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happens …..they experience life and their life force for literally the first time! To witness their personal growth and the connected, feeling smiles on their faces is why I love and do this work.
My own journey of discovery and healing came through what is known as Primal Therapy. I first was a client, then a therapist - trainee, and ultimately a therapist trained in the primal tradition. It is due to my own personal and professional experiences that I have found primal therapy to be one of the most effective "paths" and provides what I believe to be the deepest core healing. That said, there are other therapeutic and spiritual paths which also enable people to connect to their inner feelings in a real way. So, while primal theory is my therapeutic foundation, over the years I have added aspects of other theories and modalities which have only served to enhance the growth of my clients. Today, more than ever, I consider myself an integrationist. I utilize the best from the various schools of psychotherapy as all have something to teach and give to those who are open. In essence, I am not dogmatic but rather rely on my feelings and knowledge to ascertain the value of different traditional and non-traditional methods .If something is of use to my clients I do not hesitate to integrate it into my healing repertoire.
Ultimately, the goal is for my clients to feel themselves, to feel others, and to feel life……. For understanding, by itself, is not only impotent, but is truly the philosophers "personal hell"--mentally "seeing" but never really experiencing or feeling life's phenomenal joys and profound sorrows. If you're one of those who feel "something isn't quite right" or that life is void, sterile, or meaningless, or that you have trouble making sense out of your emotions, find a path that will take you "home" to your feeling self--it's a gift to yourself that will last a lifetime!
Warm regards and best wishes on your personal journey.
Gary Wareham
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