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The Awakened TherapistS2E10: 5 Mistakes Therapists Make (And How to Avoid Them) | Harmony KwikerIn this candid and illuminating solo episode, Harmony shares her personal journey of profound grief, anxiety, and ultimately transformation after the sudden loss of her mother. She opens up about the misattunement she experienced with early therapists, and how those moments shaped her dedication to creating truly attuned, healing spaces for her clients. Drawing from […]2025-07-2723 min
The Awakened TherapistS2E9: What is Psychedelic Assisted Therapy? | Tal Sharabi, MA2025-07-2023 min
The Awakened TherapistS2E8: A Holistic Approach to Co-Regulation | Harmony KwikerTranspersonal counseling weaves together spirituality, consciousness, and modern psychology to create a truly holistic approach to healing. From this perspective, co-regulation happens in the sacred context of seeing clients as whole beings—honoring their innate wisdom as the primary guide in the therapeutic process. Within this relational field, safety is communicated through presence and attunement, allowing […]2025-07-1329 min
The Awakened TherapistS2E7: Avoiding Burnout with Breathwork Practices | Aaron OverstreetBreathwork is a sacred yogic practice that honors the innate intelligence and consciousness of the breath itself. As the foundation of life, the breath is one of our most powerful tools for healing, regulation, and spiritual connection. Harmony’s work as a transpersonal counselor has been deeply shaped by conscious connected breathing—a legacy passed down to […]2025-07-0626 min
The Awakened TherapistS1E6: Working with Personality Disorders in Transpersonal Counseling | Harmony KwikerWorking with clients who present with symptoms of personality disorders can be especially challenging for many therapists. When we view successful treatment as changing a client’s personality traits, we may unintentionally reinforce their over-identification with the mind. In contrast, a transpersonal approach invites clients to awaken to their patterns rather than attempt to change them—offering […]2025-06-2922 min
The Awakened TherapistS2E5: Cultural Reflexivity and Liberation Therapy | Nicole Xenos, PhDUnderstanding how systems of oppression affect individual well-being is essential for any culturally reflexive psychotherapist. In this episode, Harmony is joined by liberation therapist Nicole Xenos, PhD, for a powerful conversation on the systemic nature of oppression and its profound impact on the therapeutic process. Nicole speaks to the importance of cultural reflexivity, recognizing personal […]2025-06-2225 min
The Awakened TherapistS2E4: Countertransference as Intuition in Disguise | Harmony KwikerWhile countertransference is often framed as something to avoid in traditional clinical training, transpersonal counseling views it as a doorway into the intuitive therapeutic field. The Taoist principle of Wu Wei, or effortless action, is embedded into gestalt theory. When we allow actions and responses to arise naturally, in harmony with the unfolding moment, we […]2025-06-1531 min
The Awakened TherapistS2E3: The Intersection of Alternative Medicine and Numerology | Michael Kwiker, DOMuch like traditional psychotherapy, conventional allelopathic medicine treats a patient through a symptom-based model, ignoring the wholeness of a client. When we honor the wisdom of a client’s vital force, a personal can become healthy with minimal innervations. In this episode, I’m joined by my dad, Dr. Michael Kwiker, DO, who is a genius when […]2025-06-0825 min
The Awakened TherapistS2E2: Spirituality, Consciousness, and Subtle Energy in Psychotherapy | Harmony KwikerTraditional counseling approaches separate a client’s psychological health from their spirituality. Integrating spirituality into therapeutic practices allows us to honor a clients’ innate wisdom and higher consciousness, as well as our own. This fosters a more organic and natural healing process, where therapists listen to and defer to clients’ innate wisdom rather than imposing external […]2025-06-0122 min
The Awakened TherapistWorking with Couples in Gestalt TherapyOftentimes, when a couple is highly volatile and stewing in resentment, a therapist can feel challenged with knowing how to disrupt the pattern. Learning how to work with couples effectively can by a dynamic and powerful way to support increased awareness, integration, and contact. In the first episode of season 2, I am joined by […]2025-05-2419 min
Omni MindfulnessAligning to Your True Self for Living & Loving, A Conversation with Harmony Kwiker, MA, Psychotherapist, Author, & Professor (Episode #87)Share your Thoughts about this EpisodeAbout Harmony Kwiker: Harmony Kwiker, MA, is a psychotherapist, author, and professor at Naropa University, where she teaches transpersonal counseling. She is also the founder of the Institute for Spiritual Alignment where she trains practitioners to bridge the divide between traditional and spiritual transformation. In her first book, Reveal: Embody the True Self Beyond Trauma and Conditioning, Harmony does what most experts rarely do—she vulnerably shares her story of transformation while simultaneously empowering readers to discover their truest selves. Her new book, Align: Living and Loving from the Tru...2023-03-1642 min