Soulistic Shamanism and Psychotherapy is an approach which integrates psychotherapy and shamanic healing
Our mission is to offer
- A therapeutic approach which is creative, supportive, has depth and enables growth.
- An approach grounded in academic literature.
- An approach which enables you to overcome difficulties, to grow, to connect with yourself, your guides, other people and the divine; enabling your energy to flow unhindered, as you flow with your life.
- To build a shamanic community
What is Soulistic Shamanism and Psychotherapy?
Soulistic Shamanism and Psychotherapy is an integration of traditional healing methods and modern-day psychotherapy. Having trained in both shamanism and psychotherapy I was fascinated with how I could integrate both psychotherapy and shamanic healing, to develop a more holistic/ soulistic approach.
To integrate shamanism and psychotherapy I developed a formulation. A formulation grounded in academic literature, research, twenty plus years of therapeutic experience, and time spent with shamans in Peru, Siberia, Columbia and Ecuador.
The formulation is a way to understand problems from both a shamanic and psychotherapeutic perspective, including where they come from, and then identify the most appropriate intervention.
Shamanism and Psychotherapy is an integration of traditional healing methods and modern-day psychotherapy. Having trained in both shamanism and psychotherapy we were fascinated with how we could integrate both psychotherapy and shamanic healing, to develop a more holistic/ soulistic approach.
It is our belief that we are made up of energetic bodies, energetic vibrations, the densest being the physical body and the soul incarnates into this dense energetic body. These energetic bodies hold energy / experiences from past lives, ancestors, conception, birth, as well as childhood and life events.
We believe there is a natural flow between the soul and the physical body which may become blocked; causing a multitude of problems, therefore, healing and growth is perceived as enabling energy to flow, enabling deep connection with self, other and the divine.
Formulation
The formulation incorporates the energetic vibrations, other energetic bodies, around the physical body and how experiences impact on a person’s energy and life.
These experiences include past lives, ancestral energy, pre-birth and birth, as well as childhood and life events. All of which live in our energy, and can cause a disconnection with ourselves, with our guides and/ or cause a loss of energy/ soul. All of which feeds into our perception of ourselves, the world, and other people.
The energetic bodies include the densest energetic body, the physical body, followed by the emotional energetic body, the energy body and then the mental energetic body. One is often more dominant than the other ones.
You can identify your dominant energetic body through identifying if you are more head based, more emotionally based, or your focus is on the physical body. When I started my journey of being a psychotherapist and then a shamanic practitioner, I was very head based, I spent the whole time in my head, but through gestalt therapy I started to connect with my emotional energetic body and later to my physical body. I can now connect to all the energetic bodies and ensure the energy flows through them all, to keep them balanced and to keep me healthy.
Can you identify which energetic body is the most dominant for you? Are you head based, emotional, energetic or physically based?
The formulation can be used to help you identify relevant interventions, both shamanic and psychotherapeutic.
What were your past lives and how do they feed into your life today? What ancestral wounds came through when the energy of your parents merged to create you? When your mother was pregnant the energy around her would impact on her energy and as such your energy, the birth process itself has an energy which also impacts on you.
And then there is life, the life you have led since you were born. The messages you have picked up, the habits you have formed, all impact on your energy and how you perceive yourself, others and the world around you.
The good news is there are interventions to help you work through some of these issues. The interventions may include soul retrieval, past life healing or learning, power release and retrieval. If you have low mood or anxiety, behavioural experimentation or cognitive restructuring could be used. I believe sometimes our human selves need help before we can do the spiritual work, or alongside it. Both are important to our lives.
As you become more aware of your relational style, consider how easy it is for you to connect with another person? Is this learned as we discussed earlier or is it related to a past life?
It can be difficult to connect if you have never connected with another person at a deep level. By conducting shamanic journeying and connecting with your guides, it can help you learn to connect at a deeper level.
Spiritual resonance is an intervention used to facilitate the sense of connection with another human. Sit with someone, do not talk, just look them in the eye as they look at you. Really see them, see deep into their soul. Do not talk. What do you see? What do they see? How easy was it? Or was it excruciatingly horrible!
Try this with people you feel safe with. If you do not feel safe with anyone, try it with an animal, dogs are usually up for it, at least my dogs are! Meditation, dream diaries, art and singing can also be used to help you to understand your unconscious processes and develop a clearer perception of yourself, leading to self- acceptance, self- love and a flow between your energetic bodies. All of which is healing.
How can Soulistic Shamanism and Psychotherapy help you?
My therapeutic approach, grounded in academic literature, research and twenty plus years of therapeutic experience, offers a healing approach for both the soul and the self. I will talk to you about your experience, your life and the issue you wish to address or the growth you want to experience, I will undertake an energy assessment and build a formulation with you.
The formulation will guide our treatment plan, identifying the most appropriate interventions for you. Interventions from both shamanism and psychotherapy to help you address your issues, to become more grounded in you, a connected being, who is supported to overcome difficulties and connect with your energetic life flow.
We use techniques such as soul retrieval, past life healing, power release and retrieval, cognitive restructuring, behavioural interventions, spiritual resonance, and many more depending on your need.
I work from an experiential perspective, creatively developing unique treatment plans based on my theory and who you uniquely are.