Spirituality therapists in Salinas, California CA
Spirituality
Rory Valentine Diller
Registered Psychotherapist, M.A., LMFT Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #139783
Our ancient ancestors used art, dance, music, and ritual to connect with the spirit realms. Our thinking, talking mind is only a small fraction of our psyche and experience. There is a vast, inner world of symbolic imagery that exists beneath our conscious mind. Carl Jung ventured to say that this inner world is our soul. When we connect with our inner world through imagination and creativity, we create meaningful opportunities to understand ourselves in new ways, regulate our emotions, rewire unconscious patterns and core beliefs, reprocess meanings linked with traumatic memories, develop a spiritual relationship with our soul, and unlock our spiritual power to heal and evolve. I help clients to explore their spirituality through a full spectrum of creative mediums and ancient wisdom from our ancestors.
8 Years Experience
Spirituality
Neck Down Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, MA
I personally have engaged with and am familiar with spiritual traditions including Buddhism, Hinduism, and the Diamond Approach. I view psychological and spiritual growth as intertwined and supporting one another. I also recognize that there can be paradoxes in pursuing both spiritual and psychological growth and would be happy to support you navigating them.
8 Years Experience
Spirituality
Dr. David Shapiro
Psychologist, California Licensed Psychologist (License# PSY17495)
Spirituality is a very important aspect of life for many people. For individuals with a very developed spiritual life working with a therapist who is understanding and supportive of their spirituality can be very helpful. For others who may be wanting to connect more deeply with spirituality it can be useful to include that as a focus within the therapy. As a psychotherapist I am very comfortable working with people with a wide range of spiritual beliefs. Sometimes I have knowledge about the the spiritual beliefs the person finds meaning in and other times my clients educate me bout spiritual topics and views I don't yet know about. My approach is to be highly supportive of incorporating spirituality into the therapy. Rather than trying to impose my own spiritual views or beliefs I strive to understand the beliefs and practices that have meaning to my clients and to help them to find ways of connecting with and using those beliefs to support them in their daily lives. Personally, I find a great deal of value from my study and practice of Buddhism. I am glad to engage with clients about Buddhist ideas and practices if these have meaning to the person but I only do so when invited, and in doing so I strive to find ways of it supporting the client's therapy.
24 Years Experience
Spirituality
Michelle VanderJagt
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Our spiritual selves often get ignored and overlooked, yet the depth we carry within us is truly only tapped into when we get to know who we are at a soul level. This depth of existence is what we all crave, because we are wired for it. Our culture and way of life truly run counter to what we need to develop our spiritual connection.
I also specialize in unraveling religious programming and supporting clients in forming their own beliefs around God, Source, The Universe, etc.
16 Years Experience
Spirituality
Patrick Kelly, Psy.D., LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Marriage, Family, Therapist (LMFT)
Dr. Patrick has a MA degree in Spiritual Counseling which looks at each client from a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level and to that end assists each client in becoming the best version of themselves through their inner work in sessions.
12 Years Experience