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What is Transpersonal Counseling?

Transpersonal counseling (TC) unites the spiritual with psychological aspects of human experience, addressing the integration of the whole person – body, mind, emotion, and spirit. In doing so, it draws on the world’s spiritual traditions, as well as on contemporary Western psychological theory.  This field of study emerged from earlier tendencies within contemporary psychotherapy (Humanistic, Jungian, etc.).  It recognizes the potential for experiencing a broad range of states of consciousness where one's identity extends beyond the usual limits of ego and personality.

 

TC is less concerned with making us normal and more with developing our fullest potential as human beings. Trauma, crisis, illness and difficulty are placed within this larger context of growth.  Our troubles and trials are an integral part of the process of becoming, not merely symptoms we need to remove in order to return to our lives as they were before. Once we move through a particular phase of our healing journey we can become more awake, alive and whole than we were before our troubles came along.  TC relies on you helping facilitate your own healing.  Together we will explore and increase your understanding of what and how your life experiences have shaped your personal environment.  You will find that as your understanding increases you will be able to look beyond labels…e.g., depression, anxiety, etc.…and identify how your specific experiences affect you individually.  As you become skilled at interpreting the meaning of your experiences and how they uniquely affect you they can become an impetus for growth and healing which go much deeper than simply making the symptoms go away.   In either case you will be empowered to more consciously take greater control over your life. 

 

As a Transpersonal Counselor, I am interested in exploring the interaction and integration of personality, feelings, and spirit, empowering my clients to connect with their essential self.  I utilize psychotherapeutic tools, as well as dream work, mindfulness, guided visualization, expressive arts, and meditation, to support my clients’ self discovery and access their inner wisdom. 

 

Feel free to contact me if there is anything you want to discuss or if you want to know more about what to expect from my counseling process.