About Shannon Simonelli, PhD, ATR

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Thanks for taking a quick peek at this About page. When you’re deciding who to use as a facilitator for your training or event, you want to make sure you’re getting the kind of expert who can effect radical, positive change. Dr. Shannon Simonelli has been the trusted guide for thousands of professionals.

Dr. Shannon has spent 20 years studying and developing innovative therapies that get people out of their seats, into their bodies, and using their powerful imaginations. Her fresh and evidence-based approaches to learning (including creative arts and movement therapies) engage participants, produce insights, and generate lasting change that talking AT a group simply cannot accomplish.

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Here’s a quick rundown on some of Dr. Shannon’s past experience and a few of the awards that show how much people love working with her.

  1. Strategic planning at University of Hawaii in Manoa
  2. Voted best of Honolulu for Psychotherapy 2008, 2009
  3. Clinic manager and trainer of clinical staff at Aloha House, Maui Hawaii
  4. State Improvement Grant manager, University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies and State Department of Education collaboration
  5. Department Director, Expressive Therapies, University of Utah
  6. Neuropsychiatric Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah
    Woman Entrepreneur of the Year for Salt Lake City 2017
  7. Voted Best of Holladay for Creative Arts Therapy 2018, 2019, 2020 – a people’s choice award

As a visionary and change agent, Dr. Shannon Simonelli is a founding partner of The NeuroImaginal Institute, which is the parent company of CreativeWell Consulting (CWC). All practices facilitated through CWC Experiences are informed by neurological science and cutting edge psychology research.