Dr. Patty Shutt
Founder of Sacred Treehouse · Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Patty Shutt is the founder of Sacred Treehouse and co-owner of Therapeutic Oasis of the Palm Beaches in Boca Raton. A licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience, she works with individuals and groups navigating depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, stress, and the many transitions of a life fully lived — always in collaboration with her clients, in the belief that everyone deserves a life of love, health, peace, and fulfillment.
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A certified teacher of both Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), Dr. Shutt found her own path through the teachings of Sri Eknath Easwaran, deepened over many retreats with his Blue Mountain Center of Meditation and workshops at the Omega Institute in New York. Sacred Treehouse grew out of that personal work and her wish to help others do the same. Her devotion to lifelong learning is clear to anyone who studies with her — she truly practices what she teaches.
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Alongside her clinical work, Dr. Shutt co-hosts the Bonded podcast with her daughter, Lizzie Shutt — a mother-daughter conversation about healing the wounds that block connection: with ourselves, with others, and with the lives we most want to live. Blending stories, science, and soul, they explore attachment, trauma, nervous-system healing, and what it takes to build secure, lasting bonds. New episodes arrive weekly at thebondedpodcast.com.
Our Team
Christie Caggiani RDN/LDN, CEDS
Registered Dietitian · Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor
Christie Caggiani is a registered, licensed non-diet dietitian and nutrition therapist who has specialized in disordered eating and eating disorders since 1995 — beginning at a nationally renowned treatment center, then founding her private practice, Nourishing Success, before co-creating Therapeutic Oasis of the Palm Beaches, where she also co-founded the eating disorder program.
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Her mission is to walk alongside individuals and families on their journey toward a balanced, fulfilling life with food, and to challenge the intense cultural and societal pressures around eating and bodies. Her mindfulness-based, non-diet approach welcomes clients of every shape and size, helping them identify, understand, and move beyond their eating struggles as they reconnect with their body's own signals of hunger and satiety. She is passionate about teaching people to eat intuitively and move joyfully.
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Christie speaks regularly to groups of children and adults, and counsels individuals in disordered eating, eating disorders, preventive nutrition, women's health, and wellness. At Sacred Treehouse, as part of our Creative Expression series, Christie has designed a series of fun, educational nutrition and cooking workshops for children and teens — and offers cooking and nutrition workshops for adults as well.
Lizzie Shutt
Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern · Holistic Health Coach
Lizzie is a heart-centered healer with a vision of helping people around the world shine their light and live their most aligned life. She holds a Holistic Health Coach certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and brings years of mindfulness, somatic awareness, and nature-based practice to her coaching work.
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Lizzie’s coaching style is warm, grounded, and deeply personalized. She meets clients where they are — helping them clarify their goals, build sustainable habits, and compassionately let go of what no longer serves them. Whether you’re looking to nourish your body through movement and nutrition, reduce stress, or wake up to a more intentional and self-aware life, Lizzie creates a realistic, supportive path forward with resources tailored to your unique journey.
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Taking inspiration from nature’s interconnected designs, she works with clients to cultivate a balanced life ecosystem — one that honors the whole person and supports them in living with more presence, purpose, and joy. Within Sacred Treehouse, she facilitates mindfulness practices, nature connection experiences, and book studies, and co-facilitates transformational retreats.
Jennifer Brummer
For most of her life, Jennifer was a people pleaser, prioritizing others’ feelings over her own and fearing that honesty might upset or hurt someone. She often stayed quiet until her feelings built up and erupted. Those caught between silence and outbursts may recognize themselves in her story.
In 2020, her world turned upside down. Her children were home from school during the pandemic, and she was grieving the loss of her 65-year-old father after his eight-year battle with cancer. For a year and a half, she felt overwhelmed, isolated, and alone in her grief.
During that time, she discovered Marshall Rosenberg’s book, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. For the first time, she felt someone had put words to something she had struggled to understand her entire life.
As she explored Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Jennifer began to change. She learned to recognize the needs beneath her discomfort and express them clearly and kindly. It felt like discovering a new language, one that allowed her to connect with others without fear or frustration.
This journey brought her greater inner peace and rekindled a longtime passion: helping people find their voices and connect through a shared language. Her earlier work teaching English as a Second Language had been rooted in that same desire—to help people from different cultures communicate with confidence and understanding. Through NVC, that passion has grown into a commitment to fostering deeper connection and compassion.
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Jennifer is now on the path to becoming a certified NVC trainer through the Center for Nonviolent Communication and works with GROKtheWorld, a company dedicated to making NVC engaging and accessible for all ages and abilities. One of the most exciting parts of her work has been helping develop a curriculum that introduces NVC to elementary school classrooms.
Trish Magyari, MS, CGC, LCPC
Trish Magyari is a Certified MBSR teacher, MBSR Mentor, Certified MSC teacher, retreat leader and licensed mental health counselor in private practice. She has taught the MBSR course over 100 times since 1999, and completed the highest level of MBSR training in 2000. In addition to courses for the general public, Trish has also taught MBSR courses for health and mental health practitioners, for school teachers, for those with chronic pain conditions, for those with cancer, those who are grieving, and for those with a variety of mental health conditions, especially anxiety, depression and PTSD. She is a pioneer of the field of trauma-informed mindfulness. It is her calling to help others reclaim their wholeness and their joy through the practices of mindfulness and self-compassion.