Holistic Psychotherapy

MIND & LIFE INSTITUTE
HOLISTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY

A MIND/BODY HOLISTIC APPROCAH
TO HEALING BEYOND
JUST TALKING OR TAKING MEDICATION !

A Compassionate, Empowering, Integrative Approach
For Healing Physical & Psychological Issues

CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES quiet the mind through guided imagery, focused breathing techniques and meditation which helps:
• Improve focus and concentration
• Reduce stress
• Awaken an awareness of the interconnectedness of all life
• Develop greater empathy, compassion and communication skills
• Enhance creativity

MINDFULNESS-BASED THERAPY is a way of learning to relate directly to the present moment to restore a balanced sense of health and well being through increased awareness of all aspects of self, including body, mind heart and soul. Benefits include:
• Reductions in pain levels
• Enhanced ability to cope with chronic pain and illnesses, anxiety and panic, GI distress, sleep disturbances, fatigue, high blood pressure and headaches
• An increased ability to relax and cope with stress
• Greater energy and enthusiasm for life

INDIVIDUAL/ COUPLE’S/ FAMILY - THERAPY is a heart centered, compassionate approach to increase a person’s ability to have a deeper, more accepting, and more compassionate awareness of self and others. Dr. McGlynn’s goal in relationship counseling is to create a safe space where both people’s needs, wants, resentments, pain, concerns, and dreams can be deeply heard, understood and embraced. Once deep listening is established, compassion and respect can flourish, and true partnership and union can happen.

HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK is a powerful approach to self-exploration and healing that integrates insights from modern consciousness research. Breath and evocative music are used to enter a non-ordinary state of consciousness which can activate the natural inner healing process. By activating the unconscious and mobilizing blocked energies, this work gives us access to all levels of human experience and activates the spontaneous healing potential of the psyche.

The basic premise is that we all have a deeper wisdom that lies beneath our thinking mind. In Holotropic Breathwork, the emphasis is on creating a safe space in which each participant can surrender fully to all the sensations, feelings, experiences, energy movement and visions that can arise during the session.

This work is of value to those interested in inner exploration, self-discovery and spiritual awareness. It is a wonderful adjunct to psychotherapy and other forms of inner work, as well as a powerful method of self-care for helping professionals.

PSYCHOLOGY OF SYMPTOMS© is a psycho-spiritual process that explores how our thoughts, feelings and belief systems influence our lives. The Psychology of Symptoms is an innovative drug free adjunct to western medical treatment. Thru this process you will experientially learn how your ”life story” and the survival strategies you developed to cope with it create imbalances in your physiology and manifest as your symptoms.

The Psychology of Symptoms process will not only afford you the opportunity to be free of chronic and acute symptoms, it will ultimately allow you to embody those aspects of yourself that were judged, dismissed or disowned in order to cope with your childhood. You will have the opportunity to return to your original innocence and creativity. Many people experience this process as a coming home to their” authentic self”, a recapturing of their full vitality, and an opportunity to move forward in life with creative passion and purpose. The Psychology of Symptoms is rooted in the science of the mind-body connection that is becoming more readily available to mainstream medicine and spirituality. This process masterfully blends Voice Dialogue, Journey Work, energy healing, and truly illuminates how our biography can become our biology.

• To access disowned shadow parts of yourself that lie hidden within your unconscious that are seeking expression in your life. These disowned parts seek to be heard thru your symptoms- they are the vocal cords of the unconscious.
• To transmute the energies of anxiety, depression, anger, grief, disappointment, and other emotions into “Source” – an inner state of calmness and peace
• To love and embrace those parts of yourself that you previously wanted to get rid of, thereby regaining wholeness, and joyfully discovering the true soul purpose of your existence.

Dr. McGlynn’s work is heart-centered, compassionate and empowering. By doing this work you can learn: To resource unconditional love and develop awareness and presence as reliable tools to move out of survival, fear, and disease.

Read about Laurane » Dr. Laurane McGlynn, Clinical Psychologist