Shamanic Journeying
I use conscious trance-state techniques, known cross-culturally since ancient times, to bypass ordinary ego-based consciousness to access the healing energies of spirit helpers--power animals, angelic helpers and teachers--with whom I have healing partnerships. These guides provide information regarding the root causes of spiritual illness, and through my mediumship, work directly on the energy body of the client. In the psychoanalytic model of the human psyche, these core energy patterns are called unconscious complexes.
As a psychotherapist, I find shamanic healing to be an extremely effective and, therefore, a crucial and essential psychotherapeutic tool. The epidemic of clinical depression in our culture is, in the shamanic model and in my experience, due to emotional fragmentation and spiritual disconnection. Shamanic healing addresses these issues compassionately and effectively.
From the shamanic perspective, soul loss and negative outside influences create disturbances in the flow of life force through the body and psyche, effectively altering a person's biochemistry, not the other way around.
Shamanic healing addresses the root cause of imbalance in a person's overall health and is effective in restoring wholeness.
Soul Retrieval
Emotional numbness and feeling empty or without purpose are often symptoms of what the shamanic model calls soul loss. Soul loss occurs when the self fragments or disassociates due to trauma, shock or illness. Using a drum or rattle, I journey with my spirit helpers to find and effect healing on parts of the self that need to be integrated with the client in present time. The reintegration of soul parts is a powerful tool for restoring a sense of wholeness and health.
Depossession/Extraction
Negative ideation (e.g., uncharacteristic anger, negative, obsessive, fearful, morbid thoughts), sudden illness, unexplained pain and changes in one's personality may indicate that there are negative, outside energies interfering with a person's psyche and energy field. Depossession and extraction work identify and remove the cause of this type of disturbance.
Power Animal & Spirit Teacher Retrieval
Everyone has guardian spirits in spiritual dimensions. I journey to introduce clients to their spiritual allies in non-ordinary reality. Learning of the identity and intentions of these helpers is essential for doing personal journey work--they are one's guides and protectors in traveling in the lower, middle and upper worlds in the shamanic journey. For those not inclined to journey for themselves, having a conscious relationship with a helping spirit can greatly enhance one's sense of connection with inner dimensions of one's self.
Mediumship
When a loved one dies, there may be concern for their well-being: Is she at peace? Has his spirit moved on from this plane? How may I reach emotional resolution with her now that she's gone? My spirit helpers enable me to have conscious communication with spirits who need help in moving on to the light, and to facilitate healing for them and loved ones. This work is also helpful is working with the dying, helping them to be at peace in their transition.
Past Life Healing
Past life soul experiences can have a strong influence on the unconscious mind. I journey through what I call "potent memory points" in the client's energy body to access old templates from past life experiences that have impacted the client's belief system and emotional body. The recognition and resolution of these past life conflicts allows the psyche to become more present to the now.
