Faculty

Jana Singer, Co-Director & Instructor

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Jana Singer is a certified Core Energetics Practitioner through the New York Institute. She is a Co-Founder and Instructor at the Metamorphosis Core Energetics Institute with Angela Ai, a faculty member at the Montreal Core Energetics Institute, and has taught workshops in Toronto, LA and Austin on topics including sex and attraction, the shadow and relationships. In addition to her private practice, she facilitates ongoing weekly groups in Toronto, where she lives with her husband and two children.

Angela Ai, Co-Director & Instructor

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Angela Ai is a Certified Radical Aliveness Core Energetics Practitioner. She is Co-Founder and Instructor at the Metamorphosis Core Energetics Institute with Jana Sinyor, facilitates workshops internationally and helps individuals and couples align with themselves and others. Her work is a synthesis of Core Energetics and Human Design. Angela lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Ferd, and their dog, Mobi.

Lisa Loustaunau, Instructor

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Lisa Loustaunau, MA, ACCEP, brings over 30 years of experience as a Core Energetics Somatic Psychotherapist. Having trained with Core Energetics founder Dr. John Pierrakos, she is the former Director of Education at the NY Institute of Core Energetics. Lisa is currently the Academic Consultant to the Next Generation Core program in DC, and a faculty member at the Institute of Core Energetics. A highly regarded international teacher, workshop leader, process facilitator, and supervisor, Lisa has trained Trainees in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Holland, Mexico, Israel, and the USA over the course of her career.

Pablo Cortes, Instructor

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Pablo Cortes is a trained Core Energetics practitioner with a postgraduate degree in Core Energetics and Integrative Body Psychotherapy. He is also certified in Trauma Release through the CoreEvolution Institute and holds international certificates in various coaching fields. He collaborates with Corpore México leading supervision groups and teaching workshops and works with the Montreal Core Energetics Institute in several of its programs.

David Sutcliffe, Instructor

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David Sutcliffe is a certified Core Energetics Practitioner, coach, teacher, workshop facilitator, filmmaker, podcast host, and former actor. He grew up in Canada, moved to Los Angeles where he lived for 20 years, and now lives with his wife in Mexico.

Sanjay Evran, Instructor

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Sanjay Evran is a Somatic Therapist in private practice since 2016 trained in Bioenergetics and Core Energetics. He also trained at the Radical Aliveness Institute, which specializes in systemic complexity and group work. He is currently an Associate Faculty member and serves on the Ethics Committee at the Institute of Core Energetics in New York and teaches internationally as a Junior Faculty Member at the Netherlands Institute of Core Energetics. Sanjay is Armenian, born and raised in Toronto, Canada and currently lives in Hudson Valley, New York.

Andrea Martin, Instructor

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Andrea Martin is a Somatic Therapist in private practice since 2012. She is an Advanced Certified Core Energetics Practitioner, a Certified Radical Aliveness Practitioner, and holds a Master of Education from The New School. Andrea has taught on the faculty of the Institute of Core Energetics in New York. With over three decades of experience as a meditator in the Vipassana Buddhist tradition, she integrates mindfulness-based principles into her work. Over the past five years, Andrea has focused on non-dual mind training and Byron Katie’s The Work, using these inquiry-based methods to support her clients. Alongside her therapeutic practice, she specializes in curriculum design and educational systems development.

Aimee Falchuk, Instructor

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Aimee is a graduate of Barnard College where she received a BA in Women’s Studies. She earned a Master of Public Health from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and a Master of Education in Counseling and Psychology from Cambridge College. She is a post graduate of the Institute of Core Energetics and currently a Master of Divinity candidate at Naropa University. Aimee did her clinical training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Lowell General Hospital. Aimee is in private practice and a faculty member at the Institute of Core Energetics in NY.

Ken Goldberg, M.D., Instructor

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Ken Goldberg, M.D., is a Preventative Medicine Specialist and has been a Core Energetics therapist since 1994 and part of the International faculty since 1998 teaching in the U.S., Central and South America, and Europe. He has also taught at the graduate level in Allopathic, Naturopathic, and Chiropractic Universities, and currently is the director of a Core Energetics training in Portland, Oregon. Current passions include integrating the teachings of Energy Medicine, Human Development, and Spirituality, as well as rock climbing, whitewater kayaking, mountain biking and connecting with family and friends.

Melissa Kaplan, Instructor

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Melissa Kaplan, MPA, AACEP, is a somatic practitioner and spiritual activist. She is a Senior Faculty member at the Institute of Core Energetics and Embodied Relationship Mentor based in NYC and Upstate NY. In her private practice with individuals, couples and groups, she believes that eros is the awakening force that transforms our defense, our negative beliefs, distorted feelings, and disconnection from animism. Her group work is emergent, relational and emphasizes intimacy across difference. Melissa is an alumna of Harvard Business School with a focus on Executive Leadership and holds a master’s degree in Public Administration. Melissa was an international CEO for more than a decade and brings her extensive cross-cultural experience into her practice.

Amie Scrupski, Senior Training Assistant

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Amie Scrupski is an artist, writer and Core Energetics Practitioner who sees clients virtually and in-person in Manhattan. She graduated from the New York Institute of Core Energetics in 2022 and lives in Brooklyn.

Lauren Marciano, Training Assistant

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Lauren is a Core Energetics practitioner based in NYC. She works with individuals, couples and groups both in person and online. Lauren graduated from the New York Institute of Core Energetics in 2024 and is currently pursuing her postgraduate studies in Montreal, deepening her capacity to bridge body, mind and spirit.