Michael Ebbinghaus II (He/his)

There is much more than can be glimpsed with the senses, and who we are is much more than a history and set of adjectives. Spirituality is about coming to know one Self as a manifestation of everything else that goes on, and witnessing the inherent perfection in all of it.

We are all raised in gendered roles, and men have a great deal of difficulty in showing and feeling emotions other than anger. Being a man in this day and age can feel isolating and guilt-inducing. There are divine aspects of both the masculine and feminine, and both sides must be acknowledged and honored within each individual.

Depression is something I have a great deal of personal experience with. It is a deadening and harsh thing to encounter, but when befriended, can be a gateway into tremendous healing and energy. There is a way out of the darkness, and it is through.

Integral means to view from a holistic point of view. We are all biological, social, cultural, subjective, and spiritual creatures. When viewed from a holistic standpoint, a person gains greater agency and less blame. There are things that happen to us that occur from sociocultural and familial trauma, and there are things that happen within us in response to that event. That is where we have the agency to act and change. Meditation, breathwork, dreamwork, and psychedelic integration.

Who are you? Who were you before you had words to express it? Does our sense of identity end at the boundary of our skin, or are we part of a greater macrocosmic organism? These are the deep existential questions a transpersonal therapist will pose to their client. It is a constant discovery of Self, deepening a more authentic identity, and gaining a perspective that helps one to flow like water through life's mountains and valleys.

Hakomi is a mindfulness-based, body-centered approach to psychotherapy. It seeks to move through the endless talking that can keep us stuck in expensive therapy for years and get to the core of the emotional wound. By bringing everything back to the body and utilizing body-based interventions, Hakomi unites you with the lost parts of yourself. You gain more clarity, understanding, peace, and agency.