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    Listening to the Dalai Lama in Boston on May 1, 2009 at a conference on Meditation and Psychotherapy sponsored by Harvard Medical School’s continuing education branch, he clearly said that mental processes in mindfulness, meditation, and awareness are unique in comparison to other thoughts because of the “subtle energy” that occurs during them.… Continue reading Radical Compassion

    Here are some meanings of the word surrender. To trust in one’s life processes. To accept life situations as they are without trying to change them. To be in the present moment. To accept what is not in your control. To be willing to be responsible, to accept guidance, teaching, pleasure, and to… Continue reading Surrender

  The American Psychological Association has finally recognized (ACEP) The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology for CE credits. At first Energy Psychology was not accepted as a respected methodology that brought about positive results, mainly because the techniques, often involving the body, looked strange and were not taught in graduate school.  Since then 51 clinical… Continue reading Energy Psychology (Core Energetics) Works

The process of writing a book about reading the body, one that identifies what the body is saying about personality and behavior through its shape, posture, and muscular development, both fascinates and challenges. There is so much of each person's story embedded in the body. Early woundings and trauma have their say as do more… Continue reading Movement, Vitality, and Reading the Body

Here I am in Boone, North Carolina. I am a pilgrim on a a spiritual journey. Strange -- rather than making the journey  by foot over mountains eating  nuts and roots, I fly, bumping along over a thick cloud cover on US Airways, rent a car to journey up the mountain, and stay at the… Continue reading Mother Meera

It was Friday, October 1, 2011, the eve of Rosh Hoshona. My plan was to stop and see Aunt Miriam at St. Ann’s hospital on the way back to Portsmouth from my office in Providence, see one client at the Portsmouth office, pick up Nicole at Portsmouth Abby, meet Jack at his office, unload the RV,… Continue reading Other’s Needs Before My Own

At her first session she told me that her cancer, which had begun as ovarian, was stage-4. It had spread through her body like butter, although she staved if off for at least 10 years with strong chemotherapies and bone marrow treatments. She also explored raw foods, juicing, and wheat grass. She was terribly exhausted… Continue reading Core and Cancer

When John was 11 years of age, a sexual experience with a girl cousin caused him to fear being punished by his father. Because he excelled in school, he was placed in a French Lycee, an equivalent of an American high school and although the courses were difficult, he felt proud of his achievements. He… Continue reading John C. Pierrakos, MD: Age 10 to Young Adulthood

Holistic Professional Training Program -- Mindbody, Core Energetics, Core Living Therapy Begins, Friday, October 28 - 30, 2011 Someone recently mentioned The Celestine Prophecy to me. Remembering that book reminded me why this Two Year Professional Training in Holistic Counseling, Core Energetics, and Core Living Therapy is so important to me and to those who… Continue reading Holistic Professional Training Program

This is a question I have been thinking about. I had no plans to change my practice. I loved being a humanistic psychotherapist, basing my interventions on the work of Rogers, Perls, Schutz, Gendlin, Erikson, and even Ellis. Experiences such as empty chair work and Rogerian reflection deepened the therapeutic process, and because I felt… Continue reading Why Become a Holistic Therapist