Transpersonal Psychology and Expressive Therapies
Transpersonal Breathwork - Sandplay Therapy
Creative Dance - Emotional Release CounsellingKaren Daniel
From Healing to Awakening, a Sanctuary for the Soul
Turramurra (Sydney) NSW
Here, at the Institute of Therapies for Emotional Transformation, we provide a safe and nurturing environment in which healing and transformation can take place.
We are based in Turramurra, a north shore suburb of Sydney (Australia). We offer private counselling sessions, professional supervision, workshops and training courses. For more comprehensive information on who we are and what we offer, please explore the links on the navigational bar to the right.
"Each of us - like a seed - has our potential safely protected inside, awaiting ideal conditions for growth. As surely as the acorn contains every detail needed to become a mighty oak, each of us has all the parts needed to grow into a powerful and harmonious human and spiritual being. Although we may long for it, very few of us have found ideal conditions for growth. The aim of this work is to create conditions in which each individual's potential can take root and grow." - Karen
Personal and Spiritual Growth
As director of the Institute, Karen Daniel provides a safe and nurturing space allowing reunification with the Self to take place. Transpersonal Psychology and Expressive Therapies facilitate the process of healing and transformation. Helping us to resolve and heal the deep inner conflicts and the wounds from the past that underlie the destructive patterns and behaviours of today, it reconnects us to our essential Being and the truth of who we really are.
Primarily, our work is based on the principles of Transpersonal and Jungian psychology. If you'd like a more in-depth look at the frameworks and ideas that our work is built around you'll find much to interest you on the navigational bar to the right - we hope you'll enjoy exploring.
Transpersonal Psychology
Transpersonal means transcending the usual way of perceiving and interpreting the world from the position of a separate individual body or ego. It is a contemporary term for the direct experience of spiritual* realities and a broad variety of states that have previously been referred to as mystical, religious, magical, parapsychological or paranormal.
Transpersonal Psychology encompasses more than the conventional stages of personality/ego development. It recognises the healing potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness, and includes experiences of a spiritual quality. This field acknowledges the connections between our biographical personal history, our perinatal** experiences and the transpersonal realm of our psyche and explores their implications in our lives and their impact on our sense of self.
* The term spirituality [in this context] is reserved for situations that involve personal experiences of certain dimensions of reality that give one's life and existence in general a numinous quality. C. G. Jung used the word numinous to describe an experience that feels sacred, holy or out of the ordinary.
** This term relates to our experiences around the time of birth.
| "Our
bodies, minds and hearts need unifying, healing – our soul seeks
meaning – our spirit awaits recognition. All this is possible.
Healing and awakening are the aims of our work." Ahrara Bhakti |