Lopön Debra Quayle, MA, LMFT is the Teacher Program Coordinator at Tara Mandala as well as a Licensed Psychotherapist. She has been on the Buddhist path since 1982 and has had the good fortune to receive many teachings from Buddhist teachers and Lamas in the United States as well as in Asia. She began her practice in the Theravadan tradition and after following that path for over two decades she met her Tibetan teachers in India and Nepal. While her main teacher since 2007 has been Lama Tsultrim Allione, she has also studied and done retreats with H. H. the 14th Dalai Lama, H. H. the 17th Karmapa, Chagdud Khadro, Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Adzom Rinpoche. She incorporates her Buddhist background into her work with clients in a variety of ways and has recently relocated from Colorado to Cottage Grove, Oregon.