Individual Sessions
Individual Sessions with an Energetics Psychotherapist have a psychodynamic approach which means that we explore the unconscious content of a client’s psyche and conflicts in relation to their present day development, behaviour and life. It is also a body centred approach which means that it is based on the premise that our personality develops from childhood experiences and that negative experience are held frozen in the body by muscular armouring, blocks and tension. These chronic patterns of shallow breathing and muscular tensions were designed to keep us safe, but at the same time reduces the amount of energy flow through our bodies keeping us stuck in fixed patterns of thinking and behaving and reducing our capacity to lead a full and satisfying life.
In other words, the body and the mind collaborate to block energy as an attempt to block painful experiences. When energy is blocked, so are emotions. And when emotions are blocked, so is energy. These blocks also prevent the feelings of deep pleasure, joy and excitement, and can keep us locked in many feelings of emotional and physical distress. Some examples are:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Sexual problems including difficulties in establishing and or maintaining a sexual and emotional relationship
- Intimacy issues
- Repeated patterns of sabotage
- Lack of life direction and purpose
- Lack of meaning in life
- Numbness – either physical or emotional
- Physical symptoms such as headaches, digestive problems, muscular pain, panic attacks, insomnia, chronic fatigue and other stress conditions
To re-claim our life we have to work on the blockages of energy, feel unfelt feelings that have not been fully metabolised, and challenge negative and destructive behaviours and belief systems.
A large part of the success of this therapy is dependent upon the strength of the relationship between the therapist and client. During this time the client may work through interpretations of transference. Transference is when feelings from the past (mostly unconscious feelings) are projected onto the therapist. This all happens with your knowing why you feel and react the way you do. Energetics Therapists are highly skilled in working with these old feelings and projections. This helps the client to access many repressed feelings and break free from stuck and old relationship and life patterns.
Working with the body-mind facilitates real and lasting changes. Each personal session with an Energetics session will vary. At times there may be more talk therapy, at other times there may be more physical therapy (breathing, moving) challenging muscular armouring, bringing into balance changes in the body and personality creating greater unification. This work is often referred to as “the hard work miracle”, allowing physical and emotional symptoms to diminish and increase a greater capacity for joy, pleasure, fulfilment, energy and life direction.
Energetics Institute offers one-on-one counselling sessions in psychotherapy, energy therapy and spiritual healing in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and by phone to all parts of Australia.