the awakened therapist podcast
with Harmony KwikerSeason one:
Explore deeper dimensions of your clinical work
The episodes below contain the conversation portion of the Awakened Therapist Podcast.
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S1E6: Working with Personality Disorders in Transpersonal Counseling | Harmony Kwiker
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...
S2E5: Cultural Reflexivity and Liberation Therapy | Nicole Xenos, PhD
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...
S2E4: Countertransference as Intuition in Disguise | Harmony Kwiker
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...
S2E3: The Intersection of Alternative Medicine and Numerology | Michael Kwiker, DO
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...
S2E2: Spirituality, Consciousness, and Subtle Energy in Psychotherapy | Harmony Kwiker
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...
S2E1: Working with Couples in Gestalt Therapy | Susan Campbell, PhD
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,...
S1E10: Spiritually Aligned Somatic Counseling
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...
S1E9: Somatic Intelligence in the Disconnected Client
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...
S1E8: Sex Therapy Through the Lens of Gestalt
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...
