Services — Irish Oak Wellness

Processing through mind and body connection
Brainspotting applies therapeutic attunement between client and practitioner, where the practitioner holds witness to the client’s processing by locating and paying mindful attention to brainspots (eye positions where an emotion and related body sensation feels either stronger or easier).
An approach rooted in holistic processing
- "Where you look, affects how you feel."
- Processing emotions through the mind and body connection with focused mindfulness and somatic (body) awareness
- Taps into the innate healing capacities of the client
- Therapist is highly attuned to the client, as the client processes their experiences, while minimally verbally intervening in the process
- Applying a resourcing approach for clients with trauma experinces

Meaning Centered
Existential therapy has a philosophically aware approach to therapy where client's deepen their understanding of meaning, purpose, and responsibility to live a life that feels most authentic to them.
Logotherapy places deeper focus on discovering meaning, especially in circumstances of unavoidable suffering.
An approach rooted in meaning
- Discovering ways of balancing freedom and responsibility
- Exploring meaning and purpose in life
- Observing existential givens of isolation, meaninglessness, freedom, and death
- Working towards an increased understanding of self
- Managing existential anxiety and/or death anxiety
- Therapist holds space from a person centered lens supporting clients in understanding subjective experiences and dilemmas.

Making the unconscious, conscious
Depth psychology is a psychotherapeutic approach that understands the human psyche through unconscious feelings, motivations, and experiences that impact patters, behaviours, and inner turmoil.
An approach rooted in working with the unconscious
- Understanding the importance of the unconscious and its impact on conscious life
- Working with different parts of the self - shadow, persona, ego, and archetypes
- Exploring dreams and their relevance
- Working toward an individuation process (developing a sense of self)
- Therapist provides a supportive therapeutic relationship and holistic integration of unconscious material in to daily life that shapes a path to healing and enhances meaning for the client.

Deeper Meaning to Existence
Transpersonal psychology covers spiritual, transcendent, and experiences of greater awareness. It involves integrating experiences of non-ordinary states, mystical experiences, and spiritual awakenings into the psyche for personal growth and self-actualization.
An approach rooted in self-transcendence
- Exploring experiences of transcendence and/or spirituality
- Understanding of consciousness as multidimensional
- Therapy work involves supporting the client in enhancing connection to their inner wisdom and self-healing capabilities
- Therapist takes a holistic approach to healing that involves the higher-self experiences like spiritual experiences

Holistic Therapy Services