12TIGERS COUNSELING & PSYCHOTHERAPY
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holistic, non-pathologizing, 
individual psychotherapy

We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.
      ―Henri Matisse
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are you struggling with any of the following?

  • Trauma or recurrent, painful memories of any type
  • Anxiety
  • Anger and chronic stress
  • Unhealthy relationships
  • Conflict, both internal and interpersonal
  • Personal growth
  • Distorted self image and low self esteem
  • Career and "right livelihood" issues
  • Childhood issues affecting adult life
  • Dysfunctional patterns and "stuckness"
  • Indecision
  • Painful introversion and shyness
  • Loneliness
  • Grief, loss, disappointment, sadness
  • Lack of personal fulfillment
  • Creative and energetic blocks
Do you want to make changes in your life but feel stuck, alone, and unmotivated?
Mindfulness-based psychotherapy can help. It is about awakening your inner guiding "highest" self (your spirit), it is possible to overcome much of the misery, sadness, and despair that are a part of our daily lives. In order to manifest our highest selves, we must shed our internal conflicts and confusing, limiting perceptions about our place this crazy world we live in. This work is about finding peace through accepting what is. Adjusting what can be changed. Living fully and peacefully in the moment by restructuring your "story." Learning to trust yourself, and ultimately, transforming your life.

Spiritual and mystical yet practical and grounded
The work is energetic, powerful, and even mystical at times. Often, it is more felt and sensed than actually expressed in words. At the same time, it is grounded, realistic, practical, and contains real-world ideas, plans, and practices. 

What is the purpose of this approach?
Mindfulness-based counseling creates a path toward wholesome manifestation. It is a holistic “systemic” observation that notices and integrates all of the parts of you that make up who you are: emotions, thoughts, spirituality, and physicality. We also work with the external life you are a part of: relationship, family, community, humanity. Together, we will help you manifest an identity that encompasses and finds harmony between your true "spirit" self and sheds the "ego" self. This work can create a path to clear the emotional baggage that weighs us down.

We focus on you and your unique concerns
The work we do together will be guided by the energy and topics you bring to every session. Therefore, we could work in a similar fashion for a while until we clear existing blocks or, we might chart a different course and work in a different way every time we meet. Our approach toward helping you manifest will be customized to you.
Benefits of this work
Through this work you will find your life and spirit expanding and growing in incredible and joyful ways.
  • Manifest peace and ease in daily life
  • Improved mood and psychological functioning
  • Improved relationships with yourself and others
  • Trusting yourself and your own intuition
  • Aligning your life with your purpose in the universe
  • Increased energy and flow in all areas of your life
  • Manifesting your potential
  • Ending victimhood
  • Allowing grace and the mystical into your life
  • Opening more fully, honestly, and joyfully to the people in your life
  • Finding your path and your creativity
  • Balancing mind and emotions
  • Peacefulness, even in stressful situations

505-377-0005

Sessions by appointment only.
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  • Home
  • Couples
    • Half Day Couples
  • Individuals
  • Spiritual Companioning
  • Testimonials
  • About Melanie
  • The details
    • Contact & Services
    • Video Sessions
    • Why I don't accept insurance
    • Client forms