Jaspen has a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and offers private consultations at her beautiful woodland sanctuary in the Sierra Foothills, California. She is especially known for bringing a sense of higher purpose to your work together. Her holistic yet practical approach allows you to bring all aspects of your being to her – emotional, mental, spiritual and physical – and come away with
a full picture, rather than addressing only one of these areas at a time. Jaspen combines her classical graduate training with her specialized orientation to guide her clients towards emotional grounding, inner wisdom, problem solving, heightened creativity and advanced presence. Jaspen’s style is especially warm and compassionate as she reflects unique insight to her clients concerns. Jaspen's work breaks away from conventional systems that see clients, or "patients" as having an illness to be treated. Standard work of this type involves an authority figure administering a mental illness diagnosis - sometimes, even, when only minor concerns are presented. Jaspen holds a strong conviction that although her clients may be enduring personal hardships, they are not flawed, "sick", or inferior in any way. Instead of some type of defect needing to be fixed, Jaspen sees her clients inner states and external circumstances as vehicles that point towards specific elements of personal advancement. Jaspen uses the material that her clients present as a means to fulfilling their highest potential, accessing their unique gifts, and growing into natural states of contented, joyful and healthy living. Degrees and Qualifications:
Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology, Antioch New England Graduate School, 1992; Bachelors Degree in both Psychology and Education, Smith College, 1986. Further training in Barry and Joyce Vissell’s “Living From The Heart”, Marshall Rosenberg’s “Compassionate Communication”, and spiritual practices of various kinds. Experience:
Jaspen is the founder of the "Sierra Meditation Center" and the former "Sierra Center for Meditation and Well-Being". She currently offers personal growth consultations to individual clients, couples, families, and groups. Her professional objective is in promoting the holistic healing modality of "Positive Psychology", and she has special interests in "Human Potential and Spiritual Evolution". Jaspen has professional experience in the areas of relationship issues, life transitions, relieving stress, spiritual guidance, grief and bereavement, self concept and self esteem, sexuality, life visions and goals, prosperous livelihood and career coaching, crisis intervention, family conflict, depression, anxiety, addictions, anger, parenting, youth, young adult, and elder support. To arrange for a private consultation with Jaspen, please call:
