Dr. Lahab Al-Samarrai

JAMP Transformational Coach

Dr. Lahab Al-Samarrai is the Founder and Director of the Institute for Conflict. He is a licensed clinical psychotherapist with a master’s degree in clinical psychology and PhD in clinical psychotherapy with a sub-specialty in child and adolescent psychotherapy. For over twenty years he has practiced in residential and clinical settings, schools, universities, and private settings. Dr. Lahab has worked extensively with children, adolescents, and adults, providing individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, and group therapy, as well as lecturing and providing clinical supervision to new professionals.

In 2020, Dr. Lahab developed a propriety trauma treatment named Jungian Advance Motor Processing (JAMP®). He is now the Founder and Director of JAMP Training Institute, JAMP University and JAMP Online. The IFC’s JAMP treatment is revolutionary in the healing of trauma, complex trauma, and complex PTSD. We at the Institute for Conflict have trained and certified twenty-four JAMP Transformational Coaches to date.

Dr. Karen Appel

JAMP Transformational Coach

Dr. Karen Appel is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor who loves to help people become the strongest versions of themselves.

A graduate of Bastyr University, Dr. Appel is also a 14-year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and holds an MBA from the University of Washington Foster School of Business. As a naturopathic doctor, she addresses the whole person, with individualized care plans focused on treating the cause of illness, with an emphasis on patient education.

Dr. Appel offers wellness programs that integrate with and complement primary care to help each individual take charge of their health once and for all. She uses a wide range of natural and conventional therapies to support patients ability to achieve their individual goals.

Before becoming a naturopathic doctor, Dr. Appel spent several years as a Crossfit Level 1 trainer and nutrition counselor in addition to her full time military career. She has competed in local weightlifting events, practices yoga, and is a strong believer in the power of meditation. To recharge, Dr. Appel loves traveling to tropical destinations to soak up the sun and scuba dive. During shorter breaks, you can find her day hiking, cooking delicious meals, and playing with three rambunctious cats.

Virginia (Gigi) Alcalde

JAMP Transformational Coach

Gigi (MA, LMHC, RDN, CD) is a registered dietitian nutritionist, therapist, yoga and mindfulness teacher, and JAMP coach. From an early age she became very curious about the nature of the human condition and fascinated by the mind-body-spirit connection. Gigi’s formal education includes earning a Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics and nutrition from Florida International University, completing a dietetic internship, and a Master of Arts degree in counseling psychology at Bastyr University in 2021. During her master’s degree, Gigi trained in Jungian Advanced Motor Processing (JAMP) under the guidance of Dr. Lahab Al-Samarrai. Gigi has also completed multiple yoga teacher trainings in mindfulness, meditation, and in hatha and vinyasa styles of yoga.

Gigi works in her private practice, Embody Nutrition & Integrative Therapies, based in Seattle, Washington which provides services in-person and through telehealth. Her practice offers nutrition counseling, medical nutrition therapy, mental health counseling, embodiment, and mindfulness practices, and JAMP therapy. Gigi specializes in disorder eating, eating disorders, food behavior, and body image and works with both adolescents and adults.

Gigi originally from Venezuela, is bilingual and offers therapies in Spanish and English.

Kindee Dixon

JAMP Transformational Coach

Kindee Dixon holds an associate license as a clinical psychotherapist with a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling. She also holds a master’s degree in health sciences, is a JAMP® Transformational Coach (focusing on a Jungian approach to healing trauma) and Supervisor of Training at JAMP® University. Kindee also holds certifications in Foot Zoning (Reflexology), Akashic Records, Theta Healing, Emotional release, and has studied extensively how the mind and body work together to promote healing. Additionally, she co-developed and continues to facilitate an ongoing mindfulness course at Rocky Mountain University in Utah, USA.

She has been coaching individuals in the US and internationally for over a decade and specializes in parts work, somatic processing, trauma therapy, and Archetypal healing. Her main emphasis is helping people to rediscover who they were always meant to be.

Kindee has lived on three continents and has visited over 40 countries, always seeking ways to help others as she learns about herself. She has volunteered for the past 25 years as the VP of a nonprofit organization that builds schools and clean water wells in Africa and loves to enjoy meaningful adventures with her three children.

Madeleine (Maddie) Turner

JAMP Transformational Coach

Madeleine received her B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Psychology from Central Washington University in 2016. After working at an alternative medicine clinic for over two years, she felt the call to attend graduate school and pursue a Master’s degree in Psychology. Madeleine graduated with a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Bastyr University in 2021. She plans to use this knowledge and training to further help the human community find peace and healing within themselves. Madeleine believes in the innate ability for individuals to help and heal themselves and sees herself as a guide to assist in this process. She takes a person-centered approach to her care, recognizing and acknowledging the uniqueness of each individual.

In her personal time, Madeleine loves tending to her houseplants, cooking, practicing yoga, dancing, drawing, and spending time with her loved ones. She enjoys spending time in nature, as well as wandering around thrift shops, and going to see live music.

Taylor Barnett

JAMP Transformational Coach

Taylor Barnett has lived and traveled all over the world, as a teacher and therapist. While living in Alaska she gained knowledge of how connection can assist people in their mental, physical, and emotional growth. Working with these students allowed her to connect to not only herself, but others, and laid the foundation for how she wanted to contribute to the rest of the world. She felt drawn to deeply intimate, interpersonal work that occurred with kids, adults, and families, and decided to complete a Masters in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Taylor has worked in domestic violence, foster care, schools, and outpatient treatment centers in both Washington and California.

Currently, Taylor works as a Certified Coach and Psychotherapist. At her practice, she offers Conscious Breathwork, Jungian Advanced Motor Processing, and integrates Somatic psychology and Mindfulness into her clinical work. Taylor is a responsive, reflexive, and embodied counselor that allows for the performative aspect of the body to enter the therapeutic space.

Her mission is to light a spark in the souls of those she works with. This spark guides them back to their truth, warms their heart in love, and energizes their body so they can continue to pass on the spark to others.

“The divine spark within me honors the divine spark within you.”