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AwakeningSpiritualConsciousnessThroughtheHealingofTrauma

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TranspersonalModelofthePsyche

ThreeGreatRealms(levelsofconsciousness)Rowan,J.(2005):a.instrumental-definedbyplaceinouterworld

b.authentic-selfactualized,selfdefined

c.transpersonalself1(soul)-egodetachment,light

d.transpersonalself2(spirit)-notdefined,enlightened,mysticalunion

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• StatesofConsciousness-waking,dreaming(soulaccess),deepsleep(accesstotheformlessorcausalspirit)

• StructuresofConsciousness-levelsofconsciousnesssuchasmaterial,biological,highermental,spiritual.Stableholisticpatternsfoundinboththelevelofdevelopmentandthelineofdevelopment

• Bodies-energeticsupportofthebody(supportswakingmind),subtlebody(dreamingstate),causalbody(spirit)(Wilber,2000)

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SpiritualityandResonanceResonance

• Sufism

• IntegralYoga• Shamanism

• TheEmissariesofDivineLight

• EnergyHealing

Allisvibrationalandinterconnectedwithinanenergyfield

Itisthroughthepracticeofmindfulawarenessthatthisexpandedexperiencecanrevealitself

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HumanEnergyField

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• SpiritualWisdomTraditions– Traumaleadstoadissociationanddisconnectiontosoul.

– Lossofself.– Abandonmentofthesacred.

– InterventionInNon-ordinaryspaces-Enteringsacredspace,connectiontothesoul.

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MindfulAwareness

Theexperienceofbringingone’sawarenesswithin,toamoment-by-momentexperienceofbeingpresent

andnon-attachedtooutcome,inwhicheachthought,feeling,andexperienceisacceptedforwhatitis

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Attunement

Deepintuitiverecognitionoftheemotions,thoughts,andfeelingsofanotherperson,withouttheneedforwords.Otherpersonfeelsknown,seen,andunderstoodonmultiplelevels.

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Resonancemakestwoapartofonesystem,atleasttemporarily.Attuningtoourselveswithinmindfulstates,wehavetheobservingandexperiencingselfinresonance.Attuningtoothers,weopenourselvestotheprofound

adventureoflinkingtwoaspartofoneinteractivewhole.Thisjoiningisanintimatecommunionoftheessenceof

whoweareasindividualsyettrulyinterconnectedwithoneanother.Itishardtoputintowords,butresonancerevealsthedeeprealitythatwearepartofalargerwhole,thatweneed

oneanother,and,insomeways,thatwearecreatedbytheongoingdancewithin,between,andamongus.1

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InterpersonalNeurobiology

• Triception(TriangleofWell-being)isthewayweperceivetheflowofenergyandinformationinthetriangleofwell-being.Weperceivethisflowasitmovesthroughthenervoussystem(brainasmechanismofflow),asitismonitoredandmodified(mindasregulation),andasitiscommunicatedamongpeople(relationshipsassharing).Asthisisatriangleofnotjustenergyandinformationflow,butofwell-being,triceptionisthewayweperceiveourstatesofintegrationandthenmovethesystemfromchaosand/orrigiditytowardtheharmonyofintegrativeflow.Thistriangleisofanintegratedbrain,empathicrelationships,andacoherent,resilientmind.1

1Siegel,2010,p.122

Acknowledges braincoherenceandintegrationbetweenpeople1

Mind Brain

Relationships

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Science&Resonance

Biofieldextendsbeyondthebodyandintotheenvironment,transcendingtimeandspace,holding

memoryandinfluencingevolution1

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NeuroscienceofHeart/Brain

• Theethericandsubtlefieldsofthehumanbodyareanantennaforelectromagneticenergytransmittedthroughtheinteractionbetweentheendocrineandchakrasystems

• Theheartisthestrongestelectromagneticoscillatorofthehumanbody

• Thereisaradiationofenergytransmittedoutwardsfromtheheartantenna1

Coherenceleading togreaterintegrationofallsystems.2

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Incoherence(CorticalInhibition)

Source:HeartMath2012

EmotionsareReflectedinHeartRhythmPatterns(HRV)

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TranspersonalPioneers

• WilliamJames-firsttospeakofspiritualityinpsychotherapy

• CarlJung-Selfisego,shadow,personalandcollectiveunconscious

• RobertAssagioli-Firsttousethetermtranspersonal.Addedhigherconsciousnessorsuperconsciousnesstothefieldofthehumanpsycheleadingtothetranspersonalself.CreatedPsycho-Synthesis.

• StanislavGrof-ExperimentationwithalteredstatesfirstthroughpsychedelicsandthenHolotropicBreathWork.

• AbrahamMaslow-Selfactualizationhighonhierarchyofneeds.

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ExceptionalHumanExperiences(EHEs)

• RheaWhite(1990)-Definesarangeofspontaneousunusualexperience,oftenbeyondordinaryhumanconsciousness.

• 5MajorClasses:mystical/unitive,psychic,encounter,unusualdeath-related,andexceptionalnormalexperiences.

• Contextfortranspersonalpsychology.

• Krippner&Powers(1997);Braud&Anderson(1998);Palmer&Braud(2002)

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TranspersonalPsychology• Traditionalpsychologyisinterestedinacontinuumof

humanexperienceandbehaviorrangingfromseveredysfunction,mentalandemotionalillnessatoneend,towhatisgenerallyconsiderednormal,healthybehaviorattheotherendandvariousdegreesofnormalandmaladjustmentinbetween.

• TranspersonalPsychologyisafullspectrumpsychologythatencompassesallofthisandthengoesbeyonditbyaddingaseriousscholarlyinterestintheimmanentandtranscendentdimensionsofhumanexperience.

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TranspersonalDevelopmentalModel• Wilber’s(2000)transpersonaldevelopmentalmodel,

basedinthecommoncorephilosophyofgreatspiritualtraditions,reflectstheviewthat“realityiscomposedofvariouslevelsofexistence—levelsofbeingandknowing—rangingfrommattertobodytomindtosoultospirit”(p.5).Withinwhatistermed,theGreatNestofBeing,potentialityunfoldswithinthismorphogeneticfield,“nestedinahierarchyofholisticembrace”(Wilber,2000,p.7),whichallowsconsciousnesstoevolvefrombasicstructurestomoreorganizedlevelsofspiritualpsychology.

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TranspersonalDevelopmentalModel(cont’d)

• Systemswithinsystems,likewavesofenergy,influenceoneanotherwithinthespiral.Eachstageofconsciousnesshasitsownlevelofegofunctioning,interpersonalandsocialfunctioningandmoralsandperceptionsoftheworld.

• BottomUp(hierarchical)approachintegrateswithTopDownapproach(heterarchical).

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TranspersonalPsychologyResearch• Non-localhealing

• Researchvalidatesitsefficacy1

• Empathicandsympatheticresonance

• Deepembodiedresonancebetweentwopeople

• Bodymind’sexperienceofavibragonalmergingresonancewithinternalandexternalsources

• Siegel,I.R.(2013).Therapistasacontainerforspiritualresonanceandclienttransformationwithintranspersonalpsychotherapy:Anexploratoryheuristicstudy.JournalofTranspersonalPsychology,45(1),49-74.

1Achterbergetal,2005;Braud,2003

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Participants’UnderstandingofSpiritualResonance

AttunementtotheDivine isAlwaysPresent

VibrationalResonance

CentralCoreofa PhilosophyofWholeness

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Inter-DynamicClientTherapistExperience

Therapists’AttunementasaDoorwaytoSpiritualResonance

InternalFeedbackMechanismUsingSkillsofAlternativeKnowing

NonlinearProcessofAssessmentandHealing

InternalFocusofAttention

TransmissionofEnergy

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TherapistAwarenessofInternalEmotions,SensationsandCognitions

DetachingfromEgo

Non-attachmenttoGoals,ExpectationsandOutcome

TransferenceandCountertransference

IntegrationoftheEgoicMindandExpandedConsciousnessasaToolforChange

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ClientTransformation

DevelopmentofSpiritualConsciousness

EmotionalandCognitiveHealing

PhysicalHealingandTransformation

ImprovedCopingSkills

BehavioralChanges

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VibrationalChanges

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TherapistTransformation

• Spiritualresonanceisamutualprocessoftransformation

• Astheclient’sinnerlightbrightenssodoesthatofthetherapist

• Therapistsfeeljoyandgratitudeforbeingavesselforthishigherrangeofconsciousness

• Therapists'spiritualdevelopmentcontinuestounfold

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• Avibrationalpatternaccessedbysoulawareness• Acentralcoreoflife,notjusthealing

• Vibrationalfabricfromwhichhealingandlifeemerge; isnotcomponent-based

• Perceivedasagifttothereceiver• Thepotentialforrealizationispresentinall

• Realizedthroughanexperienceofexpandedawareness

SpiritualResonance:TheEvolvedDefinition

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• Non-linearinnaturetranscendingtimeandspace

• Therapistandclientbecometransmittersofthisrangeofenergywithinthetherapysession

• Withinthevibrationalrangeofspiritualresonance,theclienthasthechoicetoresonatewiththatrangeoffrequency,dis-identifyingwithego,changingperception,andtransformingwithintheunifiedexperienceofcosmicwholeness

• Ultimately,transmissionofspiritualresonanceismulti-directionalbetweentherapist,client,aDivinecosmicsourceandEarth

SpiritualResonance:TheEvolvedDefinition(cont’d)

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TheTranspersonalTherapist

Consciousnessisboththeinstrumentandobjectofchange.Theworkaimsnotonlyatchangingbehavior

andthecontentsofconsciousness,butalsoatdevelopingawarenessofconsciousnessitselfasthe

contextofexperience.1

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TheTranspersonalTherapist

DoubleVision

Creatingabalanceofperceptionbetweenthefreedomoftranscendenttruthandthelimitations

oftheimmanenttruthofthehumandomain.1

1Welwood,2003

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InternalFeedbackMechanisms

• AlternativeWaysofKnowing:

– Auditory– Visual– Kinesthetic– Proprioceptive– DirectKnowingandIntuition– EmergenceofUnconsciousMaterial(Braud&Anderson,

2002)

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InternalFeedbackMechanisms(cont’d)

• Determineresonanceandflow

• Doublevisionbetweenexpandedandegoicawareness

• Thetherapistusesinternalcuestodetermineinterventionsverbally,nonverbally,andvibrationally

• Waitforvibrationalshiftbeforeengagingtheegoicmind

• Emersionintononlinearprocesswithoutexpectation;energyandinformationflow

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InternalFeedbackMechanisms(cont’d)

• Thisinternalstep-by-steptrackingoftheclient,asthetherapiststayspresent,helpstheclient“freeupthedriveforintegration”(Siegel,2010,p.149).

• Therapistandclientattunewithinspiritualresonance,processingfromhigherconsciousnessorsoul

• Clientlearnstoidentifyinternalalternativewaysofknowingasspiritualwisdomemergesandthecontextoftreatmentchanges

• Appliestoallphasesoftreatment.

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EyeMovementDesensitizationandReprocessing(EMDR)-8Phases

• EMDRisbasedinanadaptiveinformationprocessing(AIP)model(Shapiro,2018).EMDRtherapyconceptualizesunprocessedtraumaticmemoriesasstoredintheclient’smemorynetworks,containingrelatedemotions,thoughts,beliefs,andsensoryexperiences.

• TheEMDRtherapistreprocessesthetraumatoanadaptiveresolutionbypsychologicallyintegratingtheinformationthroughaneight-phaseprotocolincorporatingtheuseofbilateralstimulation(BLS)suchaseyemovements,tapping,ortones.

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TherapistsmayusethefollowingskillsofpreparationpriortothesessioninallphasesofEMDRprotocoltocreateanexperienceofmindfulawareness:

• Meditation• Imagery

• DeepBreathingandCentering• Attunementtowhatmaybedescribedasagreater

interconnectedcosmicwhole

Therapist’sPreparation

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• HistorytakingandthedevelopmentofthetreatmentplanisconsistentwithEMDRprotocol.Historyoftranspersonalorspiritualexperiencesarenoted.

• Client'sadaptiveaspectsareidentifiedandaffectregulationskillsareevaluated

• Thetherapistsetsasafespacewithinthetherapeuticcontainer

• Maintainsacenteredandcalmstateasanexperienceofbeingpresentisinternallyaccessedwithinthetherapist

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ClientHistory

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• Thetherapistmaintainsanexperienceofmindfulnessandexpandedawarenesswhileengagingwiththeclient,astheclientmirrorstheprocess

• TheclientlistenstoaBio-LateralCDwithheadphones• Clientisinvitedtoclosehis/hereyesandtoenvisiona

safespacesittingquietly,developingselfsoothingandaffectregulationskillstofacilitatedualawarenessandmaintainstabilitybetweensessions

• Clientisvibrationallyinvitedtoresonatewiththetherapist

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• Thesharedfieldbeginstovibrationallyflowmorefluidly-mirroring

• Usinginternalskillsoftracking,therapistisabletosensethesharedinterconnectedfieldandthevibrationalchangewithintheclient

• Positivetranspersonalresourceinstillationpromotingadaptivememorynetworksmaybeaccessedfromatranspersonalperspective-CognitivetoCosmicInterweaves

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Preparation(cont’d)

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PositiveResourcingCognitivetoCosmicInterweave

• EgoStateWork

• Positive(Functional)Dissociation-Chaostoegore-structuringfromalevelofhigherintegration

• Healingthroughsymbols

• Healingthroughlight

• Boundaries-emotionalandenergetic

• TranspersonalMirroring

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PositiveResourcingCognitivetoCosmicInterweave(cont’d)

• Holdingafieldofcoherentenergyandinformagonflow.

• MeditagonandMindfulness

• SpiritualResonance

• IntegragonofHigherself

• TeachersandGuidesasInternalResources

• PowerAnimals

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• Clientidentifiesthememoryofgreateststress• ThenegativecognitionandSUD(subjectiveunitsof

disturbance)levelareidentified

• Bodymemoryisidentifiedandclientusesinnersensestoidentifysymptomaticarea,givingitavoiceoranimagetoexpressit’smessage

• ThepositivecognitionandVOC(validityofcognition)levelareidentified

• Thetherapistisawareoftheenergysharedandmaintainsafieldfilledwithpeaceandsafety,asclientisreadytoshareintheresonance

Phase3:

Assessment

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• Theclientisinvitedtoclosehis/hereyesduringprocessing

• Therapistmaintainsastateofinnercenterednessandconnection,detachedfromegoandexpectation

• Therapistusesintuitiveskillsofalternativewaysofknowingtointernallytracktheflowofthesharedfield

• Therapistmaysensetheclient'senergybecomingbrighterandmoreexpansive

• Thismaybecomeatangiblepulsationwithinthebody,orasensationofheartopeningandfillingwithcompassion

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Desensitization

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• Theresonancebetweentherapistandclientbecomesapparent,sensedasacalmnessandaflowingenergyinthemutualfield.

• Cognitive(cosmic)interweavesmaybeusedtofacilitateprocessasneeded,andmaytakeontranspersonalelements.

• Aftertheshiftintoresonance,theclientisaskedtoshareemergingexperience

• Clientmayreportalevelofprocessingfromaperspectiveofinnerwisdom,expandedawareness,andexperiencesthatconnecthertoagreatercosmicwhole

• Client’sSUDlevelmayquicklyshiftdowntoazeroinitiatinganimmediatepositivecognition

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Desensitization(cont’d)

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• Thetherapisttakesthenaturallyemergingpositivecognitionandreinforcesitintheevolvedtargetedmemory

• Witheyesopenorclosed,therapistandclientshareanexpandedfieldfilledwiththeflowofcompassionandwellbeing

• Theenergyfieldaswellastheclient'spositivebeliefbecomesmoreintegratedandstable

• TheVOCbecomesa7aroundthispositivecognition,oftenfromaperspectiveofexpandedawarenessasthesilentresonanceismaintained

Phase5:

Installation

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• Clientscanshis/herbodywitheyesopenorclosed,noticingchangingimagery,sensation,andbeliefthroughoutthebodyandtheenergyfield

• Clientlearnstouseinternaltrackingskillsandmayreportatinglingsensation,aflowofenergy,andacalmnessthroughout

• Therapistandclientmaymutuallyresonatewithinasharedexperienceofconnectingtoagreatercosmicwhole

Phase6:

BodyScan

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CellularMemoryandVibrationalPatterns• Givethecellsandvibrationalpatternsaconsciousness,color,orform.

• Accessinnerteacherstobepartofyourhealingteam.

• HealingAncestralWounds.• Changetheenergyfrequencyofthecell.

• Awakeninginnerwisdom.Clientbecomestheshaman.

• Changeyourdestiny.

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• Theclientisbroughtbackandgrounded• Clientsharesexperiences,innervisions,andsensations

indicatinglearningtousealternativewaysofknowingandperceiving

• Someclientstrytodescribetheexperienceofthesharedfield

• Theclientlearnstoselfsoothandregulatewhilechangingthecontextforthetrauma.Lifelessons,andsoul’spurposeandmissionareexploredasinnerwisdomemerges.

• Theclientisaskedtokeepajournalandisinformedthatprocessingmayoccurevenoutsideofthesession

• Theclientisremindedofsafespace

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Closure

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• AIPthreeprongedprocess:Addresstherootsofthepasttrauma,makingsuretheSUDlevelisstillazeroandthattheVOCisa7;desensitizeanypresenttriggers;andreinforcefutureoutcomes-influencingtheenergyfieldthatsurroundsthecellsandemotionalexpression

• Clientsoftenreportthedevelopmentofalternatewaysofknowingandalargerspiritualcontextfortheirtrauma.

• Self-lovemaydevelopasbrainintegrationevolvestoahigherlevel,contributingtotheresolutionoftraumaaswellasphysicaldis-easeandsymptoms

Phase8:

Re-evaluation

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Strengthening/EnhancingtheBiofield

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TranspersonalProtocol• Allphasesoftherapyarereviewedfromatranspersonalperspective.Allowsforsoulessencetoemergeandinstallationaspositiveresourcethroughoutallstages.Evolvingnegativeandpositivebeliefs,emotions,andsensoryexperiencesaremonitoredaspersonality’sjourneyandsoul’sjourneyentwine.

• Non-linear,non-sequentialflowingtranspersonalprocessemergesasclientmirrorsinternalfocusandstatesofconsciousness.

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TranspersonalProtocol(con’t)

• Goalsshiftfromhealingsymptomstoreachingfullpotential.Positivecognitionexpandswithawareness.

• Transpersonalcognitivetocosmicinterweave.Innerwisdomemergestochangeperceptionofhistory.

• Functionaldissociationandegodetachmentasaroadtohealingtraumathroughhigherintegration.

• Processingofpersonal,collective,andarchetypalpatterns.

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Therapist’sSkills

EACHPHASEOFTHERAPEUTICPROTOCOLallowsfor:

• Therapisttoopentoanexpandedmindfulawarenesswhereentrainmentbetweentherapistandclientisinvited

• AlternativewaysofknowingasinternalfeedbackmechanismsareusedtotrackinformationandenergyflowwithinaTriangleofWellbeing,detachedfromexpectation

• Shareamutuallyresonantenergyfieldthatallowstheclienttodothesame

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Therapist’sSkills(cont’d)

• Thetherapistmaydeveloptheskillofmovingfluidlyfromegoictoexpandingawarenessthroughoutthesession.

• Thereferencepointbecomestheclient’sinnerwisdombasedonanexpandedawarenessofaninterconnectedcosmicwhole.

• Theconsciousnessofthetherapistisadeterminingfactorintheexpansionofthesharedfieldwithinanexperienceofexpandedawareness.

Bethetransformationaltoolofchange!

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ThankYou!

IreneR.Siegel,Ph.D.,LCSW

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