Spirituality

Spirituality is an issue I have had the pleasure of treating, dating back to my time at Abilene Christian University. It is a concept often overlooked and one that I seek to synthesize with the mental health world by allowing my patients to examine themselves as beings who can acknowledge a higher power and simultaneously recognize that they have agency in this world to activate positive change. The use of religious materials is welcomed by me to my patients should they desire to use them.

I believed we are living in a traumatized world, which is greatly contributing to our current mental health crisis. For some, this mental health crisis is a spiritual crisis. My work with clients is often at the intersection of mental and spiritual health. Because I am a medium, I sometimes receive "downloads" of information to share with clients. When clients in spiritual crisis find me, I often receive messages for them.

The importance of spirituality in ones life can help a person cope through difficult times. I want to help you use your own spirituality to help you and only if you want to use spirituality. I want you to be able to use practices that help you to find hope and healing in your life.

I believe that, broadly speaking, spirituality is a concern for everyone. The big picture and the largest questions of life are contained in it. What do you value? What do you worship? As David Foster Wallace wrote, "there is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship...If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough."

In a safe and non-judgmental space, I offer the opportunity to explore what may emerge during spiritual exploration such as spiritual & kundalini awakening, supernatural phenomena, and sacred medicine experiences. Sacred Medicine Holistic Integration Therapy consists of embodied psycho-spiritual integration for psychedelic experiences that are a direct result of post spiritual rituals within a ceremony/retreat directed by a shaman/spiritual practitioner in a sacred group setting.

I have a long-held interest in working in the area of spirituality and enjoy working with clients who are well-established in their own spiritual journeys or those who may have trouble connecting with this part of their lives for varying reasons.

I believe that, broadly speaking, spirituality is a concern for everyone. The big picture and the largest questions of life are contained in it. What do you value? What do you worship? As David Foster Wallace wrote, "there is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship...If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough."

I earned my PhD in clinical psychology by studying spirituality and transformation. As faculty at Yale University, I conducted research with atypical psychedelic substances. My first published article was on the spiritual and psychedelic potential of dextromethorphan. I have written and spoken about psychedelic science for over a decade, co-founded the Yale Psychedelic Science Group, and documented traditional healing and religious practices in Mexico.

Because I work with clients of all faith (and non-faith) backgrounds, I get to witness the infinite variety by which we all explore the same essential questions: why am I here? Who am I? What is my purpose? Spirituality is not so much an "issue" to be dealt with or tidied away through therapy, but rather a framework to develop as you work out the answers to these and other questions through lived experience, spiritual disciplines, and the pursuit of wisdom.

Specialized in Christian Counseling

I enjoy working with clients around their spiritual needs and development. As a Reiki practitioner and someone that is personally interested in spirituality, I love walking beside people as they continue their spiritual growth. There is no right or wrong way to practice spirituality as long as it's benefiting you and not harming others. I also take a very grounded approach to spirituality and love working with people that are just starting to become interested in this aspect of their life.

Rhema Therapeutic Counseling and Consulting was created to integrate faith based counseling to address emotional, behavioral, mental, relational and spiritual needs wherever you are in life with acceptance and compassion. You can transparently explore concerns that are keeping you stuck. Professional counseling aims to restore wounded areas, enhance coping skills, and to promote healthy decision making.

How do you understand your place in the universe? Whether we are atheist, agnostic, religious, spiritual, or recovering from religion trauma, we all grapple with who we are in this world and how to find meaning and purpose. My graduate degree specialization is in mindfulness-based transpersonal counseling, and I utilize a variety of approaches in secular Buddhist and transpersonal psychology to help you define your sense of spirituality (or lack thereof) on your own terms.

I believe we are spiritual beings having a human experience. As an ordained Interfaith/Interspiritual minister, my experience and training have prepared me to assist you in developing your spiritual self in a way that strengthens and supports your life.

Dr. Inez is informed by Jungian archetypology, ritual, ceremony, Taoist, mindfulness, and pagan approaches when working with psychedelics for consciousness expansion.

I work with individuals that strive towards spiritual growth in therapy. I strongly believe that healing burdens inevitably creates space for spirituality, and that healing is an opportunity for greater spiritual growth and spiritual connection.

I believe that, broadly speaking, spirituality is a concern for everyone. The big picture and the largest questions of life are contained in it. What do you value? What do you worship? As David Foster Wallace said, "there is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship...If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough."

Spiritual processes, exploration, and concerns as they relate to life transitions and identity issues.

Spirituality is best understood as our sense of being fully human, experiencing ourselves as a part of life, not an object in isolation. Healthy spirituality doesn't require a theistic understanding, and having a theistic understanding doesn't guarantee us feeling fully human. I am a respectful and knowledgable therapist for those not interested in religion, religious minorities, AND those who seek a more meaningful connection to their own mainstream religion.

I believe that spirituality is a concern for everyone. What do you value? What do you worship? As David Foster Wallace wrote, "there is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship...If you worship money and things ... then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough." Together we can explore the meaning of your spiritual life or lack thereof and how it is infusing you with vitality or causing harm.