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Cynthia Doucette Biography
Executive Director and Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Cynthia is originally from Denver, Colorado and moved to the Chicago area in 1996. She holds a degree in Psychology from Northwestern University and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Chicago. She is a licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Illinois. Cynthia has been working at the Warming House in varying capacities since June, 1999. Cynthia also teaches yoga part-time.

Cynthia's interests include yoga, the outdoors, hiking, skiing, music, movies, cooking, art and spending time with her dogs! Her favorite music genres include indie rock, alt-country, folk, old school hip-hop, electronic and down-tempo ambient stuff. A couple all-time favorite artists: Ryan Adams, Modest Mouse, Jurassic 5, Arrested Development, Tribe Called Quest, Nickel Creek, David Bowie, Stevie Nicks, and Bruce Springsteen!

Cynthia's selected "Words of Wisdom":

“Everything has its own Inner Nature. Unlike other forms of life, though, people are easily led away from what’s right for them, because people have brain, and brain can be fooled. Inner Nature, when relied on, cannot be fooled.” -The Tao of Pooh

“Nothing in the world is weaker than water; but against the hard and the strong, nothing excels it for nothing can change it. The soft overcomes the hard, the weak overcomes the strong.” –Nobu Nakayama

“If the night and day are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal- that is your success… The true Harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening.” – Henry David Thoreau  

Email Cynthia at whyc@sbcglobal.net.

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