What is Holistic Counselling?

Holistic Counselling is a form of counselling that focuses on all of you - mind, body and spirit. It considers that the mind and body are interconnected, that one affects the other. Holistic Counselling takes into consideration your unique needs and sovereignty, you are in control of the session.  Holistic Counselling’s aim is to empower you to access your own inner wisdom and healing capacity to create the change that you desire. 

It involves a variety of tools to help you achieve this; such as talk therapy, guided meditation, goal setting, crystal healing, or energy healing to name a few. Oracle or tarot cards can also be used for guidance, along with astrology or numerology to gain additional personal insights into why you act the way you do.

An initial session takes up to an hour and half, involves going through your health history and covers what you wish to achieve. Then we’ll begin to delve into the primary issue that you want to work on. You will be required to fill out an intake form that aids us in creating the foundation to start your personalized holistic counselling journey.

Follow up sessions go for up to an hour, cover any insights since the previous session and then work on your primary issue - this may be the same as the last session into greater depth and detail, or it could be something that has arisen from the insights that you gained and be completely different to your previous session. 

You are in complete control of what is covered in each session. I create a safe space for you to explore your inner world along your healing journey, nothing is predetermined and each session is driven by your individual needs. Remember this is a journey. It is not done in a single session and moves only at a pace that you are most comfortable with.

What to Expect + Session Preparation

It is important that you are clear on an area of your life that you feel overwhelmed by and are looking to calm your central nervous system response to. This provides a targeted approach to the talk therapy session – which is an intuitive lead dialogue from your experience and belief patterns that you are holding regarding your issue. From here when experiencing the energy healing the reactions are individual and may include an extremely relaxing experience where you may fall asleep, other responses may include the desire to write/journal about what comes up for you during the energy healing, the desire to move around can also be experienced all are perfect for your experience. I recommend that you do not resist anything that arises during the healing session and allow yourself to experience it as it evolves. No two sessions are the same, the questioning will change, your challenge/trigger may change, and your response will most likely be different for each session.

After Session Self Care:
The Integration Process
(Learning to See & Innerstand How We Heal)

I highly recommend that you take your cues from your body. Additionally, as with any healing session it is highly recommended that you drink plenty of water. You may want to eat more than normal – allow yourself to do so if that feels appropriate fro you. You may also experience a rebound affect, where your ‘problem’ really highlights itself over the coming days after a session, this typically calms down 2-3 days after a session. This is perfectly normal to experience during the healing process.

Sometimes this rebound effect is referred to as ‘Healing Crisis or ‘Herxing’, and can make us feel like we’re backsliding, or regressing - instead of progressing as desired. As a result, we may feel more depleted or frustrated when these symptoms occur. Oftentimes, it’s a misunderstanding of what the healing process actually looks like and how’s its often experienced for many of us.

Knowing in advance and understanding there’s no need to judge ourselves when we discover we’re deep in this process, will ease our journey to optimum wellness in a myriad of ways.

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