Tori Janaya, MFTI Laura
Partridge, MFT Tarra Stariell,
MFT
Located ญญญ 6 blocks from the California
Center for the Arts, in a quiet section of Old Escondido, the
Center's garden setting offers a tranquil break from your day-however
it is. The Center for SELF Discovery is intended to
be a healing place; the surrounding garden offers color and
an invitation to sit in the patio and listen to the waterfall
before or after your session.We have four psychotherapists working
in the Center-all mind-body therapists and trained in Bioenergetics.
Life
can sometimes be overwhelming when our experiences are traumatic
and painful. Even when
we are relatively free of major discomfort, we are exposed daily
to the stressors abundant in our culture. Research now corroborates the relationship between stress and the
breakdown of the body's immune system, not to mention what it
can do to our emotional health.
Too
often, we are unaware of the impact these stressors and our
life story has had on our bodies and minds. The unconscious memories of these events and
their effect will most often remain within the body until brought
to the conscious level. This
unconscious and stored emotional energy can restrict the body's
muscular flexibility, natural energy, and an individual's sense
of aliveness. Additionally, clarity of mind can be limited by
this accumulation of energy.
Within
the safety of the therapeutic relationship, at the Center for
SELF Discovery, these events are revealed and integrated into
the individual's awareness. As this gentle healing process occurs,
it facilitates the restoration of aliveness and well-being that
each of us so deserves in our lives.
Laura Partridge
Laura
Partridge works with individuals, couples and families. Her
specialties include work with depression, anxiety, trauma, domestic
abuse and parenting. She facilitates groups that provide support
for parents and victims of domestic violence as well a weekly
Bioenergetic Exercise Class.
Laura’s
training includes extensive work with abused and neglected children,
adolescents and their families in a residential treatment center.
She has worked in various non-profit agencies, focusing on counseling
elementary and high school students at local schools and counseling
individuals and couples in clinical settings.
Laura
brings to her work an implicit belief in the connection between
the body and mind and the healing qualities of the therapeutic
relationship. She has completed a four-year, post-graduate training
program in Bioenergetic Analysis, a relational form of psychotherapy
that works to integrate the mind, body and emotions. Laura received
her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature and a Master
of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology
Tori Janaya
Since 1988, I have been offering workshops for women and men who want their lives and relationships to be in complete alignment with their hearts. I help people who are addressing relationship issues, grief and bereavement, depression, anxiety, recovery from addictions, unblocking creativity, and cultivating self-compassion and self-care. I also offer groups and individual therapy for women who are exploring their desire to have children while facing the pressure of their biological clocks and other life constraints.
I am a registered Marriage, Family Therapist Intern (IMF#52558), supervised by Tarra Stariell, MFT (Lic#37920). In addition to a Masters in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, I have received training and worked with clients in the areas of dream work, sandtray, sacred and expressive arts, body-oriented awareness, end-of-life and grief counseling, council practice, and a variety of practices to quiet and center the mind, body, and emotions.
I offer free 50-minute consultations at my office here at the Center. Of course there is never any obligation based on this consultation, and I treat our conversation with the same level of strict confidentiality that I give to all of my clients. Bring your questions, concerns and goals, and let's see if we're a good fit. You can reach me at 760.294.9294 or tori@torijanaya.com. For more information, please feel free to visit my website, www.ToriJanaya.com.
