About Katy
Welcome! I'm so glad you're here. The evolution of Radiance Healing is the result of over 25 years of professional experience interwoven with my own healing journey. (Curious about that? I share a bit about my story below.) I specialize in supporting children, teens, and adults in cultivating coping skills, building resilience, and fostering deep healing. 🌿
My own journey of physical, emotional, and spiritual healing inspired me to pursue training, certification, and mentorship in healing modalities, including multiple energy healing practices and the Safe and Sound Protocol. Radiance Healing also offers sound frequency and light therapy in Bellevue, Washington. The infusion of these modalities supports deep healing and greater wellbeing for my clients. I would be honored to support you in your healing journey!
I also still love teaching and am available for workshops, talks, and group sessions — both in person and online. I share practical, science-based, and heart-centered teachings on the nervous system and the mind-body connection. Whether you’re hosting a conference, retreat, wellness event, or community gathering, I offer grounded and accessible insights that help people reconnect with their inner wisdom and natural ability to heal themselves and others.
I also enjoy collaborating with other wellness practitioners to create integrative events that include energy healing. 💫
My Story
As a Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) since 2001, I’ve had the privilege of walking alongside many families during vulnerable times—first in Pediatric Oncology at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and later in Gastroenterology, Surgery, and Radiology at Swedish Medical Center. My work has also extended into homes, schools, and communities as a Parenting Educator and Certified Parent Coach since 2015.
In addition to clinical and coaching work, I served for seven years as a professor of Child Development and Family Science at Central Washington University, directing the Child Life Specialist program and conducting research on grief and loss. My areas of teaching expertise include child development, parent-child attachment, stress and coping, and applying brain science to promote resilience in individuals, families, and across healthcare and educational settings.
Unfortunately, after a serious car accident in 2017, I spent years in debilitating chronic pain and tried everything recommended to address it. A functional medicine doctor finally identified the problem - a torn ligament in my neck that was causing all the surrounding tissue to be in contant spasm to compensate for it. He was able to address the issue, but the pattern of chronic pain was deeply embedded in my energy system after 7 years of living that way.
Chronic pain is hard on the nervous system. I started the Safe and Sound Protocol to support emotional healing and stress reduction - this was a game changer for me. I was experiencing a new way of being in the world - more ease, more presence, more joy. Just a few weeks later, I received energy healing from another practitioner, and for the first time in years I was not experiencing pain!
I knew in my gut that each of these modalities was supporting the effectiveness of the other. As I continued with both, I experienced deeper and more profound healing - in my body, mind and spirit. I was even able to reverse the moderate scoliosis I’d had since I was a child! I began immersing myself in training so I could support others in their healing journey and created Radiance Healing. It is an absolute gift to be able to support people of all ages in their unique healing journeys. ✨
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Katy Tenhulzen
FOUNDER, RADIANCE HEALING