Transpersonal Psychotherapy encompasses both traditional areas of focus as well as spiritual experience. Transpersonal Psychotherapy offers a unique perspective on traditional areas of focus that include healing from trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression, and life-challenging illness, as well as relationship issues.  I believe there is a patterned and meaningful flow of life behind such issues, which can be unfolded by learning to communicate with symptoms. Your biggest symptom or disturbance might be your greatest dream trying to come true . . . and your most powerful ally. —Arnold Mindell As a transpersonal psychotherapist, I also deal with experiences that carry us beyond our ego or self-identity, beyond culture, and sometimes beyond time & space.  I specialize in helping people process and integrate transpersonal experiences. From a Transpersonal Perspective: Subtle Energy & Kundalini Awakening When energy awakens in the body, it can herald the re-structuring of one's life. I help people follow the path-of-least-resistance—to stabilize, sustain & nurture their energetic connection—to the river of life within. Trauma & Dissociative Experiences Social science research has found a connection between childhood trauma and altered-state experience. Initially, I help desensitize & reprocess trauma (see EMDR page). Together, we can then develop the unique sensitivities that dissociation initiates. By integrating our non-ordinary experience we ultimately change mainstream, consensus reality. Depression as Being Down-Under Depression is subsumed life energy. We can fall victim to overwhelming obstacles and obstructions. I help people find the “keys” within to tap into our undermined strength — in order to attain a deeper, fuller life. Fear as a Transformational Door Whether phobic responses, generalized anxiety, fear of public speaking, or avoidance of life transition — enormous energy is blocked. I help people confront the ways we limit ourselves, and support the creation of a path to a heightened energy. Body Image as a Reflection Poor self-esteem is often linked to unrealistic body image, and eating disorders (EDs). I support women to challenge their self-criticisms & coping mechanisms, and gently awaken self-love. Love as an Invitation I assist men and women to move from dysfunctional relationship, fantasy and obsession — into the house of love. Often healing from addictive behaviors in relationship is a significant part of such movement. Creative Illness Illness is Danger + Opportunity. Having survived cancer myself, I assist others through the transformational process of various types of illness. I help people make the consecration to move from illness as a life-threat — to a life-challenge. Dreamwork I excel in the interpretation of symbolic language, such as in dreams. Dreams attempt to communicate between the deeper parts of ourselves (as well as the “collective unconscious”) — and our conscious, waking self. Dreamwork involves the active integration of their messages into our enhanced lives. Death as a Guide Whether the death of a loved one, after-death communication (ADC), or the death of an old part of ourselves, I help people transition through the death process ...to acceptance and rebirth. Through the wisdom inherent in the death process, “new life” awaits. Spiritual Emergence As you connect with your core Self, and awaken to higher-dimensional realities — the expression of powerful energies through your body may require support. I am a clinical member of the Spiritual Emergence Network, via the Center for Psychological & Spiritual Health [www.CPSH.org], and the Canadian SEN [www.SpiritualEmergence.net], in order to help facilitate spiritual emergence. Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) Social science research has tracked the psycho-physiological changes that Near-Death Experiencers undergo — including healing gifts. Life will never be the same. Integrating back into your daily life can be challenging. I provide support throughout the integration process so that the significance of your NDE can unfold and transform your life. Interspecies Communication (IC) I facilitate Interspecies Communication. This gift arose out of my own healing from cancer — through a dream about dolphins & whales. After healing, I facilitated encounters between children with cancer & Beluga whales. For over 13 years, I have facilitated relationship with our non-human, or other-dimensional “friends” (see Book page). “If properly understood and treated as difficult stages in a natural developmental process, spiritual emergencies can result in emotional and psychosomatic healing, deep positive changes of the personality, and the solution of many problems in life.” — Stan Grof & Christina Grof, 1990 Janet Colli holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from The Union Institute. Dr Colli's research partner, Thomas Beck [www.becolli.com], holds a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology. They earned undergraduate degrees from The Ohio State University; Janet earned her master's degree from The Claremont Graduate School. Drs. Colli and Beck are among the most skilled clinicians in the Pacific Northwest helping people who experience extraordinary events. Dr. Colli researches the role of trauma in entering transpersonal realms; she utilizes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Dr Beck researches healing and utilizes Clinical Hypnotherapy. As a consciousness researcher, the investigations of Drs Colli and Beck also extend to the scientific arena through co-authored articles in peer-reviewed journals. Their research integrates modern science, extraordinary experience and healing. In professional partnership for over ten years, their joint endeavors seek to enrich the quality of life and advance intellectual discovery. Together, they explore the frontiers of human consciousness. For consultation or counseling sessions, contact: 206.329.9235 (Seattle) or 360.678.7737 (Whidbey Island) or e-mail: becolli@mindspring.com "My only goal is that the hours we spend together are vital." —Ingmar Bergman