Spiritual Modalities

Cultivating Intuition

You are drawn to therapy that encompasses the unseen. You’ve always been spiritually attuned, whether or not this gift was encouraged. Your connection to Self energy is amplified through movement, song, meditation, plant medicine journeys, reiki, tarot or psychic readings. And yet, when you brought these experiences into therapy, they may not have been fully welcomed or understood.

Many of my clients are clairvoyant or empathic, and want support with bringing balance and boundaries to their spiritual experiences. I work at the intersection of intuition and clinical depth — integrating complementary methods such as astrology, Enneagram, energetic protection and intuitive development to support embodiment and coherence. The intention is not transcendence, but return: to your authentic Self and grounded inner knowing.

Spirituality can be a profound resource to help us navigate the darkness — not as a way to bypass difficult feelings, but as a way to orient us toward meaning and inner guidance.

My work is rooted in evidence-based trauma therapy that has spiritual components. The IFS therapy model has shamanic elements and transmutes energies utilizing the elements. Brainspotting and EMDR help us tap into spiritual resources like unconditional love, creativity and intuition.

We may incorporate energy work to support boundary repair and release, astrology to provide context and meaning, Enneagram to illuminate blind spots and unique strengths, or intuitive development to cultivate self-trust.

Areas we explore together:

Astrological Counseling

Energetic Boundaries

Intuitive Development

Enneagram Counseling

Just like there are no bad parts, there are no bad charts! Using IFS-astrology, we explore your parts through the lens of planetary archetypes. Your chart is a symbolic representation of your challenges and strengths, your past experiences and your evolutionary path. We bring compassion to parts that feel constricted or burdened as reflected in the chart, and release pressures so that your planetary expressions can be Self-led. We turn to astrology as a reflection, not as a prediction.

Astrological Counseling

You are inherently intuitive, but when anxiety is overwhelming, it is much harder to sense it. Through guided visualization and nervous system regulation, we help you discern the difference between intuition and fear. It is possible to move out of the FOG (fear, obligation, guilt) of gaslighting into clarity. Practicing self-trust in small moments builds to a greater sense of being inner-directed.

Intuitive Development

Empaths naturally have porous boundaries, and this can be influenced by patterns of emotional caretaking. We help you release responsibility for other peoples’ emotions to restore a felt sense of separation and choice. This includes grounding and clearing practices, chakra meditations, and optionally energetic cord cuttings to support feeling connected without being depleted. Distance reiki can be added for additional energetic support and rejuvenation.

Energetic Boundaries (with Reiki)

The Enneagram is an ancient theory of personality development. It provides insight into your fears, motivations and blind spots. Your type is a reflection your core wounds and the strategies your system learned to survive. During IFS-Enneagram sessions, we map your type onto your system of parts to better understand your exiled wounds, protector responses and directions for Self-leadership.

Enneagram

“Melissa is one of the most intuitive, understanding, honest, comforting and insightful therapists I know. It’s easy to have a feeling that she “gets it.” ~Anna Dziechowski, LCAT