Who We Are
Spencer Campbell,
LMFT - Director, Psychotherapist
I offer healing and transformational therapy. Healing therapy aims at symptom management and neurological and emotional reprogramming. I use trauma-focused treatments, such as EMDR and Somatic Processing to help my clients process acute and complex traumatic experiences in order to minimize and integrate difficult emotions and create space for deeper transformative work. Transformational therapy involves helping clients establish access to and cultivate a relationship with awareness itself. The transformational work is based on the principle that healing the ego requires establishing a relationship with the presence that is prior to it.
Relationship counseling: I help couples heal the core issues which relationship invariably triggers, by supporting them in establishing a harmonious relationship with awareness, and the essential masculine and feminine aspects of Being. I assist couples in realizing that relationship with the 'other' is an externalization and reflection of their essential relationship with themselves. This deepening understanding transforms communication with the other and allows for growing emotional capacity and an increasingly happy, stable, and mature relationship.
I have practiced intensively in a number of meditative and spiritual traditions, such as Vipassana, Zen, Christian mysticism, the non-dual and tantric traditions of India and currently Guru Bhakti yoga. My psychotherapy practice embodies a longstanding commitment to spirituality and growth.
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Bachelor's of Arts, Cornell University (1996). Master's degree in Integral Counseling Psychology, the California Institute of Integral Studies (2004).
Mihai Algiu,
LMFT - Psychotherapist
I view psychotherapy as a useful tool and support towards our innate pursuit of happiness, contentment and harmony. Whether recovering from years of addiction, healing from the aftermath of past wounds, navigating difficult relationship dynamics, dealing with trauma, loss, transition, uncovering old programmed limiting beliefs....our innate authentic self/spirit strives towards wholeness and being in harmony with all things. Beyond the healing of the past, there is yet another effective application of somatic psychotherapy, whereby working with a therapist can serve as an aid in an evolutionary journey of the spirit towards discovering causeless happiness, freedom and harmony.
My approach is experiential, effective and practical -influenced by Hakomi ~Mindfulness based Somatic Psychotherapy, Shadow Work, Gestalt, Psychodrama, Attachment Theory, CBT, as well as a variety of Eastern spiritual teachings (Advaita, 4th Way). I have extensive experience working with men, women and youth in crisis, as well as incarcerated men. I have a client-centered approach guiding the client back to their own innate inner wisdom, strengths and authentic self. I consider mindfulness and self-inquiry as an important ingredient in the process of healing, freedom from unnecessary suffering, and being happy celebrating life.
Vesna Westbrook,
AMFT - Associate Psychotherapist
There are many reasons to begin therapy. At times, we arrive here because life challenges us to heal and to grow. At other times, we challenge ourselves to a deeper understanding of who we are and where we belong.
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Psychotherapy is an inquiry into how to live, and how to be with difficulty. My approach is depth-oriented, transpersonal, relational, and existential-humanistic. My focus lies on the integration of complex trauma, which can manifest in various ways.
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I hold a Master's degree in Integral Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I also earned a Dual Master's in Philosophy and Religious Studies, and an additional three-year Certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Tübingen in Germany. I am certified as a Philosophical Counselor through the American Philosophical Practitioners Association. My lifelong spiritual practice has been essential in my understanding of healing and wellbeing.
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I work with all populations and specialize in child and adolescent therapy. My own international background enables me to understand and work within different cultural contexts. I offer sessions in English and in German.