Archetypes Counseling About the Archetypes Arranging a Session I live in Woodstock, NY, 90 miles north of New York City. I occasionally give readings at my home, but I do most of my counseling and consulting by phone and Skype with e-mail follow-ups. If you already have determined your archetypes, either from reading Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss or attending her workshops, I can cast your chart and give you a reading in one session. If you need me to help you select your archetypes first, it may take two 60-minute sessions to complete this process and give you your reading. You can sign up for a single 60-minute session for $120 USD, and pay as you go if you want another session, or register for 2 60-minute sessions for $200. Register for a reading If you have any questions, please send me an e-mail and Ill be happy to answer you, peter@joyofsects.com We all want to know more about ourselves, especially about the underlying forces that may seem hidden to us, but that make us who we are. Perhaps the most compelling set of hidden powers within our psyches that I have worked with over the last decade are the Archetypes. These are ancient patterns of behavior — like the Queen, Warrior, Child, Saboteur, Victim, and Mystic — that are part of out Collective Unconscious. Some of them are familiar and sound comfortable, like the Mother or Artist. Others are less familiar but no less potent, and even have scary names — the Destroyer, Vampire, or Trickster. But they are part of our makeup, and understanding how they work can give us a valuable tool for gaining insight into our motives and appetites, strengths and weaknesses. Most of the people whom I've helped to gain insight into their Archetypes have been extremely enthusiastic about this work, and have remarked on how well it fits with their desire to understand their lives without endless therapy sessions. Many have also said that a familiarity with archetypal patterns has helped them enormously in the work they do. They are schoolteachers, yoga instructors, life coaches, therapists, actors, writers, business people, and bodyworkers. But most of all, they use the insights they learn to see themselves and others in archetypal terms. I begin with the basics of Archetypal counseling, including: The nature of archetypes and how they function within each of us. How to determine the set of 12 personal archetypes that are most active within you. The methodology for using these 12 archetypes to cast charts for personal guidance-for yourself and others. How to interpret these charts to help you create a course of action to resolve life issues concerning career, business activities, personal and professional relationships, health, and other crucial subjects. For more information about me and my books, click here. Certified Archetypal Counselor I have more than 10 years of experience working and teaching with Caroline Myss, from the earliest days of her writings and workshops on Archetypes and Sacred Contracts. I have collaborated professionally with Caroline since 1996, when I helped her with the manuscript of her book Why People Don't Heal, and later helped to write Sacred Contracts and Defy Gravity. I also collaborated with her on a deck of popular Healing Cards (now an iPhone app), the deck of Archetype Cards now used at CMED, her Journal of Inner Dialogue, and a boxed set of Archetype materials entitled Sacred Contracts: The Journey. During the first three years of her CMED Institute in the Chicago area, I kept notes of all the workshops and created unique workbooks to help students absorb and digest Caroline's teachings as they developed. I have remaind in continual contact with Caroline as her teaching has evolved, so I have a unique perspective on her thinking and the experiences behind the development of her CMED workshops. As one of only two permanent faculty members at CMED, I participated in every CMED workshop since its inception in 2003 through 2009, plus other CMED workshops at the Omega Institute in New York and The Crossings in Austin, Texas. At Caroline's request, I developed a course in Sacred Journaling to help guide over 1000 CMED participants through their two-year training to become Certified Archetypal Counselors. Few people understand her teachings on the Archetypes and the Archetypal Wheels as thoroughly as I do, or know better how to cast charts, do readings, and process the insights that result. I have been giving private Archetypal Readings and counseling sessions since 2004, and have developed my own unique approach to working with this profound material, with an emphasis on making it more accessible and direct. In addition to my work with Archetypal charts and journaling, I also teach a series of simple deep breathing techniques, based on years of study and practice with Tibetan Buddhist and Chinese Qigong masters, that help instill a calm, grounded state of awareness and improve health and longevity. I utilize several healing modalities to help you advance along your spiritual path, offering the following services: Archetypal Counseling and readings Choosing your archetypes, casting and interpreting charts Journaling in conjunction with archetypal work Deep breathing and Qigong