Cheryl Dianne Planert

Background

Planert, Cheryl Dianne was born on December 21, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of George Raymond and Lila Louise (Frank) Planert.

Education

Bachelor, Wittenberg U., 1972; Master of Arts, Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, 1982.

Career

Dance/movement therapist, Tierra del Sol School for the Developmentally Delayed, Sunland, California, 1978-1981; private practice dance/movement therapist, Los Angeles, since 1982; co-director, Stephen S. Wise Parenting Center, Bel Air, California, 1981-1989; dance/movement therapist, Gateways Adolescent Inpatient Treatment Program, Los Angeles, 1981-1988; dance/movement therapist, Gateways Partial Hospital Program, since 1994; dance/movement therapist, Coldwater Canyon Hospital, North Hollywood, California, 1990-1993. Instructor William Lyon U., Los Angeles, 1985. Guest lecturer University of California, Davis, since 1985, California State University, 1991.

Director support groups for siblings of developmentally-delayed children, Los Angeles, since 1988. Dance/movement therapist for Los Angeles County Mental Health, since 1991. Teacher Kundalini Yoga, since 1994.

Achievements

• Cheryl Dianne Planert has been listed as a noteworthy Dance therapist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Dance Therapy Association (national co-chair national conference program committee 1987, editor newsletter 1981-1986), Association Child Development Specialists, Association Marriage and Family Therapists.

Interests

• Avocations: singing, dancing, art and design, cooking.

Connections

Married Jeffrey Alan Geffen, September 20, 1981 (divorced 1992).

Father:

George Raymond Planert

Mother:

Lila Louise (Frank) Planert

Spouse:

Jeffrey Alan Geffen