What is Silent Counselling?
Silent Counselling is a form of rapid release energy therapy. It has its origins in the ancient Chinese discovery of a complex system of energy circuits around the body, also known as meridians. These form the basis of the Eastern practices of acupuncture, acupressure and a variety of other healing techniques in use today.
Just as blood flows through our veins, energy flows through our meridians so when there is a block in this flow all sorts of dis-ease and challenges can occur and these may be physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. As the body is home to our unconscious mind, it remembers everything on a cellular level – as is often said by those who work with trauma ‘the body keeps the score’.
In Silent Counselling we are looking at releasing and clearing this stagnant and blocked energy within the body using touch on specific meridian points and breath work. During this process the client may wish to talk about what they are experiencing, or they may wish to say nothing at all, hence the name Silent Counselling.
What happens during a session?
At the start of the session you will be asked to state briefly the nature of the issue you are struggling with and how this is affecting you and you will be asked to give it a rating to determine its severity. We will then use a technique called muscle testing to determine a time frame for the root cause of your issues and which meridian points are the key ones for releasing the blocked energy. I will then guide you through a process where you will be asked to hold these points and connect to a particular emotional state whilst doing some deep breathing. People can experience the resulting energy release in a variety of ways – physical sensations in the body, feelings of tension release or visual images or memories – there is no ‘right way’ to experience this. We will finish the session with a clearing sequence and a focus on a positive emotional state and affirmation.
A Silent Counselling session can often take longer than a usual counselling session and so I allow up to 2 hours for a first session. For this reason single Silent Counselling sessions are charged at £100. Additional sessions may take less time and if this is the case they will be charged a the pro rata rate of £50 per hour.