Transpersonal and Depth-Oriented Therapy
Therapy can help clarify who you are becoming, not as a fixed label, but as a living, evolving process.
Life doesn’t always follow a clear path. You might find yourself asking questions like: Who am I now? What really matters to me? What do I do with this feeling of restlessness or disorientation? These moments of uncertainty often mark the beginning of deep change.
Sometimes what brings someone to therapy isn’t a crisis, but an ache or inner dissonance that something feels off, or a quiet longing to understand themselves more fully.
Whether you’re moving through a career shift, an identity transition, grief, or a quiet internal unraveling, therapy offers a space to explore what’s happening beneath the surface, and begin to shape a way forward that feels authentic and grounded.
This may include:
Exploring personal values, beliefs, and emotional responses to change
Untangling internal contradictions that keep you feeling stuck or unsure
Reimagining what it means to live with purpose, presence, and alignment
Making sense of existential anxiety, inner conflicts, or unease that arises when your worldview begins to shift.
Spiritual Growth & Integration
Whether through a spiritual awakening, a dark night of the soul, or a quiet inner knowing that something more is possible, therapy can support the unfolding of your inner life in a way that’s grounded, personal, and respectful of your beliefs.
Depending on your needs, we might explore:
The integration of spiritual experiences, insights, or crises
Rebuilding a relationship with inner wisdom and intuitive knowing
Reflecting on your evolving philosophy of life, and how it shapes your choices
Weaving together meaning, emotion, and action in everyday life
Spiritual bypassing
Healing often requires us to feel things we’ve avoided, like grief, anger, or shame. I make room for the emotional, practical, and the soul/spiritual. This means that healing requires integration of the personal and the transpersonal, or the human and our experiences that transcend our personhood.
Spiritual bypassing was coined by John Welwood, a Buddhist psychotherapist, who defined it as:
“The tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks.”
In other words, instead of working through difficult feelings, traumas, or relational patterns, a person might turn to spiritual beliefs or practices as a way to avoid that discomfort, often unconsciously. For example:
Using forgiveness to skip over anger or hurt
Dismissing emotional pain with “everything happens for a reason”
Valuing detachment or transcendence to avoid intimacy or vulnerability
Identifying with “higher consciousness” to avoid addressing trauma or psychological responsibility
Existential & Depth-Oriented Thinkers
These thinkers address themes of identity, meaning, suffering, and the inner life:
Viktor Frankl – Logotherapy; focused on meaning-making as central to psychological health: “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
Rollo May – Integrated existential and psychodynamic ideas, speaking to anxiety, freedom, and authenticity.
Irvin Yalom – Known for making existential psychotherapy accessible, exploring themes like death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness in therapy.
James Hillman – A post-Jungian voice who emphasized archetypes, imagination, and soul-making in psychology.
Clarissa Pinkola Estés – Jungian psychoanalyst and storyteller (e.g. Women Who Run with the Wolves), exploring myth, feminine psyche, and healing through story and symbol.
Marion Woodman – Jungian analyst focusing on the embodied feminine, addiction, and soul consciousness.
Thomas Moore – Author of Care of the Soul, blending depth psychology with spirituality and poetic living.
Michael Meade – Mythologist and storyteller; explores the intersection of personal story, cultural myth, and inner transformation.