Combining
almost twenty years of professional experience,in the field of psychology with
a strong entrepreneurial spirit, Sheri Gaynor is highly skilled in helping
women reach their personal and professional goals.
Sheri began her career as a
photographer, artist and writer and continues to work successfully in these
fields. In the 1980's Sheri authored several free-lance photojournalism
articles on social oriented issues. Shortly after this, Sheri returned to
school for her graduate degree in Clinical Social Work to pursue her desire to
help people transform their lives.
In more recent years, Sheri's professional focus and passion are the
developing fields of Positive Psychology and Professional Coaching. Her
approach to psychotherapy and coaching is grounded in both her background as a
psychotherapist (LCSW) and a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT).
Sheri brings to her practice a unique blend of creative insight and pragmatic
wisdom. Sheri supports her clients in positive and future focused work and
in this respect has acted as a "natural" coach for almost her entire career.
Her belief that, "we can achieve whatever we desire," makes the new
field of coaching a natural addition to her practice and personal style.
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| Sheri works with clients at The River House Studio. In this peaceful and beautiful setting
on the Crystal River in Carbondale, Colorado, Sheri supports women's growth and empowerment in all stages of their personal and professional transformation. Sheri works with a variety of dynamic clients whose core personal strengths
are related to creativity, originality, and authenticity. |
Her specialties include:
•Overview of Approach•
Traditional counseling models often focus on the pathology of the human experience. Labeling and diagnosis was seen as the way to help “treat a patient,” thus shifting the power away from the person to the therapist or psychiatrist.
The approaches I use are based on humanistic theoretical models, which invite and inspire a co-creative process, where power and hierarchy no longer exist. I draw from Transpersonal psychology, Humanistic psychology, Carl and Dr. Natalie Rogers model of Client-Centered Therapy, Positive Psychology and the Expressive Arts.
Each of these models in their own way believes in the power of the individual to call on their innate resources, to uncover, identify, and replace false core beliefs, so they may reach their full and desired potential.
These models do not “fix what ails us,” they invite us to explore our rich inner landscape, and to view current issues as challenges that are part of a unique growth opportunity. These models utilize an intuitive and create approach, orienting the individual to self-awareness, leading them to live full and passionate lives.
In her practice, Sheri weaves together these theoretical models, creative expression, myth and storytelling, with the art of mentorship and coaching, to support women's on-going personal and professional transformations.
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Visual Journaling
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Dream Journaling |
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Altars, Ritual,
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Ceremony
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•Using the Expressive Arts to move through life’s challenges•
Have you ever found yourself in a new therapeutic environment talking about the same things over and over again, wondering why you never get past the blocks? One reason is because we are utilizing only one part of our brain when attempting to problem solve, the linear-intellectual part of our brain.
Because one side of the brain controls the linear-intellectual knowing (the left side) and the other our creative-intuitive knowing (the right side), one can assume that information can be accessed in many different ways to support our potential for growth and personal transformation. By engaging both parts of our brain, we are able to tap into our inner wisdom, the place where our own intuitive knowing lives. Imagine what it would be like to have a full range of access to both intellectual and intuitive awareness?
By combining a blend of traditional therapeutic techniques, as well as expressive arts, and Sheri’s Journal From The Heart™ process, you will awaken your creative-intuitive knowing. This will allow you to move through and past the blocks that have kept you stuck in old patterns and habituated ways of thinking. The creative process allows you to enrich your therapeutic experience by activating an unconscious dream-like state. In fact, Sheri often uses this process to help people understand their dreams so the natural language of the unconscious is revealed.
•Individual Work•
Sheri is available in person by appointment for coaching, consulting or
psychotherapy in her studio in Colorado or globally by telephone.
•Teleclasses•
The gift of teleclasses is that clients can work from the comfort of their own
environments. This allows women from all over the country.and sometimes the
world to join together in a collaborative and creative learning environment.
•Workshops, retreats and seminars•
Sheri offers workshops, retreats and seminars throughout the year in her
studio in Colorado and around the country. She is also available to teach at
national workshops, for speaking engagements and educational conferences.
•Supervision and Mentoring•
Sheri also offers mentoring programs for students and clinicians seeking to
add the expressive arts into their work and helps them to re-create their
practices.
Sheri has mentored and supervised students in various educational settings.
She has worked with Masters level students from Antioch University in
California, Prescott University in Arizona, The Center for Digital Imaging
Arts at Boston University, and several Ph.D. candidates. Sheri will be
presenting at the University of Utah College of Social Work, Summer Institute
in June of 2006. She is available for consulting and speaking engagements.
