Our Staff
Every member of the Turning Leaf Wellness staff has obtained all of the necessary certifications and credentials required to meet the licensing criteria to practice their modality. We consider our practitioners to be among the finest in each of their respective fields and many of our practitioners have gone above and beyond the necessary requirements to further their education and enhance their practice.
Betty Brooks
Reiki Master-Teacher
Betty Brooks holds certifications in Guided Imagery and Music, a Course in Mediation with the Baltimore Mediation Center, and as Reiki Master-Teacher.
She has used Reiki and Healing Touch with patients in Hospice care, persons with diagnosed illnesses, as well as assisting clients with stress management and decision-making. Betty has facilitated healing retreats and offered healing energy work both off-site in homes or facilities as well as in her office. Betty’s approach to serving clients is to provide a quiet, peaceful environment that is welcoming to all; a place where people may come for Reiki Therapy Healing, spiritual counseling, workshops and seminars to create for themselves a sense of well-being, and learn how to maintain a sense of wellness. Betty’s philosophy is that everyone has the inert ability and spiritual energy to bring healing to self and to others. The gift is in that realization. Her work comes from a deep spirituality and belief that it is not by any self-motivated power that healing takes place, but that we serve as vessels for this healing force generated from a Higher Power… the God-Power of the Universe.
Bill Glenn
Reiki Master
Bill is a Usui Reiki Level II practitioner, Chakra Energy Healer and holistic health consultant. He has a Ph.D. Holistic Health from AIHT as well as Master of Policy Sciences and BS Arch degrees from the Univ. of Md. His certifications and memberships include AADP, ABMP and CISM. Bill serves individuals and corporate clients through his business entity, H.E.Alliances, LLC. His other training includes Emotional Freedom Technique and Sound Healing. He is author of Finding Your Healing Voice: A Beginner’s First Step to Understand Healing with Sound. Other healing activities include membership in NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Critical Incident Stress Management Team and regular participation in a Chakra Balancing practicum at the Braided Way School of Healing Arts under the tutelage of Arlyn Kline, RN, Director. Bill has 30 years of management experience in higher education directing large staffs where his leadership priority was to attend to the soul of his workforce. Bill’s ongoing studies are directed to understand as much as possible about the mind-body connection and healing processes via energy healing modalities.
Michelle Hammer, MS, LCPC
Psychotherapist
Michelle R. Hammer, Psychotherapist, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Certified Pastoral Counselor. Michelle received a Master’s of Science Degree in Clinical and Pastoral Counseling from Loyola College of Maryland after completion of the Master’s Program and a two year internship at Lighthouse Youth and Family Services. Prior to completion of the Masters Program, Michelle received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work and Human Services, while graduating Magna Cum Laude, from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland as well as an Associate of Arts Degree with a concentration in Human Services from Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland. During her time in college, Michelle was nominated and joined several honor societies including Psy Chi, the National Honor Society for Psychology students.Michelle counsels children and adults, individuals, couples and families.
Tara Baldwin, CLC
Life Coach
Tara Baldwin, owner of BELIEVE Life Coaching and BELIEVE U is a Certified
Life Coach, Coach For Life and Tony Robbins Trained Coach as well as a Public Speaker and Teacher. Tara facilitates Certified and Master Coaching classes, Workshops, and Seminars for businesses, schools, and organizations as well as in-person, telephone and skype coaching sessions. Tara offers individual and group coaching. Tara has a background in Corporate Sales and Marketing and well as a graduate from the Broadcasting Institute of MD with a major in Radio. Tara grew up in Pasadena, Maryland and enjoys neuroscience, the combination of science and spirituality, natural
health, travel, music, sports, and the water.
Rina Rhyne Rhyne, MSW, LGSW
Psychotherapist
Rina V. Rhyne, psychotherapist, is a Licensed Graduate Social Worker with a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where Rina completed counseling and case management internships with survivors of domestic violence and families of hospitalized children. After earning her degree, Rina provided counseling to survivors of domestic violence, persons concerned about their sexual health, and youth and families in urban areas. Through her education and professional career, Rina has held multiple leadership roles and has earned awards for her services. Rina counsels individuals, couples and families.