Working with clients who present with symptoms of personality disorders can be especially challenging for many therapists. When we view successful treatment as changing a client’s personality traits, we may unintentionally reinforce their over-identification with the mind. In contrast, a transpersonal approach invites clients to awaken to their patterns rather than attempt to change them—offering […]

Understanding how systems of oppression affect individual well-being is essential for any culturally reflexive psychotherapist. In this episode, Harmony is joined by liberation therapist Nicole Xenos, PhD, for a powerful conversation on the systemic nature of oppression and its profound impact on the therapeutic process. Nicole speaks to the importance of cultural reflexivity, recognizing personal […]

While countertransference is often framed as something to avoid in traditional clinical training, transpersonal counseling views it as a doorway into the intuitive therapeutic field. The Taoist principle of Wu Wei, or effortless action, is embedded into gestalt theory. When we allow actions and responses to arise naturally, in harmony with the unfolding moment, we […]

Much like traditional psychotherapy, conventional allelopathic medicine treats a patient through a symptom-based model, ignoring the wholeness of a client. When we honor the wisdom of a client’s vital force, a personal can become healthy with minimal innervations. In this episode, I’m joined by my dad, Dr. Michael Kwiker, DO, who is a genius when […]

Traditional counseling approaches separate a client’s psychological health from their spirituality. Integrating spirituality into therapeutic practices allows us to honor a clients’ innate wisdom and higher consciousness, as well as our own. This fosters a more organic and natural healing process, where therapists listen to and defer to clients’ innate wisdom rather than imposing external […]

Oftentimes, when a couple is highly volatile and stewing in resentment, a therapist can feel challenged with knowing how to disrupt the pattern. Learning how to work with couples effectively can by a dynamic and powerful way to support increased awareness, integration, and contact. In the first episode of season 2, I am joined by […]

In season 1, episode 10 of the Awakened Therapist Podcast, Harmony talks about how to follow a client’s innate spirituality is honored as the guide for their healing. From a wholeness-based model of counseling, a client’s innate wisdom is embedded within all aspects of their inner world. Even their most painful patterns of conditioning hold […]

In season 1, episode 9 of the Awakened Therapist Podcast, Harmony and her guest discuss the importance of somatic intelligence in the therapeutic process. When working with any client, learning their particular interoceptive capacity informs our ability to meet them where they are. Interception (often referred to as the “eighth sense”) is our internal sensory […]

In season 1, episode 8 of the Awakened Therapist Podcast, Harmony and her guest discuss various facets of sex therapy as it relates to gestalt therapy. As a body-based, somatic approach to counseling, they also talk about supporting clients in restoring trust in their body. They also explore self-care and different ways to tend to […]

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