AMHA: Courtleigh, Johanna, M.A., L.P.C.
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"The Privilege Of A Lifetime Is To Be Who You Are."
Joseph Campbell
Managing Emotion article:
Please send me an email, and I will be happy to send you a copy of Managing Emotion: How to Contain and Calm Distress.
Coming Home to the Self
Most of us grew up learning who we were somehow wasn't quite okay. To adapt and survive we learned to adopt a false self in order to gain the love and approval of our peers and caregivers, to fit into our culture and to minimize the pain we were in.
But wholeness and happiness are our birthrights.
Healing is the process of recovering the true self, so that we can begin to live authentically and flourish, instead of just cope and survive.
The therapeutic relationship allows for the development of a healing, trusting alliance where the hurts of the past can be worked through and resolved. Old, out-moded patterns of thought, feeling and behavior can then be released, new skills acquired, and the true self recovered and expressed.
Together we explore the beliefs and patterns that hinder you from living fully, that keep you 'safe' and separate from self and others, and from fully experiencing, expressing and enjoying your unique self.
As you become aware of and reclaim the parts of yourself that you have repressed, numbed or disowned, you are able to move toward a deeper sense of self-love, awareness, personal empowerment, ease and integrity, internally, and in your relationships with others.
This allows for an increased capacity to make more effective, self-honoring choices, so you are able to create a more authentic, fulfilling, joyful life-- a deeper sense of emotional, mental, physical and spiritual integration, which becomes the experience of Coming Home.
"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us."
Joseph Campbell
Happily Ever After--Surviving and Thriving Beyond the Breakup
In Chinese, the pictograph for "Crisis" is made up of two different symbols: Danger and Opportunity.
The break-up of a significant relationship is a challenging, life-changing event. In it, there is the Danger of defeat, 'failure' and self-destructiveness. There is also the Opportunity to grow, acquire new skills, and deepen the one relationship we will be in every moment for the rest of our lives--our relationship with ourselves.
It is this relationship we must more and more deeply come to love, honor and cherish. Then we can live Happily Ever After, no matter what the external circumstances in our lives may be.
Moving from partnered to single allows us the opportunity to look at the patterns and beliefs we adopted from our culture and families of origin. Old, outmoded habits of thought, feeling and behavior can be recognized and disassembled, and new skills integrated to manage the many and varied feelings and life demands that arise in such times of transition and loss.
We can then begin to rebuild a core of deeper self-love, awareness, personal empowerment, ease and integrity--internally, and in our relationships with others. This allows us to create richer, happier, more fulfilling, self-honoring lives, whether we continue on as single, or choose to enter into relationship once again.
In a confidential, respectful setting Johanna Courtleigh offers:
* Individual Therapy for those going through the difficult transitions of separation and divorce
* Mediation and Negotiation of the many decisions entailed in transitioning and ending a long-term relationship.
"It Takes Courage To Grow Up And Be Who You Really Are."
e. e. cummings
Johanna Courtleigh
is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice. She has been a licensed therapist since 1991, and has been working in the helping professions for over twenty-five years.
She has had a broad and varied background working with:
* Depression
* Low Self-Esteem
* Relationship Problems
* Separation and Divorce
* Addiction and Recovery
* Adult Children of Alcoholics
* Eating Disorders
* Co-Dependence
* Stress and Anger Management
* Crisis Intervention
* Grief and Loss
* HIV, AIDS and Cancer
* Transitions
* Spiritual Issues
* General Life Confusion
Beyond her formal therapeutic training, Johanna is also a PSYCH-K Facilitator, Certified Hypnotherapist and EMDR practitioner. She has had training in both breath- and bodywork, and is an non-denominationally ordained Minister through The Association For The Integration Of The Whole Person, in California.
In a private, respectful setting she offers:
* Individual Therapy
* Family Therapy with adult children and their parent(s)
* Mediation and Conflict Resolution
* Personal Development and Life Skills Coaching
* Confidence Coaching
* Meditation classes
* "Creating Inner Peace" workshops
Directions to the Office
From the North:
Take I-5 South to the Kruse Way exit, Lake Oswego. Make a Left on Kruse Way and go over the freeway.
Follow Kruse Way till it intersects with Boones Ferry Road. Stay in the right lane. Both lanes can turn left. Turn left.
Go to the next light, which comes up immediately. Turn right on Spring Lane.
Then make an immediate right into the first driveway on your right. This leads into Spring Creek Campus.
Follow the driveway around to the end, and park.
With Boones Ferry at your back, go to the door in the upper right-hand corner of the building. You'll see the numbers 248 above the door. Enter, and jog left. You'll see my name on the door. Come into the waiting area and have a seat. I'll be out to get you when it's time for our appointment.
From the South:
Take I-5 North to the Kruse Way exit, Lake Oswego. Make a left on Kruse Way.
Follow Kruse Way till it intersects with Boones Ferry Road. Stay in the right lane. Both lanes can turn left. Turn left.
Go to the next light, which comes up immediately. Turn right on Spring Lane.
Then make an immediate right into the first driveway on your right. This leads into Spring Creek Campus.
Follow the driveway around to the end, and park.
With Boones Ferry at your back, go to the door in the upper right-hand corner of the building. You'll see the numbers 248 above the door. Enter, and jog left. You'll see my name on the door. Come into the waiting area and have a seat. I'll be out to get you when it's time for our appointment.
