended graduate school in San Francisco at the California Institute of Integral Studies where he continued his studies in Eastern religious traditions and was introduced to Gestalt Therapy.

Liz Cloud, LPC

Liz Cloud is a Licensed Professional Counselor, currently in private practice. Liz completed her graduate education at Pacific University’s School of Professional Psychology, where her interest in Gestalt Therapy was piqued. In 2015 Liz began training with Dr. Steve Zahm and Dr. Eva Gold through the Gestalt Therapy Training Center Northwest, and has been involved with the organization since. Her professional experience ranges from community mental health to outpatient settings, and she feels privileged to have served the Portland community since 2009. Liz has come to identify with the Buddhist-informed Gestalt Therapy as an integral component of her work, both personally and professionally, and is excited to continue learning and teaching from this framework.