Carol Gray

Office Location:

1306 NW Hoyt St. # 307

Portland, OR 97209

Mailing Address:

1414 NW 53rd Dr.

Portland, OR 97210

voice: 503-830-8995

fax: 503-236-4334

e-mail: carol@carolgray.com

The best way to communicate with me is e-mail. I can be hard to reach by phone during business hours because I’m seeing clients or teaching. Late at night when I have free time it’s too late for me to call you back, but not too late for me to answer your e-mail...

Professional Licenses and Training

Carol has attended births for more than 35 years. She has been a professional doula and bodyworker since 1990. Carol was a Birthing From Within mentor from 1999 to 2009. She has been an unlicensed Oregon midwife since 2000. Carol is licensed to practice massage in both Oregon (#3150) and Washington (#MA 00004670). She is a self-taught and apprentice-trained direct entry midwife, a past certified Birthing From Within Mentor, a former Birthing From Within Mentor Advisor and a former Birthing From Within Doula Trainer. Carol completed her doula training at the Seattle Midwifery School with Penny Simkin. She has studied bodywork modalities with various people including Meier Schneider, Rich Phaigh, Rosita Arvigo, Lindy Ferrigno, Suzanne Scurlock Durana, Fritz Smith, Frank Lowen, Jeffrey Burch, Alain Gehin, DO, Claudia Cohn, DO, Tami Kent, MSPT, Liz Koch, Katy Bowman and many more. Carol has completed all of her CranioSacral Therapy training, including advanced, obstetric and pediatric specialty work, with the Upledger Institute. She has studied directly with Dr. John Upledger, the founder of this work. Carol has been a teaching assistant for the Upledger Institute for all levels of CranioSacral Therapy training including advanced, pediatrics and cadaver dissection. She completed Bodywork for the Childbearing Year and Bodywork for the Childbearing Year Postgraduate Training with Kate Jordan and Carole Osborne-Sheets. Carol has also trained directly with Pam England, author of Birthing From Within. No list of influences would be complete without mentioning Karen Strange and her fabulous neonatal resuscitation classes taught from an infant consciousness point of view. Carol regularly attends continuing education training for midwives, lactation consultants, childbirth educators and bodyworkers. She is committed to lifelong learning.

Certifications and Affiliations

Carol Gray is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. Carol is Nationally Certified for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, a Certified Pregnancy Massage Therapist, and a past Certified Birthing From Within Mentor. Carol is a member of The Association for Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health, The American Massage Therapy Association, Midwives Alliance of North America, Oregon Midwifery Council, Northwest Cranial Association, Oregon Washington Lactation Association, The International Affiliation of Tongue-Tie Professionals and Portland Birth Support Network. Carol is a member of the State of Oregon Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Advisory Committee. She is a past examiner for the Oregon Board of Massage Therapists and a past American Massage Therapy Association - Oregon board officer.

Location

Carol’s office is located in The Gadsby Building

1306 NW Hoyt St. #307

Portland, OR 97209

(enter on 13th Ave. for elevator access)

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