Episode 143 How To Incorporate Astrology & Other Pagan Practices Into Trauma & Holistic Therapy: Interview with Vanessa Holliman
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How can you begin to integrate astrology and other pagan practices into modern counseling? How can these unconventional tools facilitate healing and growth for your clients?
MEET Vanessa Holliman
Vanessa is a Rape Survivor Empowerment Coach, Holistic Nutritionist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and trauma survivor who helps her clients by creating a roadmap of success for life after sexual trauma. Each of her individualized packages of guidance and mapping encompasses actionable steps, embodiment practices, nutrition guidance, and flexible, crafted practices that any individual can take on their own journey toward wellness. As she was going through her own healing journey, there wasn’t a Spiritual, Bad Bitch, Therapist to guide her, so she created her.
Find out more at Being Wholistic and connect with Vanessa on Instagram
IN THIS PODCAST:
- Integrating astrology into therapy 4:39
- How do you begin using alternative modalities in practice? 11:16
- Integrating Pagan practices in therapy? 29:45
Integrating Astrology Into Therapy
- The importance of finding out why people are coming to therapy in the first place
- How to utilize astrology as a blueprint for your life
- What does it mean to live out of alignment with our values?
- What does your Venus placement mean?
How Do You Begin Using Alternative Modalities In Practice?
- The importance of making sure you are a good fit with your clients
- Best practices for introducing your clients to new modalities
- Techniques for building rapport with your clients
- What is Buti Yoga?
Integrating Pagan Practices In Therapy
- Understanding how our emotional well-being works with the phases of the moon
- What is a poverty mindset?
- What is an abundance mindset?
- The importance of being intentional with your words when working with clients
- What are the ethical concerns when using different modalities?
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