Psychotherapy services

Counseling Services
Holos Institute provides caring, high quality, affordable counseling services with mature marriage and family interns and licensed therapists in both Oakland and San Francisco. Holos treats the whole person. That includes taking into account the body, mind, heart and spirit of each client, as well as considering the greater system in which each of us live. Holos also explores clinical applications that arise from earth based wisdom traditions, imagery or reflections on nature and other such techniques that stimulate a sense of wholeness and restoration of balance in the psyche and whole being.

Our counseling staff represent a wide range of backgrounds and expertise and are experienced in a wide array of issues that include but are not limited to:

• Depression, self-esteem issues
• Life transition problems
• Parenting and pre-parenting issues
• Relationship problems and transitions
• Eating disorders, body image
• Anger and impulse management
• Addictions
• Trauma recovery
• Spiritual crisis
• Couples counseling

We work with adult individuals, children, couples and families.

Our affordable fees are adjusted based on client need and ability to pay. Insurance is accepted.

Specialty Groups

Shamanic Practice Group for Psychotherapists

Jan Edl Stein, MFT
Mill Valley (Marin), CA

9:00 am to 11:00 am
First Friday of each month
6 month commitment requested after initial group visit

2 Continuing education units for MFTs and LCSWs or training credit for interns
fee: $50 per session

This on-going practice group for psychotherapists meets twice a month in an intimate Marin (Mill Valley) meditation space.  This is a group for people who have some experience with shamanic journeying and are dedicated to practicing the technique in a small group format that supports the inner development of the practitioner.  The structure of the group is typically a focused meditation, shaping of intention, and a longer journey.  After our journeys there is reflection upon the material that is arising.  Various themes and core shamanic techniques will be gently introduced in resonance with the group process.  The intention is that as a group we will go deeper into our shamanic practices, using our journeys to support and strengthen our work in the world. The journeys and meditations will reflect the time and place in the wheel of the year cycle.

Further details provided upon inquiry.  Interview required for admission.
If interested kindly contact  Jan directly at 415-751-1307
or janedl@earthlink.net.

Jan Edl Stein, MFT (Lic. #25863) is the director of Holos Institute and a Jungian oriented psychotherapist with a deep interest in ecopsychology and the healing power of spiritual practice. She leads workshops and retreats in meditation, shamanic journeying and shamanic psychotherapy. She has taught at numerous venues including the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Sonoma State University, and the Grof Transpersonal Training program. Jan has maintained a private practice for over 18 years in San Francisco and Marin, which includes clinical supervision, individual and couples psychotherapy. Her spiritual explorations include a long involvement in the yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Vipassana meditation, and shamanic traditions.

View Jan's Bio

Healing Earth:
a therapy group for transforming our pain for the planet

America Worden, MA, MFT Intern

1st and 3rd weeks starting in September 2010 (day will be determined by the availability of participants)
8 weeks

Fee: $240 (8 sessions, including one day-long nature retreat)

It is difficult to keep our hearts open in this time of great planetary turmoil-- as Earth heats up, ecosystems collapse and our community systems break down under the strain of our lifestyle. And yet, when we cut ourselves off from our feelings, we loose touch with our connection to our planet and ourselves. The changes that must be made within and around us can only happen through finding the courage to open our eyes and hearts.

In this therapy group, we will explore the ways we stop ourselves from living fully in relationship to our planet and ourselves. We will work with the deep emotions beneath our anxiety and paralysis towards what is happening in the world. We will tap into our profound interconnectedness with life and look at how the Earth’s destruction effects our inner life and stories. We will discover resources of strength through these connections. And we will unlock the joy and freedom of feeling and seeing our way deeper into our lives and our world.

The group process draws from Gestalt therapy, Ecopsychology and the work of Joanna Macy. We will meet twice monthly for 4 months, with one daylong retreat outdoors.

Please contact America (415) 675 9884 or america@holosinstitute.net

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