From this place, many problems may begin clearing up on their own and it becomes much easier to work with our dark side and confront our emotional difficulties and negative beliefs. So while I work with all the issues that ordinarily beset any client who comes into psychotherapy - that is, with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, abuse, Narcissistic and Borderline issues, with people fearing life and death and having difficulty with relationships, etc - I tend to do so always out of a place of heart and soul.
In a word, I see the importance, as I said earlier, of clients opening their hearts and coming to recognise themselves as a soul. A soul with a material body; a soul with a personality. Yes, we all have our neurotic problems and disorders of one form or another, but it is not who we are and I refuse ever to put a person into a box solely marked by their symptoms. The core of each of us, I believe, is blessed. And clients appreciate being seen in this way. They find it gives them space to view their own wounds from a more enlightened perspective, not so much as an enemy but more as a friend. Indeed, many clients grow to regard their problems as being very catalytic in helping them come closer to their own authenticity.
I work with people from different ethnic groups, classes and religions, some of whom are young adults just setting out on the adventure of life and who need plenty of mentoring and coaching. I also work with people who are more deeply disturbed. I also specialize in seeing people who are consciously on a spiritual path and who may require spiritual guidance as well as psychotherapy. With some people, I may do deep regression work which may at times lead them beyond their personal 'biographical reality' and into human collective memories. There are times when very profound healings can occur if some ancient pre-this-life traumatic memory is accessed, re-experienced and its contents gradually integrated.
Because, for some clients, spiritual approaches such as meditation, prayer and general awareness training, serve to enhance their recovery and speed up their capacity to work through their psychological issues, many clients attend my workshops, seminars and retreats where such processes are explored. While my core psychological training has been in Psychosynthesis, a transpersonally-oriented psychotherapy, I have also been influenced by other psychological and spiritual approaches, both Eastern and Western. These include Carl Jung, the Gurdjieff work, the teachings work of A.H. Almaas; Buddhism, Shamanism and Creation Spirituality.