Catherine Auman, MFT
Los Angeles, CA 90064
310-460-9399 		About Catherine
“Your suffering is bogus. Ecstasy is your very nature. You are truth. You are love. You are bliss. You are freedom.”

* Osho, The Goose is Out

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Catherine’s lifelong search, not to mention her passion, has led her to two major areas of inquiry: the psychological and the spiritual.


Catherine’s distinguished 25-year career in psychology has included working in virtually all aspects of mental heath: private practice, psychiatric hospitals, chemical dependency treatment centers, residential treatment, and consulting nationally with mental health facilities. She was previously Director of Behavioral Health Services at Glendale Memorial Hospital, Redlands Community Hospital, and the Alpha Recovery Center. She taught psychology and counseling at JFK University and for the University of Phoenix. Catherine received her M.A. in Psychology from Antioch University in 1983, her license as a Marriage and Family Therapist in 1993 (30784), and she is a Certified NLP Practitioner.

During the mid-90’s, Catherine made frequent appearances as a mental health expert on the national TV show “Extra.” Her writings have been published in journals, magazines, and books in the US, Finland, and Norway.

Catherine’s earliest memories are of sitting on her father’s lap and asking, “Why are we here? What happens after death?” Her whole life has been involved with the search for The Beloved. During her childhood and adolescence she read widely in mythology, literature and philosophy. She began studying meditation and yoga in 1972, astrology in 1980, and entered a graduate Transpersonal (spiritual) Psychology program in 1983. Along the way she has explored a wide variety of spiritual and personal growth paths including Eastern religions, women's spirituality, 12-step programs, magick, radical diets and fasting, massage and bodywork. She became a sanyassin of Osho in 1985, and was given the name Ma Dhyan Shaida (“intoxicated with love”). In 1991 she was initiated into Tantra Kriya Yoga by Sunyata Saraswati. Catherine lived in India at the Osho Commune in 1999-2000 where she studied tantra and meditation. She has had the great fortune to sit with many Realized Beings including Gangaji, Eli, John de Ruiter, and others.

Catherine’s personal interests include dance, fitness and health, music, fashion and art.


For more information about psychotherapy, spirituality, or to schedule an appointment, please call 310-460-9399 or send an email to info@catherineauman.com.