SOMATIC COUNSELING & SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
I offer individual sessions in person, in my office in Temescal, Oakland and on Zoom.
I specialize in working with grief and loss, with people affected by cancer and other illnesses, their friends and families. I specialize in working with professional caregivers.
Ten years providing spiritual care for patients and their loved ones at the Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center allowed me to become intimate with the complexities of the western medical system and the challenges of navigating it with skillfulness.
Fifteen years of being an Integrative Medicine Educator at the Cancer Center has shown me that it is possible to weave a holistic approach to wellness into each person's care.
Nine years as the director of Maitri AIDS hospice in the early 1990's taught be to be fierce and face illness, death and dying with clarity and compassion.
My guidance in our work together comes from the embodied traditions of yoga, medical qigong, Buddhism; from transformative arts, dreamwork, earth-based ritual and training in many meditative traditions.
I am trained in Somatic Experiencing (SE) trauma work, and use this as the guiding principle in my work. Depending on the client, I might use SE or a variety of modalities in a session.
I offer individual sessions in person, in my office in Temescal, Oakland and on Zoom.
I specialize in working with grief and loss, with people affected by cancer and other illnesses, their friends and families. I specialize in working with professional caregivers.
Ten years providing spiritual care for patients and their loved ones at the Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center allowed me to become intimate with the complexities of the western medical system and the challenges of navigating it with skillfulness.
Fifteen years of being an Integrative Medicine Educator at the Cancer Center has shown me that it is possible to weave a holistic approach to wellness into each person's care.
Nine years as the director of Maitri AIDS hospice in the early 1990's taught be to be fierce and face illness, death and dying with clarity and compassion.
My guidance in our work together comes from the embodied traditions of yoga, medical qigong, Buddhism; from transformative arts, dreamwork, earth-based ritual and training in many meditative traditions.
I am trained in Somatic Experiencing (SE) trauma work, and use this as the guiding principle in my work. Depending on the client, I might use SE or a variety of modalities in a session.
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I also mentor those on ancestral journeys—people seeking to heal and discover connection with their ancestors through research, dreamwork, and making the journey back to their ancestral home. My guidance in this work comes from the shamanic Jewish tradition. If you'd like to read about my own ancestral journey to heal my maternal polish ancestors, click on my thesis Healing Mother Earth in Poland.
Guided by creativity and years of training in multiple modalities, I work with you to discover meaning and richness in the light and the darkness—in the mystery of being alive. My commitment is to offering somatic counseling and spiritual direction to those who seek it, so I have a very flexible sliding scale. maurasinger@sonic.net 510 652-0560 |