Regarding our Relationship
The counselor-client relationship should be open and direct. It is therefore important to begin our relationship with a clear agreement. My goal is to provide a safe space for you in which to explore the contents of your world at mental, emotional, and spiritual levels in order to remove blocks and the damage patterns that are keeping you from your full potential and goals. I do not diagnose mental disorders. I don’t have the solutions to your problems or the answers to your questions….You do. What I do have are the right questions.
Appointments
An appointment is a time set aside for you and it is a time which is carefully planned within the context of the week’s schedule. Therefore, you can help me by observing the following:
Please notify me at least 24 hours in advance to avoid being charged if you have to cancel your appointment. This enables me to re-arrange my time.
Fees
My fees for professional services are $150.00 an hour. The client leaves each session when we reach a good ending point or resolution. Therefore, I do not work within the parameters of a 55 minute session time. Under special circumstances we can talk about a sliding scale.
Confidentiality
Your communication with me is kept confidential. I follow a strict code not to divulge anything that is said to me during our session outside of a session without your permission.
Qualifications and Techniques
I have been counseling with a variety of energy healing, spiritual, and applied metapsychology techniques since 1977. As an ordained minister, I have a masters degree in counseling/psychology and I have certification in Trauma from the Traumatic Incident Reduction Association. Some of my training includes an internship at the Institute for Research in Metapsychology where I assisted in research and development of techniques. Other certifications include a wide range of mind/body interventions from the Association of Comprehensive Energy Psychology. I was the founder of Trauma Relief Services of the Northwest, a non-profit educational corporation in Portland, Oregon. I teach individuals and groups personal growth, life skills, stress reduction, energy management, and personal development.
The applications I use reflect the common goal of therapies, religions, and philosophies, whether one calls this goal the attainment of sanity, enlightenment, happiness, wisdom or self–realization. I look forward to working with you!
