Harini Sukumaran (https://www.linkedin.com/in/harini-sukumaran-51034964) is our special guest from the MindTree Holistic Counseling and Wellness Center (https://mindtreeholisticcounseling.com/) here in Portland. She is sharing, how she helps her clients navigate the hardships of their mental illnesses.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:
* What goes into a holistic approach to counseling. Harini tells me it’s a bit more than just encouraging you to get out there and jog (though that’s part of it). For example: she is a yoga practitioner and often brings tools of meditation and yoga into the room with a client.
* How Indian herbal medicine fits in. Harini is trained in this and includes lifestyle coaching and nutrition advice, among other things.
* What Harini’s perfect client is like. She says it’s someone who has anxiety or significant stress, and can be either a child as young as three or a woman, particularly a mom. Anxiety and stress are Harini’s specialties, but she is bringing in additional providers that specialize in other things like relationships, families, and adolescence, and so on.
* How MindTree can help new and expecting moms who might be struggling. Harini cites specific examples of moms who might not have had great parents and keep thinking, “What if I can’t do this? I don’t know what I’m doing,” among so many other things.
