The Awakened Therapist. Spirituality, Consciousness, and Subtle Energy in Gestalt Therapy

The Awakened Therapist is an accessible introduction to gestalt therapy through the lens of transpersonal counseling, one that offers a clear and profound account of how to bridge the gap between traditional counseling and spiritual transformation. Bringing new depths to the art of therapy, Harmony Kwiker provides a map for therapists to dismantle the old paradigm of therapist-as-expert and honor their clients’ innate wisdom. The chapters seamlessly weave together elusive concepts of levels of awareness, subtle energy, and spiritual alignment with psychological concepts that are embedded in the theory and application of gestalt therapy. After reading this book, therapists will be inspired and energized while having more substantial breakthroughs with their clients.

CONTENTS

Part 1: Conscious Awareness and the Therapeutic Container 1. Resting in Awareness  2. Understanding Levels of Awareness  3. Awareness of Cultural Lenses  4. Spirituality and Subtle Energy  5. Skills for Holding a Sacred Container  Part 2: Contact  6. Contact, the Nervous System, and Spiritual Alignment  7. Deepening into Contact  8. Resonance and Polarity  9. Mapping the Client’s Inner World  Part 3: Deep Transformation  10. Creativity and Transformation  11. Working with Polarities  12. Working with an Unfinished Situation  13. Working with Different Contact Boundary Disturbances  14. Transpersonal Parts Work  15. Working with Dreams and Other Non-Ordinary States  16. Spiritual Self-Care