About Lisa Lachlan, Ed.D. 

Dr. Lachlan is a Relational Gestalt Practitioner. She has a lifetime of experience holding space, supporting healing, and navigating personal trauma, complex grief, unexpected loss, and the addiction and severe mental illness of loved ones.

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She holds a doctorate in educational psychology and served as the Director of the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders from 2019-2025. She is a student of Buddhism and aims to cultivate mindful awareness in all her teachings. Her mentors and teachers include Dorothy Charles, Steven Harper, Dick Price, Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Pema Chödrön.