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Psychotherapy and Shamanism

Consider Shamanic Counseling

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Core shamanic practices are thousands of years old and are enjoying a current renaissance along with renewed interest all over the world today. For Westerners, it is often a stretch to not just consider but embrace this ancient healing art as legitimate. Part of this reason is because since the early 1900s, there has been a migration from the rural farming orientation that was this country’s foundation to the growing cities for factory work. This social trend was a significant shift away from what had been a centuries old relationship to nature that suddenly was becoming fractured. Most of us became “citified” as urban centers of commerce proliferated and the small family farm began its long decline. The reason this matters is because shamanism is really a nature-based relationship to life and the world. Read More »Consider Shamanic Counseling

Afterthoughts on my Trip to London

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In early June of this year, I had the good fortune to be in London teaching 22 therapists the fundamentals of Dynamic Energetic Healing®. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and found the psychologists who participated to be gracious, interested and engaging. My task was to somehow teach them the essence of DEH in a single weekend. This of course is about how to integrate shamanic healing and processwork principles into the energy psychology framework that comprises DEH, a rather unique psychotherapeutic approach to say the least. Read More »Afterthoughts on my Trip to London

Shifting Moods

It has occurred to me lately that while wonders emerge anytime, high or peak states can be generated through specific efforts. In the past when I was younger, I would passionately do Kundalini yoga and always feel much better afterwards–a… Read More »Shifting Moods

Why This Blog?

My daily experience as a psychotherapist generates amazing awarenesses that I deeply want to share with others. There is one problem. While I am always careful to never compromise confidentiality of any of my clients, the major shifts that clients experience is through the DEH psychotherapeutic process and that involves spiritual and energetic assistance from compassionate spirits, that is if you believe in core shamanic practices. The problem is that if you ask most people if they know what shamanism is, they will tell you no, or describe it incorrectly. Read More »Why This Blog?