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HEART CENTERED
PSYCHOLOGY

A Love-based approach to true wellness by Dr. Kathleen Donaghy

What is heart centered psychology?

How many times have you tried to fix things in your life by engaging in overthinking? You wind up exhausted and stressed by your own repetitive gestures, thoughts and actions. The mind fails because it is fueled by thoughts; it’s not who you are. When the mind fails there is just one option left: the heart. The heart is really your core, connected to your soul. It processes using images rather than words. It is your true center. Once you create “heart based knowing,” your intuition and ease and joy are enhanced. Belief that life is hard is replaced by belief that we co-create our lives.

The Co-Creation of
"Heart Based Intuition"

When you live heart first, the world opens up to you in a whole new way.

See For Yourself

“When our hearts are open, and we’re in an emotional state, that’s when we’re most connected to the divine and to our original innocence. So when clients are in that state of being, my words have the greatest impact on them. That’s when I can be a conduit of knowledge and guidance for clients to awaken. I invite them into their own brilliance in those moments.”

— Dr. Kathleen Donaghy

Using both conventional and contemporary methods.

Different challenges can be overcome using a variety of methodologies.
You can learn more about how the methods compare, as well as what would be best for you.

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CONVENTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Self-Hypnosis training

Healing trauma

Mindfulness and meditation training

Actualization of the inner self

The Power of Affirmations

Personal Development Group

Conflict management tools

Anxiety management

Depression management

Pain Management

Grief therapy

HEART BASED PSYCHOLOGY

Open hearted awareness

Self love

How to listen within

Forgiveness and letting go

Soul star exercise

Holding Grace points and releasing emotion

Connecting with healing earth energy, heart energy, and God energy

Nullifying the ego so spirit can step forward

Spiritual development and consciousness

Recommended Reading

Resources

All Things Hypnosis

I have been working on this article for a while as an attempt to make hypnosis less mysterious and more accessible. When you move into your unconscious mind via hypnosis, you’re able to “rewrite your program/story” in the same modality in which it was originally created and stored. The conscious mind merely directs you to think about certain things; the unconscious is all the underlying automatic programs that you use for 95% of your day. Thus, the unconscious programs are rewritten by you while in trance to better reflect your adult world.

Creating Positive Change

The Law of Attraction specifies that wherever you focus your attention, you add to its power. So you increase the energy surrounding any situation that you fixate about. This is why people who have strong opinions and volatile emotions tend to have a lot of big things happen in their lives in both positive and negative directions.

Learning Mindfulness to Counter Anxiety

The entire idea of mindfulness or being mindful is complete engagement in the present moment. It is a state where you are not thinking, reflecting, judging, or deciding, but are instead simply experiencing the things currently in your available experience. It has roots in Buddhist philosophy and has been gaining widespread attention in the treatment of anxiety disorders including Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). The following is an overview of the principles of mindfulness and suggestions on how you can apply it for yourself starting right now.

The Six Dimensions of Wellness Model by Dr. Bill Hettler

Developed by Dr. Bill Hettler, co-founder of the National Wellness Institute (NWI), this interdependent model, commonly referred to as the Six Dimensions of Wellness, provides the categories from which NWI derives its resources and services.

Essence

As an AZ licensed psychologist, I provide psychotherapy, hypnosis, and a variety of treatments for adults and children who present with many types of concerns. I have specialized training in health psychology and work with cancer, pain, disabilities, medical concerns, and wellness.

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