Linda Sussman

Linda Sussman, Ph.D., educator, storyteller, ceremonialist, counselor, holds her doctorate in Spiritual Psychology and Oral Tradition. Trained as a psychotherapist with mostly Jungian orientation, she helped to create the Center for the Healing Arts in Los Angeles which for ten years, offered a psycho-spiritual healing program for persons with life-threatening illnesses. For 18 years in Portland, she performed, taught and sponsored storytelling events through her business, Oregon Supporters of the Spoken Arts. A licensed minister since 1991, she works with individuals, couples and groups to create Ceremonies by Design to honor life transitions, including birth, death, weddings and adolescence.