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What I offer
What I offer
Vision
Vision
Mission
Mission
I am foremost a spiritual director in the Christian tradition and schooled in Ignatian spirituality ("finding God in all things").
I am also trained in counselling and integrated psychotherapy. In my ministry as spiritual director and psychotherapist, I blend creative tools and healing modalities such as talk therapy, counselling treatment options such as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT), narrative (storytelling) therapy, drawing, writing and mindful practices with spirituality.
If a psychotherapy client is open to spiritual interventions, I will also provide help with prayer methods and prayer materials.
Check this out: Prayer and EFT Tapping!
If a client is open to exploring somatic practices using the gentle art of touch, I could offer Bio-Touch™, and Jin Shin Jyutsu®.
I am passionate about creating crafted exercises and therapeutic content to accompany seekers.
"We go to counselors when we want help getting out of caves.
We go to [spiritual] directors when we are ready to be led further in."
"We go to counselors when we want help getting out of caves.
We go to [spiritual] directors when we are ready to be led further in."
Barbara Brown Taylor in “Learning to Walk in the Dark”
Barbara Brown Taylor in “Learning to Walk in the Dark”
Spiritual Direction and Supervision of Spiritual Directors
Spiritual Direction and Supervision of Spiritual Directors
There are common things that spiritual directors, counselors and practitioners in the helping ministry do. One common stance is they listen. The “Director” in spiritual direction is the Holy Spirit. If your prayer life is dull, or you are discerning a new calling, or if you struggle to experience God’s presence in your life, then spiritual direction may be for you. Some people undergo spiritual direction for years. Some want accountability to ensure that they have a prayer life; some find it helpful to have a trained practitioner who could them to process God’s soft whispers.
Supervision focuses on the spiritual director so they can better serve their clients and their relationship with the Divine. I had training in the supervision of spiritual directors from Mercy Center, Burlingame, USA.
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience;
we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience;
we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
Teilhard de Chardin (Jesuit Priest)
Teilhard de Chardin (Jesuit Priest)
Psychotherapy/Counselling
Psychotherapy/Counselling
Counselling allows you to look deeper into your problems and worries, and deal with troublesome habits and a wide range of mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety. If you are in crisis, and need tools to help you tide over, say, your behavior or addictions, then counselling may be what you need. Some examples could be know-how to deal with explosive anger, or panic attacks, or binge-eating. There are some counselees who do two-prong approaches, that is, they undergo both counselling and spiritual direction in their effort to get better in mind-body-spirit.
Counseling is often short-term and helps a person work through specific problems,
such as a relationship challenge, stress, and addiction.
Psychotherapy is often long-term and goes deeper into exploring and
managing unhealthy patterns of behavior, thinking and emotional responses
that negatively impact how a person perceives and interacts with the world.
Psycho-spiritual Counselling/Therapy
Psycho-spiritual Counselling/Therapy
Psycho-spiritual counselling/therapy is a practice that integrates spirituality, mental health, wellness and human development (psychology) modalities. In this relationship, a client’s psychological and emotional needs are integrated with spiritual approaches.
“Science, philosophy and religion are bound to converge
as they draw nearer to the whole.”
“Science, philosophy and religion are bound to converge
as they draw nearer to the whole.”
Teilhard de Chardin (Jesuit Priest)
Teilhard de Chardin (Jesuit Priest)
Mode of Meeting
Mode of Meeting
Mode of Meeting
for spiritual direction, psychotherapy, counseling and coaching, meeting is either in person or via Google Meet or Zoom.
for art and writing classes, meeting is in person but learning via online lessons can be arranged. Contact me to discuss.
for gentle touch therapies, meeting is in person. Contact me to discuss.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a medical doctor. The modalities that I am trained and certified in may be seen as complementary therapies to professional medical advice. These complementary therapies DO NOT CURE illnesses and diseases; they may be helpful to lessen the level of stress and anxiety that one may experience as they face a health condition and/or an illness diagnosis/prognosis.
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