Therapy

As a transpersonal Clinical Psychologist,I weave together many approaches, drawing on Gestalt Therapy, Dreamwork, Visionary Journeys (including Past-Life Therapy and LIfe-Between-Lives Spiritual Regression), Hypnosis, Relationship Therapy and Counseling, Self-Help Skills Training and Somatic Experiencing.

Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt Therapyis a creative and experiential approach. As a certified Gestalt Therapist, I use special awareness-enhancing techniques, and creative dramatization. I can help you connect with your true inner self, heal yourself deeply, express yourself effectively, and access your inner strengths.

For more information, click here.

Dreamwork
Gestalt Therapyincludes specific methods for working with dreams. These methods enable the dreamer to feel the energy and emotions contained within a dream, and discover its meaning through direct experience. For more details, click here.
At timesI include other techniques, such as drawing dream images, or Dream Reentry. In Dream Reentry, you can relax and re-enter the dream to continue the story. In the process, you can learn more, and exercise your courage and creativity. Dream Reentry is a form of Visionary Journey (see below).

Visionary Journeys
Thisis the use of guided imagery to embark on an inner voyage of healing, discovery and spiritual attunement. For example, I would guide you to see a beautiful scene and feel yourself in that scene. Next, I would guide you to "walk" from this scene through a door or across a bridge to another place, perhaps a previous lifetime.
Thesejourneys take many forms. Past Life Regression and Past-Life Therapy are Visionary Journeys into a former life. Life Between Lives regression is a journey beyond physical life into the greater existence of the soul.
Regression withinthe present lifetime can allow you to revisit your childhood or a specific event in order to deepen your self-understanding and facilitate soul healing. You can gradually heal the child within, express yourself to another person who is not physically present, or find and begin to transform the inner core of addictive behavior. Many other fascinating and beneficial experiences are possible.
To learn more aboutVisionary Journeys, click here.

Hypnosis
Hypnosisis focused attention.These focused states are part of everyday life. When you're absorbed in an activity or a movie, you're in a light trance.
Many methods can be usedto enter a hypnotic state. You continue to be aware and free to choose your words and actions. Visionary Journeys (see above) are a form of hypnosis.

Relationship Therapy
and Counseling
Ifyou want to improve a relationship, I can guide and support you in enhancing your communication and understanding to build intimacy, cooperation and trust. I am trained in several approaches, and I am certified in Imago Relationship Therapy.
In my practice,I use whatever methods are most appropriate to the situation and the couple -- or individual. I can help with many kinds of relationship -- including relationships with friends, family members and co-workers.

Self-Help Skills Training
When appropriate,I teach a variety of methods to promote a positive, constructive outlook; serenity; effective coping; and problem-solving. These methods are flexible and adaptable, allowing creative variations. They include techniques for:
•relaxing and grounding (stabilizing) yourself;
•recognizing and appreciating the positives in yourself and your situation;
•putting difficulties and disappointments into a more positive and realistic perspective;
•calming intense emotion, when you want to feel more relaxed and in control;
•giving yourself encouragement and support;
•using your imagination and intuition to create experiences of safety, love, healing and support from beyond yourself (from others, nature, and spiritual realms).
When youfeel comfortably calm and realistically optimistic, life is better and problem-solving is easier. You can consider possible actions and their probable outcomes, and choose accordingly. You are better prepared to handle life's challenges as you approach even greater success.

Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Experiencing is designed to heal many effects of traumatic experience, whether the traumatic event was primarily emotional or physical. Before healing, stress deep in the nervous system can maintain problematic patterns of thinking, feeling, and reacting. Chronic tensions may be held in the body which interfere with our health and physical comfort as well as our peace of mind.

As a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, I can help you regain a sense of safety and greater comfort, as the trauma is gradually relieved through sensory awareness, spontaneous and intentional movement, and imagery.

More information:
To learn more about these various approaches, click on Past Lives, Dreams, Visionary Journeys or Gestalt Therapy, or see the Links page on this website. If you would like more information about my work in New York City, you can contact me:
DrLGreenberg@aol.com
(212) 501-3707(includes detailed message* about past-life therapy)
(212) 501-4647(includes detailed message* about other therapies I practice)

* To SKIP the long message, you can PRESS "7" (seven) when you hear my voice.

********************************************************************

past lives * therapy * dreams * address * e-mail * free consult * links * home page

********************************************************************