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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 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
Unconditioning: Discovering the Voice WithinEpisode 112. Harmony Kwiker: The Awakened Therapist and Leaning into WholenessHarmony Kwiker (kw-eye-ker), MA, LPC, NCC, ACS, is a psychotherapist, author, and visiting instructor at Naropa University where she teaches mindfulness-based transpersonal counseling. She is the founder of the Institute for Spiritual Alignment where she offers holistic trainings for therapists, coaches, and healers. Her first book, Reveal: Embody the True Self Beyond Trauma and Conditioning, is a vulnerable self-help memoir, and her second book, Align: Living and Loving from the True Self , her third book, The Awakened Therapist: Spirituality, Consciousness, and Subtle Energy in Gestalt Therapy, is a text book, and her fourth book, Holistic Co-Regulation: A Practitioner's Guide...2025-07-1134 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 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
No Shrinking Violets Podcast for WomenHow Reconnecting to Your Essential Nature Heals Anxiety and Self-SabotageThoughts or comments? Send us a text!We explore the concept of essential nature and how reconnecting to our true selves leads to authentic living and healing. Licensed therapist and author Harmony Kwiker shares insights from transpersonal psychology on moving beyond our conditioned patterns.• Transpersonal psychology looks beyond personal identity to access the spiritual dimensions of our humanity• Our essential nature often becomes hidden behind conditioning as we adapt to family and social expectations• Traditional therapy often positions the therapist as the expert, but a client's innate spirituality is actually the guide to healin...2025-05-0849 min