Our Team

Tim Westfeldt | Founder and Instructor

Tim (he/him) began working with people when he became a student and then an instructor in an old Asian form of study focused on mental, physical, and spiritual self development, devoting 12 years of his life to it. He went onto a Master’s degree in counseling psychology from Southern Oregon University and began working as a therapist. He subsequently trained in Hakomi Therapy with Ron Kurtz; and also studied Paul Ekman’s work showing that facial expressions for emotions are universal in humans. Tim then started a private practice and began learning throught his practice about a set of ideas that have evolved into the concept of Emotional Hygiene.

Read more about Tim and the journey that led to Emotional Hygiene.

Cassandra Wick | CEO and Administrative Manager

Carey Averbook | Education Director and Learning Experience Architect

Carey Averbook (she/they) comes from a long line of Ashkenazi Jews who came to this continent while escaping pogroms in Eastern Europe. Carey wears many hats, including multimedia visual storyteller, communications strategist, Life & Well-being Coach, and repairing the village in their LGBTQ+ Jewish community. Her efforts go toward personal, collective, cultural healing, embodied remembering, and creating stories for ways of being human that are connected to nature, the sacred, culture, and community. Carey received her MA in New Media Photojournalism from the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at The George Washington University, and her BA in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.