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	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: Self-Image and Self-Worth Abuse can lead to a poor sense of self and low self-esteem. Sexual abuse, verbal and physical abuse, as well as neglect, can all lead to a distorted self-image. I provide useful techniques such as Imagery work—combined with positive affirmations—to override the old, negative messages. A healthy sense of self through the use of client-suggested messages can be re-instilled. The result can be a new sense of liberation and meaning in life. Loving yourself, exactly as you are, is crucial to healing. Trauma & Dissociative Experiences Traumatic experiences, especially in childhood, can lock your nervous system into patterns that no longer serve you. I offer Progressive Relaxation, Hypnotherapy and focused, intensive Breathwork to assist in breaking old patterns of thought and behavior, while instilling healthy new ways of being in the world. Fear and Anxiety Fear and anxiety, and phobic behaviors can be an opening to a higher energy. I work with Progressive Relaxation and Hypnotherapy to first de-sensitize people to their stressful responses to anxiety-provoking situations. However, when seen and transformed, the energies of such responses don't simply disappear. They change and start serving you—after you conquer them. This is how shamans obtain the most powerful spirit helpers. . . It is a matter of the transformation of psychic energy. —Olga Kharitidi, M.D. Depression Depression can be debilitating and lead to much unhappiness. It is the goal of our work to reduce the need for long-term medication, and to provide emotional support for healing. Understanding the origins of your depression can be crucial to helping release its hold on you. When seen and understood, the origins of depression can resolve—changing the quality of your energy in the world. Relationships We are continually in relationship—with ourselves, our family, significant partner, the culture, the world and the cosmos. Identifying destructive, cyclical patterns of relating is key to changing the dysfunctional thought patterns and behavior that make relationships difficult to sustain. When relationships are failing—focused interventions can be extremely useful in healing divisions between people. Loss as a Guide Whenever we lose something or someone from our lives, it is natural to mourn the loss. Having a support system in place to deal with loss can be very helpful. I provide a place and a structure for healing from loss that allows you to move to the next level or stage of your life. Spiritual Emergence & Kundalini Awakening We are fundamentally spiritual beings. Each of us moves to greater levels of awakening at our own rate, in our own time. When energy awakens in the body, it can manifest in many ways, unique to each individual: physically, emotionally and ultimately — spiritually. Some experiences are wonderful. Others can be quite challenging and disruptive. I provide a solid foundation for dealing with the emergence of spiritual awakening. In collaboration with Dr. Janet Colli, I offer support for your emerging life-process. “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 Thomas Beck holds a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology from The Union Institute & University. Dr Beck's research partner, Janet Colli [www.sacredencounters.com], holds a Ph.D., also from The Union Institute, in Clinical 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 and Breathwork. As consciousness researchers, the investigations of Drs. Colli and Beck also extend to the scientific arena through co-authored articles in peer-reviewed journals. Their scientific research extraordinary human experience and quantum-level biological functions — with the physics of the quantum vacuum. 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