{"id":990,"date":"2023-05-02T23:43:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T06:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/?p=990"},"modified":"2024-08-29T17:57:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T00:57:27","slug":"what-is-soul-centered-coaching-psychology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/what-is-soul-centered-coaching-psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Soul-Centered Coaching Psychology?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/circumambulate-spiral-iStock-1166845933-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/circumambulate-spiral-iStock-1166845933-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/circumambulate-spiral-iStock-1166845933-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/circumambulate-spiral-iStock-1166845933-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/circumambulate-spiral-iStock-1166845933-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/circumambulate-spiral-iStock-1166845933-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/circumambulate-spiral-iStock-1166845933-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe ultimate goal of Jungian psychotherapy is to make the symbolic process conscious\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<cite>~ Edward Edinger, <em>Ego and Archetype<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Soul-Centered Coaching Psychology<\/strong>, as envisioned and practiced by Dr. Bonnie Bright, is based on tenets of\u00a0Depth psychology, Transpersonal Psychology, and Archetypal psychology, as well as on many wisdom traditions. It engages Somatic, Symbolic, and Shamanic approaches for working experientially with clients. Through these three key perspectives, we learn to listen to and translate messages from the soul to help guide our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Understanding and working with the power of a <strong><em>somatic<\/em><\/strong> approach grants access to a sense of \u00a0being and feeling fully embodied in life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using a <strong><em>symbolic<\/em><\/strong> perspective, based largely on the work of Carl Jung, we understand that the soul speaks in images and symbols that can give us insights and help create the transformation we are seeking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nest-Girl-Holding-Blue-EggNest-bs-64748764.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nest-Girl-Holding-Blue-EggNest-bs-64748764.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nest-Girl-Holding-Blue-EggNest-bs-64748764-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nest-Girl-Holding-Blue-EggNest-bs-64748764-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Nest-Girl-Holding-Blue-EggNest-bs-64748764-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, implementing<strong><em> shamanic<\/em> <\/strong>practices that stem from the oldest organized spiritual system in human history provides powerful tools and perspectives to the soul-centered coaching process to help us access and navigate new kinds of consciousness that go beyond everyday understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soul-centered coaching is based on the premise that <strong>your psyche is the ultimate inner healer<\/strong>, which can provide all the answers you need. In sessions, clients are given guidance as they work with expanded states of awareness in order to identify symbols in the form of\u00a0 somatic sensations, mental images, or archetypal themes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Powerful symbols emerge that we can work with together through dialogue, active imagination, dreamwork, creative visualization, ritual, etc. Together, client and coach analyze what the soul self is trying to communicate and how to apply it to your immediate situation in order to attain more consciousness, more freedom, and more joy in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instituteforsoulcenteredpsychologyandcoaching.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Institute for Soul-Centered Psychology and Coaching<\/a>\u2122 offers education, training, certification, and coaching\/mentoring services to those who feel called to explore the unconscious, find deeper meaning in life, and to live into their gifts in a soulful and creative way. <a href=\"https:\/\/depthinsights.com\/soul-centered-coaching\/#meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Please reach out <\/a>if you are interested in being coached, or getting certified as a Soul-Centered Coach!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soul-Centered Coaching Psychology, as envisioned and practiced by Dr. Bonnie Bright, is based on tenets of\u00a0Depth psychology, Transpersonal Psychology, and Archetypal psychology, as well as on many wisdom traditions. 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