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What is it that flows between us all, linking and communicating, coordinating and integrating our many points? The emotions!

Candice Pert,
Molecules of Emotion

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Request a Free 30 minute consultation by emailing Joie.

Joie works with clients in two ways: Individual Emotion Education & Therapeutic Counseling.

Individualized Emotion Education

You learn the fundamental purpose of emotions while coming to understand...

  • How you experience emotions in your body, which allows for greater clarity
  • What specific beliefs and attitudes get in the way of you benefitting from your emotions
  • Addressing individual needs, such as wanting to communicate more effectively

How personal it gets is based on your wishes. This process may take anywhere from one to several sessions, depending on your needs.

Emotion Education Basic Package (two sessions)          

  • Session One (90 minutes): Physiology and purpose of emotions, plus detailed meaning and function of seven primary emotions; Interim assignment.
  • Session Two (one hour):  Discuss assignment and learn Emotional Spiral, a highly effective technique for building emotional intelligence.

Therapeutic Counseling

     Counseling allows you to go more deeply into your personal process. This is a holistic approach that focusses on present day issues based on unprocessed emotions and adaptive ways of coping that don't serve you. Along with healing emotional pain, there is an emphasis on learning emotional intelligence skills that support living a fulfilling life.

     While I don't do hands-on bodywork, I will frequently guide you to become aware of your own somatic (bodily felt-sensations) experience as we explore issues. Our minds are very clever, and it is easy to distract ourselves with the “story” of our circumstances. We can talk our way all around a problem without ever touching upon what most needs our attention.

     The body, however, is more direct. It bypasses the “practical” and habitual thinking of our intellect, and holds the truth of our feelings without judgement or rationalization. When you are guided to pay proper attention to your body’s messages, important information becomes readily apparent. We will talk; however, we will also work closely with what is happening in your body from moment to moment.

Specializations:

DEALING WITH NERVOUSNESS AND FEAR
Excellent for presentation skills, public speaking, and building confidence in general, clients learn how to transform trepidation into a powerful presence. Joie demystifies fear and provide easy to use techniques for calming, or turning fear into excitement.

HEALING OLD WOUNDS
Hurtful experience from the past can linger in our psyche and our body long past the time when we, as adults, firmly believe we have moved past them and are ready to be successful and fulfilled, both personally and professionaly. And yet, we cannot seem to create what we want, or we find ourselvessstruggling or repeating patterns over and over inspite of our good intention to move on. Stuckness and debilitating patterns are often held in place with unexpressed emotions. Have a safe place to feel, along with an understanding of the purpose of those emotions, helps clients let go of the past and move forward.

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COMING THIS FALL!
Joie's new audio workbook on the cornerstone emotions of sadness, fear, anger, and joy.
"Every feeling you will ever have can be traced back to these four emotions. Understanding their core values and the challenges you have in feeling and expressing them can change your life." --Joie

Will be available as MP3 downloads, or as a CD

Through my work with Joie I have been able to find my voice and experience the joy of self-discovery. I have learned to set boundaries, say "no", and not be ruled by my anger. I have experienced more joy than I ever thought possible and now feel a palpable sense of peace and calm in my life. I am able to make better choices and am much more forgiving of myself and others. I am learning to love my body as it is and to listen to what it is telling me, as it is never wrong. My relationships with family and friends have improved and grown deeper and I have started meeting new people who share my desire to grow and change. The kind of life that once seemed impossible is now a reality. I am home.

- S.M.