A Podcast Exploring Spirituality in Psychotherapy
with Harmony KwikerThe Awakened Therapist Podcast
S4E2: When a Client Feels Stuck in Powerlessness | Case Consultation
In this episode, I offer live case consultation to a newer transpersonal counselor navigating the complexity of depth work. We begin by exploring an essential principle of this approach: before moving into integration or intervention, we must support a shift in levels...
S4E1: Therapy Session #1 | When Pain Overrides Awareness
This is the first session in a series of therapy demos with the same client. The full demo is streaming on Patreon. In this live demo session, Harmony works with a volunteer who experiences chronic pain alongside a familiar pattern of catastrophizing--thinking about...
S3E13: (Therapy Demo) Healing Ancestral Wounds | Harmony Kwiker
In this therapy demo, a demo volunteer engages in a creative exploration of subpersonalities and ancestral wounds. What begins as the expression of inner constructs of the habitual self evolves into a powerful empty-chair dialogue with his great-grandfather, where...
S3E12: Energetic Coherence | Dr. Mary Sanders
In this episode of The Awakened Therapist Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Mary Sanders, a chiropractor and energy medicine practitioner with more than 30 years of experience. Together, we explore what it means for practitioners to hold energetic coherence—how tending to...
S3E11: FULL Therapy Demo | Returning to the Authentic Self | Harmony Kwiker
When working with clients, one of the most transformative moments in therapy is identifying an inner polarity—the parts of the self that pull in opposite directions and quietly shape a client’s choices, identity, and sense of safety. The Gestalt two-chair experiment...
S3E10: The Mindful Counselor | Sue Patton Thole
In this heartfelt conversation, I sit down with my friend and mentor Sue Thoele, psychotherapist and author of the beloved book The Courage to Be Yourself. Together we explore the tender and universal journey of discovering authenticity, navigating self-doubt, and...
S3E9: (Therapy Demo) Reclaiming Inner Authority | Harmony Kwiker
In this live demo session, I sit with a volunteer whose lifelong pattern has been to look outward for her sense of okayness. Beneath this orientation lives a split: the way she dissociates from herself and the anger that arises when she feels unseen or unsupported....
S3E8: The Power of Brainspotting | Nichole Jones
In this powerful episode, Harmony is joined by therapist Nichole Jones to explore the practice of Brainspotting—a therapeutic modality that uses eye positions to access and process unresolved trauma stored in the body. Together, we discuss how Brainspotting can open...
S3 Bonus: What does it really mean to be client-led? | Harmony Kwiker
What does it actually mean to be client-led? And how do we ensure we’re not subtly leading our clients away from themselves—even when we have good intentions? In this solo teaching episode, Harmony explores the foundational principle of honoring a client’s sovereign...