Mar 21, 2025 | psychotherapy, transpersonal counseling
Dear Transpersonal Counselors, I’m writing this to you because I know sometimes it can seem like we don’t fit into the world of counseling and psychotherapy. At agencies and with insurance billing, the medical model and CBT are lauded as the approaches...
Mar 20, 2025 | emotional attunement, nervous system, psychotherapy, transformation, transpersonal counseling
When a client is incongruent, there is a mismatch between their ideal self and their authentic experience, leading to feelings of discomfort or anxiety. Trying to be something that they are not, a client simultaneously expresses and perpetuates their patterns of...
Mar 14, 2025 | nervous system, psychotherapy, spirituality, transpersonal counseling
With a genuine desire to offer a truly sacred place for clients to heal, a therapist can put a lot of pressure on themselves to know exactly what to do when working with a client who presents with symptoms of complex trauma. Many therapists take multiple trainings on...
Mar 6, 2025 | gestalt therapy, nervous system, psychotherapy, sublte energy, transpersonal counseling
Energy is all around us and within us. Seemingly beyond the scope of our physical eyes, we can feel, sense, and even see the expression of subtle energy, which is the expression of a persons vital force. While counseling and psychotherapy focus on a person’s...
Feb 28, 2025 | gestalt therapy, psychotherapy
When the principles of gestalt therapy are brought into a group setting, the potential for transformation increases exponentially. The present-centered approach of gestalt is akin to a relational meditation, which allows for a client’s delusions, misbeliefs, and...
Feb 27, 2025 | gestalt therapy, psychotherapy
Gestalt therapy is a body-based approach to counseling that offers mindful attunement to the here and now. As the first approach to counseling that honored the wisdom of the inner mind-body connection, gestalt is a highly intuitive system of psychotherapy. Recognizing...