Bio
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Bio
Claire Chuck Bohman is a Clinical Herbalist and Board Certified Chaplain. Before their path in professional chaplaincy and herbalism, Chuck worked as a case manager, substance abuse counselor and community organizer. They hold a deep belief in the personal and collective healing power of social change.
In 2014 Chuck completed a Masters of Divinity program as a Deans Scholar at the Pacific school of religion as well as Interfaith Ministry training and Ordination at the New Seminary of New York. Chuck begin training in earth based religion as a child with elders in their spiritual community in Virginia. They have been practicing and teaching earth based spirituality for over 30 years. Chuck began practicing as an herbalist in 2010 after formal studies of plant based medicine at the Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine. Chuck serves as a hospital chaplain and spiritual care director at a public hospital and trauma center in Ohlone Territory aka the SF Bay Area. The are the first openly non-binary chaplain endorsed by an earth based spiritual tradition to receive board certification through the Association of Professional Chaplains. Chuck remains committed to supporting spiritual, gender and other minorities in the field of chaplaincy, spiritual care and herbalism.