art therapy and life counseling My Philosophy In my experience the most valuable tool in therapeutic healing is the quality of the therapeutic relationship. I use my gift for empathic understanding to connect with my clients and accept and work with them where they are in the here and now. I believe that each individual is the expert of your own life, hopes, dreams and desires and no one is better qualified to make personal decisions and create profound change than you. Taking each individual’s unique personality and situation into consideration I draw upon various therapeutic modalities to help each person connect with their own clarity and truth. This approach is designed to teach personal life and self help skills and leave the individual feeling empowered to handle their day to day life challenges and implement changes in order to manifest more successful, joyful, balanced lives. About Art Therapy In the art therapy community it has been widely known that utilizing art in therapy can be profoundly healing. Thanks to modern scientific research and brain mapping, we now know that art accesses more of the brain than talking therapy alone. Utilizing art in the therapeutic process offers the individual the opportunity to more easily access feelings and thoughts that might not otherwise be available. Most clients find art therapy to be pleasurable and fun. One misconception is that you need to be an artist or have creative talent to do art therapy. Nothing could be further from the truth. It isn’t necessary to have artistic skills to enjoy the therapeutic benefits of art therapy. You need only check out the art therapy gallery to see that the goal of art therapy is not to create great works of art but to encourage deeper self expression through the use of the art materials. The true art of art therapy is in the therapeutic use of the art during and after its creation. This is where the therapist comes in, directing and guiding the individual to find their own meaning within the work and using it as a tool through which they can speak freely and experience new awareness and profound therapeutic healing. Art Therapy Groups Working in therapy groups can be an extremely powerful way to access healing while simultaneously integrating oneself within one’s community. Therapy groups offer individuals the chance to receive individual attention as well as benefit from the healing processes of others. This process of healing within a community setting can be extremely profound as it offers the individual the chance to open, share and receive feedback creating a sense of community and belonging. This not only helps heal the common modern sense of isolation and detachment but teaches new social and community building skills that can then be taken out into the community at large to create more supportive, successful and healthy relationships in the individual’s life. Services I work with adults, adolescents, and children individually and in groups. I also have experience working with children with mild to moderate emotional and learning difficulties including children on the autism/asperger’s spectrum. I am currently living in Belmont, California on the San Francisco peninsula. Services are available in the bay area as well as by special arrangement worldwide. creative journaling workshop professional youth mentoring high functioning autism and asperger’s spiritual counseling professional muse creative consultation astrological counseling professional organization Schedule a Session resume The soul is here for its own joy. -Rumi art%20therapy.htmlcreative%20journaling%20workshop.htmlprofessional%20youth%20mentoring.htmlhigh%20functioning%20autism%20and%20asperger%27s.htmlspiritual%20counseling.htmlprofessional%20muse.htmlcreative%20consultation.htmlastrological%20counseling.htmlprofessional%20oraganization.htmlcontact.htmlkaalomai%20counseling%20resume.htmlshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3shapeimage_1_link_4shapeimage_1_link_5shapeimage_1_link_6shapeimage_1_link_7shapeimage_1_link_8shapeimage_1_link_9shapeimage_1_link_10
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