About Beyond Ordinary Nursing
Mission and Vision Statement
Our mission is
to provide registered nurses and licensed health care
professionals with a comprehensive, high quality training
in relaxation and imagery skills. The purpose of this
work is to offer the opportunity to incorporate the
power and magic of imagery into personal and professional
practice, with the potential to increase career options.
Our vision is
part of a broader paradigm shift, in which we are reclaiming
the true art of healing. We are committed to sharing
our passion of imagery and creating a learning environment
that gives the tools to potentiate healing in practitioners,
our patients/clients, and health care as a whole. |
Beyond Ordinary Nursing (BON) was founded by Terry Reed and
Susan Ezra in 1996, stemming from a deep desire to share the
powerful gift of imagery with the world. Our work is based
on a strong foundation in imagery training through the Academy
for Guided Imagery and in holistic philosophy through the American
Holistic Nurses Association, both pioneering organizations
in their fields.
Propelled by the encouragement of colleagues to develop this
training and responding to a force greater than ourselves,
the Nurses Certificate Program was created. Being nurses, we
had a strong calling to bring this work to nurses to heal ourselves
and empower our profession. For as we engage in the imagery
process, we have the opportunity to heal, transform and empower
ourselves and become the catalyst for others to do the same.
Over the years, as the training is being brought to many
more people across the country, there is growing interest to
open the program to others in healthcare. Therefore, the
Certificate Program in Imagery is now open to all licensed
healthcare practitioners.
This will enable us to expand our vision to bring Integrative
Imagery even further out into the world.
Our Founders and Faculty
Co-founder, Co-director: Terry
Reed, RN, MS, HNC
Personal Statement
 Co-creating Beyond
Ordinary Nursing eight years ago with my colleague,
Susan Ezra, has literally changed my life and allowed me
to manifest my life’s purpose; to help others and myself
reach their full potential. I had used imagery very early
in life creating imaginary pets and special magical journeys,
but had forgotten most of that when my mind started specializing
in another form of imagery; negative thoughts and fears.
My first imagery session brought such healing , joy, and
creativity that I knew I had to have more balance and perspective
in my life; both personally and professionally. In addition,
I wanted to contribute to the healing of my chosen profession;
nursing. The most treasured gift I have received in teaching
this work, has been to learn to let go of old “fix
it” models that burn out compassionate health professionals
and give them tools that potentate healing in their patients,
themselves, and health care as a whole.
Areas of Expertise
I entered the world of nursing when I began my training just
out of high school. I continue to be active as a nurse on this
my fortieth year in the profession. My predominant clinical
expertise has been in critical care, both as staff and manager
of a busy Intensive Care Unit. I left bedside nursing
in 1985 when I became Director of Clinical Pathways, while
going back to school and developing my holistic nurse practice.
In addition to co-directing Beyond Ordinary Nursing and serving
as faculty, I have a private practice in stress management,
utilizing imagery and energy based therapies, facilitate stress
management groups in a local cardiovascular office, and hold
a half-time position in a local hospital as a clinical supervisor
of guided imagery. Some of my colleagues think my main claim
to fame was when I was the nurse for the Club Med in Tahiti!
Credentials
- Registered Nurse since 1964
- Certified in Imagery since 1992.
- Faculty member of the Academy for Guided Imagery since
1992.
- Co-founder and co-director, Beyond Ordinary Nursing since
1996.
- Board Certified Holistic Nurse since 1998
- Past president, Imagery International
- Member of the American Holistic Nurses Association
- Bachelor and Masters Degree in Organizational Development
and Human
- Resources. Thesis: The Effect of Holistic Education on
Health Locus of Control.
- Supervisory Training in Integrative Medicine and Spirituality
Co-founder, Co-director: SUSAN
EZRA, RN, HNC
Personal Statement
 I
have dedicated my nursing career, of more than 30 years, to
assisting people in accessing their own healing abilities.
Without advanced degrees, my career has placed me in pioneering
positions. And twenty years as a hospice nurse has profoundly
shaped my life and beliefs. It has taught me how to truly be
a witness to the human experience of living and dying. In private
practice, I assist individuals to find their own inner resources
and healing images. As an educator, there is a deep desire
to share the gift of imagery with others in health care for
their personal and professional use. In reflection, I see the
key role through out all these developments has been to serve
as a guide or facilitator for the act of healing to unfold.
I am committed to personal and planetary transformation. As
with one, so is with the whole. The ultimate force propelling
my life’s work is the feminine principle, rejoining the
feminine with the masculine in all aspects of our lives, especially
in healthcare. I see it as the moral imperative of our time.
Areas of expertise
- 20 years hospice experience in pain and symptom control,
end of life issues and the dying process. Also incorporating
imagery and complementary care into the medical model of
hospice care.
- Private practice as a holistic nurse, providing stress
management and imagery for health promotion and healing,
specializing in area of oncology.
- More than 17 years experience in educational leadership,
in the holistic health arena.
- Currently serving, with Terry in a full time position at
Mills-Peninsula health services, as clinical supervisor in
guided imagery, providing imagery services to patients, staff
and community.
- Since 1996, co-directing and teaching the Nurses Certificate
Program in Imagery through Beyond Ordinary Nursing.
Credentials
- Registered Nurse since 1974
- Certified in Interactive Guided Imagery since 1990
- Faculty member of the Academy for Guided Imagery,1990-1995
- Co-founder, Co-director of Beyond Ordinary Nursing since
1996
- Board Certified Holistic Nurse since 1998
- Member of Imagery International
- Member of the American Holistic Nurses Association
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Jan Maxwell, RN, BA, HNC
 Jan is a board certified
holistic nurse who's interest
in health, healing and wellness spans the past 33 years.
She was among the
first registered nurses in the country to go into private
practice. Jan first
began using imagery in her work with private clients in 1981
and completed
imagery certification training in 1989.
She became a faculty
member of the Academy
for Guided Imagery in 1992. She is proud to say that she
was one of the
developers of the two day training program, "Beyond
Ordinary Nursing" that she,
Terry and Sue taught before they created the 1996 imagery
certification program
that exists today. Jan has a deep respect for Terry and Sue
and the hard work
and effort that they put into their dream of bringing imagery
to the world
and was proud to help them in their early efforts by teaching
for them.
Jan is
now following her dream of working part time doing what
she loves best --
private practice. She uses imagery and other modalities
in helping people create
positive changes in their health and well-being.
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Linda Chiofar, RN,MA,HNC
 Linda
is a Certified Holistic Nurse and core faculty for the Certificate
Program in Imagery. Active in holistic nursing since 1982,
Linda currently serves as Education Coordinator for the American
Holistic Nurses Association. she discovered the healing power
of imagery in 1994 as a client and immediately embraced this
powerful therapeutic tool. Upon graduation from the first Beyond
Ordinary Nursing imagery certificate class, she began teaching
Phase I around the country and has been blessed with sharing
this work with some incredible nurses and health professionals!
Linda has sucessfully used imagery with a variety of client
concerns including: symptom management, chronic pain syndromes,
relationship issues and stress management.
Kathy Moray RN, HNC, CHTP/I, SEP
 Kathy
Moray RN, HNC, CHTP/I, SEP is a Holistic nurse, teacher, trauma
specialist and speaker. She is on the faculty of Beyond Ordinary
Nursing where she teaches imagery and she is an instructor
in the Healing Touch Program. She served on the Certification
Review Panel for Healing Touch International and she has been
a leader in the American Holistic Nurses Association. Her interest
in trauma led her to study Somatic Experiencing, a short term,
naturalistic approach to the resolution and healing of trauma.
She maintains a private practice in holistic nursing.
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Donna Guyot RNP, MFT
 Donna
M. Guyot, RNP, MFT, has long specialized in the integration
of complementary approaches to health and healing with western
medicine, nursing, and psychology. a registered nurse practitioner
and a licensed marriage family therapist with masters degrees
in both areas, Donna has been on the faculty of BON since 1999.
as a nurse, Donna worked in critical care, home care, and in
primary care as a nurse practitioner. She taught for many years
in a graduate nursing program at a major university where she
co-created a program that focused on integrating complementary
healing in primary care np practice.
Donna has extensive training
and experience in energy healing and in the philosphy and
practice of indigenous healing. Awed by the power of imagery,
Donna incorporates imagery in her private psychotherapy practice
in rural northern California as well as in the public and
non-profit mental health services where she works with children
and adults.
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Ginny Weersing-Ecsery RN, MFT
 Ginny
Weersing Ecsery is a nurse and marriage and family therapist
who has been with the faculty of B.O.N. for five years, teaching
Phase I of the Integrative Imagery certification program. She
has a background in pediatric intensive care, nursing management,
holistic nursing, and Therapeutic Touch. She currently works
as a nurse consultant in pediatrics, as well as maintaining
a private practice in counseling and integrative imagery.
Ginny has a special interest in working with imagery as a
tool for spiritual growth and development, so that spiritual
resources can be accessed for dealing with life's challenges
and problems. Ginny also finds integrative imagery a creative
and effective therapeutic tool in combination with cognitive-behavioral
therapy, for a wide variety of issues.
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