Chrysalis

I am not a teacher, but an awakener-- Robert Frost

Merry J Coburn, Ph.D.

Chrysalis Body/Mind

Merry Coburn, Ph.D., L.M.H.C.

5545 Crosby Creek Rd.

Hornell, New York 14843          

                

Phone: 607- 382-2041 (cell)    

E-mail: chrysalis@frontiernet.net

I earned a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology; Palo Alto, California . My dissertation explored the psychospiritual transformation of mid-life women who thru-hiked over 2,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail.

I teach yoga, meditation, and stress reduction at an area college where I’ve been a counselor for over a decade. My professional experience includes 8 years of private counseling practice. I  am a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist.

With a lifelong love of wilderness, my free time is spent walking, hiking, skiing, and taking photographs. Nature is a partner in my healing practice.

 

 

 

Definitions

 

Transpersonal experiences

 

“Experiences in which one’s sense of identity or self extends beyond the individual or personal to encompass wider aspects of humankind, life, psyche, and the cosmos.” (Boorstein, 1996, p. 17)

 

Transpersonal psychotherapy

 

Transpersonal psychotherapy utilizes the full range of recognized therapeutic interventions while also recognizing the value and validity of transpersonal experiences and development (Boorstein, 1996)

 

“The fundamental task which gives the key to many realizations is the

silence of the mind…” (Satprem, 1986)

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Chrysalis Body/Mind