An Anam Cara (Gaelic for “soul friend”), Rev. Wolf-Muhleck has the skill and training to:
- Provide spiritual companioning for individuals/couples/families/groups by inviting a deeper relationship with the body/mind/spiritual aspects of their lives.
- Provide guidance in various types of contemplative practice and the process of self reflection fostering spiritual growth; pain and symptom management; and stress reduction
- Provide grief and loss support and sacramental rituals and services to individuals, family/caregivers and professional staff
- Provide an ongoing spiritual assessment and offer a range of healing modalities, such as Zen meditation practice, progressive relaxation, mindfulness meditation, therapeutic touch, dream tending, and journaling.
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
With a unique background in Celtic Spirituality, health care chaplaincy, end-of-life care, nursing, and organizational development, Rev. Wolf-Muhleck has the holistic perspective, education, and experience to assist individuals, families, and professional care staff moving through life’s passages.
Health Care Chaplaincy
Chaplain for five years at Cancer Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital (Tampa, FL), providing psycho-spiritual counseling and support for patients, family, and staff members. Instituted or promoted multiple palliative care programs (pet therapy, therapeutic touch, mindfulness meditation, leukemia and lymphoma patient/family support groups, and lending library). Served three years on the Ethics Case Consultation Committee and two years on the Palliative Care Task Force.
End-of-Life Care
Chaplain and member of the interdisciplinary leadership team for eight years at Hospice House, a 72-bed inpatient unit of the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast. In addition to her pastoral couneling and support, she:
- Initiated and built an infrastructure to continue a highly successful “Comfort Care Basket” project. Facilitated agency-wide involvement to provide each new patient at Hospice House Woodside with a welcome gift that also functions as a palliative arts toolkit for staff. Developed and presented training for 125+ staff members and volunteers. Provided over 1,200 baskets in initial eight months.
- Participated in team responsible to design a bedside interdisciplinary team meeting, so that patients and their family have the benefit of a single planning meeting with staff from various functions to discuss expectations, process and needs. Resulted in increased patient/family satisfaction, and decreased miscommunication.
- Provided clinical mentorship for those enrolled in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) as a step toward becoming a professional chaplains.
- Provided mentorship to spiritual care volunteers.
Nursing
Over twenty years experience in nursing and related health care leadership, training and organizational development positions. An Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with specialized training in the care of deaf patients.
- Provided primary care to students at the National Technical Institute of the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. As manager of student health services, initiated campus-wide health education workshops and programs.
- Mentored USF graduate students in the psycho-spiritual aspects of patient care at the Center for Elder Health in Tampa FL.
- Organizational Development
- Developed extensive meeting management and change implementation skills during ten years experience in organizational development for health care, government and education.
- Provided organizational development and training support to a hospital undergoing major transition. Assisted employees to accept and support the change as they moved from a community hospital to a regional medical center.
- Facilitated monthly meetings for teams with diverse, interdisciplinary members. Helped team to develop a common agenda, establish priorities, practice consensus building and conflict resolution skills, in order to meet critical goal (environmental clean up of military sites).
- Taught organizational behavior curriculum to college students, primarily for adult learners completing their education or obtaining an advanced degree.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Consulting
Participated as a Chaplain in Operation Restore, post-trauma training/retreats for first responders. The Franciscan Center, Tampa, FL, October 2014 and November 2014.
Unitarian Universalist Community Minister
- Unitarian Universalist Church, Tarpon Springs FL 2014-Present
Health Care Chaplain
- The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Largo FL 2006-2014
- St. Joseph’s Hospital, Cancer Institute Tampa FL 2001-2006
Health Care Chaplain, Independent Contractor
- Tampa General Hospital Tampa FL 1999-2001
- BayCare Health System Tampa FL 2000-2001
Organizational Development, Management, and Training 1974-1999
- Wolf-Muhleck Associates Clearwater FL
- St. Leo College, Adjunct Faculty Dade City FL
- St Petersburg Jr. College, Adjunct Faculty St. Petersburg FL
- HCA Regional Medical Center, Dir of Training & OD Bayonet Point FL
- Intern’l Rehabilitation Assoc., Rehab Nurse Tampa FL
- Health Education & Consultation Serv., Health Ed Spec. Tarpon Springs FL
- R.I.T. Student Health Service, Adm. & ARNP for Deaf Students Rochester NY
- Staff Nursing 1968-1974
- Univ. of Rochester Medical Center, Psychiatric Nurse Rochester NY
- St. Mary’s Hospital, Team Leader Rochester NY
- University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester NY
EDUCATION / LICENTIATE
- Ordained Minister of Religious Science International, 2003
- Masters Degree in Public Administration, Concentration in Organizational Management, Golden Gate University, San Francisco CA, 1989
- Florida Dual RN / ARNP 1983 (currently inactive)
- Bachelor of Social Science Degree, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, 1975
- Medical Nurse Practitioner Program, University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester NY, 1974
- Registered Nurse Diploma, Mount Saint Mary’s School of Nursing, Niagara Falls NY, 1967
MEMBERSHIPS
- Spiritual Directors International, member 2014-2015
- Unitarian Universalist Spiritual Directors Network, member 2014-2015
SPECIALIZED PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL TRAINING
- Anam Cara Apprenticeship: Spiritual Companioning Certificate, Sacred Art of Living, Center for Spiritual Formation, Bend Oregon. 2008-2012
- Hospice & Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Clinical Competencies; 75+ hours of training completed through Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, 2014
- Bereavement Support Group Training sponsored by Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 2005
- USF graduate courses in Elder Wellness 1984 and Biomedical Ethics, 20002
- Advancing End of Life Research, Policy and Practice sponsored by Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Studies at USF, 2002
- Clinical Pastoral Education, Tampa General Healthcare; four units, including nine-month residency training program, 2000
- Clergy Response Team and Critical Incident Stress Management Training; three-day training, 2000
- Religious Science Ministerial Training, 1996-2000 (Licensed)
- Integrating Mind, Body and Spirit in Medical Practice, training sponsored by Duke University Medical Center,1998
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction; seven-day health professional training with Jon Kabat-Zinn, 1998
- Integrative Processing Therapist Program, 1995-1997
- Dialogic Group Process Training; 14-day training with Sue Miller-Hurst, 1997
- Therapeutic Touch Therapist Training, 1994-1996
