VALUES BASED® COUNSELING
with Kelly Patrick Gerling, Ph.D.

Serving the Seattle Area

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DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY

Kelly's Quest

Depth psychology describes an approach to counseling or coaching that considers the depth of human thinking—hidden, deeper, unconscious or involuntary processes of imagery and memory. Following the innovative work of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Erich Fromm, Heinz Kohut and many others, methods based on depth psychology plumb the deeper patterns and structures of the human mind and the human heart.

Depth psychology methods go beneath the surface and help you to understand about yourself what may have remained hidden and buried for many years. Depth psychology methods include personal processes and structures. And they also include the larger transpersonal, collective, universal aspects of the depths of your mind. Thus dreams become communications from within. Nightmares become signposts for what problems to take on. Positive fantasies become the stuff of your new, emerging goals. Religious, spiritual and/or philosophical yearnings become inner sources for tapping into and updating your deepest values. The life story you envision and keep refining becomes a vehicle for what you accomplish in the unfolding journey of the rest of your life.

Thus, the methods of depth psychology provide, not only the means for healing in the wholeness of your entire being in a personal sense, but also forms a basis for discovering your current destiny beyond your personal healthy development, and opens up new realms of discovery relative to being a responsible citizen of your community, your nation and your world.

METHODS
Depth Psychology
NLP

Hypnotherapy

Conflict Resolution

Values

Healing

Spirituality

Conceptual Blending

Synthesis

TYPES OF SERVICE
Individual Counseling
Family Counseling
Life Story Coaching
Mediation
Physician Coaching
Leadership Consulting

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