Meet the Directors

Maggie van Staveren LCSW, CHT

office: (510) 486-8268
 
Maggie van Staveren LCSW, CHT is a transpersonal hypnotherapist,
licensed psychotherapist, teacher and reiki master.  She is the
cofounder of the Better Life Center in Berkeley where she provides
individual/couple therapy using a variety of techniques including Past
Life Regression Therapy.  Maggie teaches personal growth classes,
provides hypnotherapy certification training and manages the
Transpersonal Hypnotherapy Training program.  She takes pride in
assisting clients find their own voice to resolve what’s not working in
their life.

Maggie was born in The Netherlands and came to the United States in
1957 with her family.  Trained as an educator, she taught Elementary,
Middle School and Junior High students in Michigan, Ohio, and Utah.  As
a Clinical Social Worker and Therapist she has expertise in working
with children and families.  She has worked as a Custody Evaluator,
worked with clients in an Alcohol and Substance Abuse residential
facility, worked with sex offenders, their families and victims.  She
has also worked in a variety of medical settings.

She received her Master’s degree in Human Development from Wayne State
University in Detroit, Michigan and a Master’s Degree in Social Work,
mental health track, from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City ,
Utah.  Maggie has Advanced Certification in Hypnotherapy from the
Institute of Thought in San Diego.

Maggie is a member of the Hypnotherapist Union, NASW, and the
International Association of Regression Research and Therapies. She is Past President of the International Association of Research & Regression Therapies, Inc.