Transpersonal Therapy Blog
What is Holistic Psychotherapy?
by Harmony Kwiker Holistic psychotherapy is an approach to healing that honors the whole person—mind, body, energy, and spirit. Rather than focusing on symptoms or pathology, it views each client as an intelligent, living system continually moving toward balance and...
What’s the Difference Between Gestalt Therapy and IFS?
by Harmony Kwiker Both Gestalt Therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS) are powerful, experiential approaches that honor the complexity of the human psyche. While they share a respect for inner experience and self-awareness, they differ in how they understand the...
Honoring Somatic Intelligence
by Harmony Kwiker When we think of trauma, we often imagine memories, stories, or psychological imprints. Yet trauma is not only held in the mind—it lives in the body. Every contraction, every pattern of tension, every instinct to withdraw or brace is the body’s way...
Being a Therapist in Relationships Outside of the Therapy Room
by Harmony Kwiker As therapists, we spend countless hours cultivating presence, awareness, and skillful attunement to our clients. In order to offer them a clear view of their thoughts, feelings, and patterns, we devote ourselves to becoming an accurate mirror of...
Working with Different Contact Boundary Disturbances in Gestalt Therapy | Harmony Kwiker
Harmony Kwiker | Blog In this lecture, Harmony discusses various experiments for working with contact boundary disturbances in gestalt therapy. Watch Video Here: https://youtu.be/GveUituZuGU When working with any contact boundary disturbance in gestalt therapy, you’re...
8 Best Holistic Therapy Trainings
by Harmony Kwiker | Blog If you’re a therapist looking to expand your skills and specialize in a holistic approach to counseling, then finding the best online therapy courses for therapists will help you is reach your professional goals. As a teacher who is passionate...
The Enneagram’s Application in Transpersonal Gestalt
by Harmony Kwiker | Blog The Enneagram is a tool for awakening, self-discovery, personal growth, and understanding human relationships. It's a model of the human psyche that describes nine interconnected personality types, each with unique strengths, weaknesses,...
Learning to Identify a Polarity in Gestalt Therapy
by Harmony Kwiker | Blog A polarity is comprised of two seemingly opposing qualities of a client's personality that cause an inner conflict. When a clinician becomes present with their client, we begin to see the way the client disrupts contact with the present moment...
Mapping Your Client’s Inner World
by Harmony Kwiker | Blog Clients are multidimensional beings with a unique map of how to relate to themselves and the world. When a clinician takes a map (i.e. a framework) and places it onto the client, the fullness of the client's innate wisdom and inherent movement...
What is Transpersonal Counseling?
by Harmony Kwiker | Blog Transpersonal counseling is a sacred approach to psychotherapy, where the therapist integrates concepts of spirituality, consciousness, and modern psychology to create a truly holistic container. A transpersonal counselor sees their clients as...
Thank you, Transpersonal Counselors
https://youtu.be/y27i2L09JwM Dear Transpersonal Counselors, I'm writing this to you because I know sometimes it can seem like we don't fit into the world of counseling and psychotherapy. At agencies and with insurance billing, the medical model and CBT are lauded as...
5 Steps to Confronting Incongruence in Psychotherapy
When a client is incongruent, there is a mismatch between their ideal self and their authentic experience, leading to feelings of discomfort or anxiety. Trying to be something that they are not, a client simultaneously expresses and perpetuates their patterns of...