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• Periods of Transition and Life Crisis
• Personal Counseling
• Personal Retreats & Wilderness Intensive
Periods of Transition/Life Crisis
Times of transition speak to our ultimate concerns about life –
that it is fragile and uncertain. At such times familiar horizons
crumble, we are shaken to the core and our sense of self is shattered.
Familiar ideals, concepts and emotional patterns no longer provide
a coherent framework for living. One stands before a long dark tunnel
of descent. The task is to allow the descent and to embrace the
experience as a period of incubation that gives rise to a new understanding
of life’s meaning. It is an ordeal of sacred disintegration
that heals and transforms. Emergence from the tunnel is a rebirth,
marked by a profound shift in consciousness and a restructuring
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Counseling...
For Men, Women, Couples and Adolescents.
In the mental health field the focus is on pathology
and, therefore, on treatment models that attempt to treat through
diagnostic labels. Methods that promote health, optimal functioning
and the cultivation of positive qualities receive minimal emphasis.
This limited approach to psychology offers little for the maintenance
of a meaningful life. We are left poor of heart.
Personal wholeness and well-being are not necessarily achieved
by an endless inquiry into our childhood or issues of self-esteem.
While initially helpful to the healing process, at some point we
must turn away from self-centered states of mind and begin cultivating
our finer qualities. These qualities – sensitivity, courage,
confidence, and compassion – are essential to personal happiness,
to healthy relationships, and to the well-being of society. They
bring peace, joy and give life its deepest meaning.
There is a Zen koan that says, “First there is a mountain,
then there is no mountain, then there is a mountain”. Adult
consciousness first develops with the formation of the ego, the
first mountain. Its healthy functioning depends on the integration
of personal experience so that life can be lived in accordance with
personal hopes and goals. For many individuals, over time, this
solid sense of self begins to erode as new questions about the meaning
of one’s life emerge. Usually later in life there is a collapse
of the ego (no mountain). Further development can lead to a revelation
of our deepest passions and they, in turn, can support a journey
of the spirit in which the ego, no longer pursuing selfish wants,
begins to serve higher and more universal principles (another mountain).
An individual may enter therapy at any point in the psychological
continuum. Both ego development and ego dissolution are processes
extending over many years and are equally important. For some, the
resolution of a specific issue is sufficient to insure a sense of
well-being. For others, the goals are more complex. Techniques appropriate
to one individual may not apply to another. Susan’s gift is
her ability to discern where an individual is on their journey and
which methods will serve an individual’s goals. She has expertise
based on an integrated model of consciousness that draws upon humanistic,
transpersonal and spiritual foundations.
Susan specializes in modalities that:
- heal deep personal wounds and integrate traumatic experiences;
- explore discontent, apathy and meaninglessness by reaching deeply
into aspects of soul and spirit;
- examine the origins of personal and collective suffering and
provide a means of navigating life with integrity and skill;
- shift dysfunctional systems into highly functional ones;
- help couples and families develop effective communication styles
that lead to a greater understanding of conflict, develop a larger
container for individual differences and deepen understanding,
respect and intimacy.
- address addictions and compulsive behaviors in terms of one’s
search for wholeness;
- reach beyond pharmaceuticals in the treatment of mood disorders
and depression to orthomolecular options, nutrition, and psychological
or social factors such as chronic grief, chronic pain, despair
or loneliness;
- cultivate positive emotional states that promote a mature sense
of love, forgiveness, courage, generosity and compassion.
Call 406-251-6698, to schedule an appointment.
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Personal Retreats & Wilderness
Intensive 5 -10 days...
Individual or Group
Couples and Families
Our lives have ascending and descending cycles. At critical times
an individual may need solitude to explore one’s inner core
without distraction. It is a time when deep caves can be mined and
new treasures brought to light. With wise and intuitive guidance,
a structure conducive to expansion and openness is created, an individual’s
experience is contained within their psychic space, and it’s
relevance and meaning is brought into clear focus.
Retreats are through private arrangement only. Time and place,
as well as structure, are carefully planned based on the needs and
personal inclinations of the individual(s).
Call 406-251-6698 for retreat planning and further information..
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