Facilitators
At HISE, our teaching team blends trauma-informed, body-based methods with a commitment to transformational healing. Rooted in the principles of Somatic Experiencing® developed by Peter A Levine, PhD, our facilitators bring diverse expertise in healing, embodiment, and relational practice, with decades of combined experience designing and leading powerful workshops and retreats worldwide. The team is guided by founder Melissa Stager, EMBA, SEP, and collaborators including Peter A Levine, PhD, Dr. Diane Poole Heller, Betsy Polatin, Barbara Collier, and others who co-create rich, immersive learning experiences grounded in compassion and wholeness.
HISE Facilitator
Barbara Collier, LPC, SEP
Meet Barbara
Complimentary Meditations with Barbara
Barbara Collier is an experienced trauma recovery expert with over 30 years of experience. She has co-taught with some of the topinovators in the field, including Peter A Levine, PhD, the developer of Somatic Experiencing®.
A registered ICU nurse turned somatic trauma psychotherapist, she’s a certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner and Embodied Psychosexual Practitioner.
Barbara integrates movement therapies, sensory awareness, nature-based healing, bodywork, and equine-assisted work to address developmental, intergenerational, and sexual trauma.
As co-founder of Equinimity Tucson—a nonprofit offering trauma-informed services to underserved communities—she brings a grounded, compassionate presence that holds deep healing with grace and attunement.
Her teachings with Healing Informed Somatic Education and Ergos Institute invite reconnection with our inherent wholeness and aliveness, often through the wisdom of body, nature, and relational repair.