What is Transpersonal Therapy?
Transpersonal therapy is an approach to mental health and well-being that recognizes a dimension of human experience that transcends the individual or personal identity, while also fully acknowledging the importance and value of the individual. It honours both the psychological and spiritual dimensions of healing, recognizing that personal growth may involve connecting with something deeper and sacred—whether that be a sense of meaning, inner wisdom, religion, spirituality, and associated contemplative practices.
Because the field is broad and evolving, transpersonal therapy is not tied to one specific methodology. Each counsellor may bring their own unique emphasis, drawing from various psychological, spiritual, and contemplative traditions to support a client’s journey of integration, insight, and well-being.
My approach emphasizes three primary, interconnected aspects of the individual, each increasingly subtle:
Body – including the physical body, nervous system, felt sense of emotion, and movement.
Speech – including breath and communication.
Mind – including thoughts, attention, and pure awareness.
These dimensions together make up the wholeness of a person and can be intentionally engaged to access deeper parts of oneself. Through this process, individuals can become more grounded, embodied, and well-integrated in their experience of life.
In my own approach to transpersonal therapy, I often support clients by helping them recognize the subtle, stable open-awareness found at the center of all subjective experience from which our life unfolds. From this recognition, we explore how to integrate that awareness with the felt sense of the body. Some clients choose to incorporate meditation as a method for this process, while others engage through somatic inquiry or mindful reflection. This integrative path can be a profound means of cultivating emotional regulation, a deeper sense of agency, stability, and balance in one’s life.
For those interested in learning or deepening their meditation practice for these purposes, I am able to offer instruction and support in various types of meditation—including calm-abiding and breath practice, clear insight, and nondual awareness. These can be explored within therapy sessions and practiced independently between sessions, depending on the client’s interest.
What Does Transpersonal Therapy Look Like?
In transpersonal therapy with me, we explore healing and growth by working with your whole experience — body, emotions, thoughts, and a deeper sense of awareness. This approach supports your mental health not only by addressing challenges, but also by helping you connect to a deeper sense of meaning, presence, and inner wisdom.
What does this look like in practice?
Each session is tailored to you, but may include:
Talking through what’s going on in your life with compassion and clarity
Cultivating self-acceptance as a basis for healing and growth
Learning how to regulate emotions by gently working with your nervous system and body sensations
Exploring your breath as a pathway to presence and emotion regulation
Noticing your patterns of thought, and learning how to relate to them from a place of grounded, open awareness
Recognizing and deepening your connection to the quiet, stable part of yourself that is always here—sometimes called awareness, essence, or simply presence
If you’re interested, we can also bring in guided meditation, mindful reflection, or gentle somatic inquiry. These aren’t required, but many clients find them helpful for developing more balance, self-understanding, and resilience.
Rather than offering one fixed method, this is a collaborative process. Together, we explore what brings you closer to feeling whole, grounded, and connected—both within yourself and in your life.
Whether or not you identify as spiritual, this work honors the part of you that longs for depth, meaning, and clarity—and creates space for that to emerge naturally.