The Guides

SHANNISSY CATRON

Shannissy Catron is a doula and multi-disciplinary practitioner rooted in the synergy of intuitive massage for a decade. She specializes in working with people who are survivors of sexual trauma and substance recovery, while her integrative touch practice focuses on personal and partnered intimacy.

Shannissy is the director of healing arts at Pollinate Ritual. curating the healing practitioners available through our weekends and creating new healing modalities at pollinate that bridge ritual and standard therapuetic modalities.

KATHRYN DICKEL

Kathryn is fascinated with creation, transition and growth. She believes it is within these cycles that our greatest opportunity to find meaning exists. We silo much of our lives into work, family, recreation etc. Kathryn helps people to integrate these silos into one connected and meaningful life.

In her practice with couples, Kathryn helps them find what they are centered on and build a mutual practice that continually nurtures this center. She believes relationship are living entities that grow and change, and that this change can be experienced with expansiveness, compassion and positive outcomes.

Kathryn is the founder of Pollinate Ritual and Hive House. She has facilitated retreats for six years and is currently pursuing her certification in spiritual direction with the esteemed Haden Institute.

SARAH HAGER

Sarah's degree and formal training are in Education and Social Sciences. Her Health and Wellness Coaching certification was earned from Mayo Clinic and she is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach.  She is a Certified Professional Recovery Coach and an American Association of Sex Addiction Therapy (AASAT) Recovery Coach in order to support partners of sex addicts and intimacy anorexics.

She strives for living with intention and grace including learning about and designing a lifestyle that promotes well-being of mind, body, and spirit while helping others do the same through coaching and shared experiences.

The fundamental driver of her coaching practice is her desire to serve others – to partner with you as you envision, define and create your future. To support you being your own hero.

JULIE MERTZ

Julie has over a decade of practice as a licensed therapist working with individuals, teens, couples and families.
Julie brings a commitment to deeply knowing the couples she works with so she can bring out the unique strengths of that couple and their partnership. Julie believes in real-world solutions for couples that they can use in their everyday lives.

Julie is also certified in Ketamine-assisted therapy, trauma informed yoga and reiki adjacent to her traditional therapy offering.

KEVIN PETERSON

As a Lifestyle Medicine professional, Kevin prioritizes guiding people to a space of personal acceptance and accountability. In this space you are able to clearly see the challenges in front of you and have an opportunity to connect with existing skills, traits, and abilities that will help you forward your health improvement goals. From there Kevin collaborates with clients on progressive strategies that set a course toward adoption of health-oriented behaviors and decision-making processes that are in line with your clinical needs and personal vision for health and wellbeing.

SUZANNE PARKS PULCHER

With 18 years of nursing experience in Hospice, Neurology and ICU, Suzanne has expanded her wisdom to focus on life transits encompassing loss, as such she is a certified end-of-life doula.

Suzanne has also helped many clients find peace through ambiguous losses such as divorce, job loss and family passings.  

Suzanne facilitates the Charlotte’s Door End of Life support group at the Pollinate Hive House and sees clients in end of life transition for one on one support.