Meg Warden

About Meg Warden

Professional Background

During the 70s, I dropped out of college and tried a variety of jobs. I worked as a housekeeper and nanny, seamstress, greenhouse worker, store clerk, craftsman (leatherwork and pottery), and nurse’s aide. After nine years, I returned to college and completed my bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy.

I worked as an Occupational Therapist for 14 years, specializing in Hand Therapy, Industrial Rehabilitation, and Pain Management. During my OT career, I taught Stress Management and Relaxation Seminars. I also volunteered for a Crisis Intervention Hotline for 4 years.

After a workshop with Ilana Rubenfeld, I took the 4-year training in Rubenfeld Synergy Method. Wanting to further develop my skills in body-centered psychotherapy, I did the 2-year training in the Hakomi Method. Because some of my clients had unresolved trauma, I completed the Somatic Trauma Resolution Training based on the work of Peter Levine. I then completed the Advanced Training for the Hakomi Method and was certified in October of 2005. Finding The Work of Byron Katie very helpful personally, I sometimes share it with my clients as well.

Since 2002, I have had a small private practice. My clients have come to me with depression, relationship problems, anxiety, anger, grief, unresolved trauma, substance abuse issues, and spiritual crises. Many have simply felt a lack of love for themselves and others. My work is not to fix anyone but to guide people in discovering their own answers and give them the loving support they need to heal their lives.

Spiritual Life

I grew up in a Catholic family and left the Catholic Church as a yound adult. I studied eastern religions on a small commune for 4 years. I participated in a 12 Step Program for Adult Children of Alcoholics for two years. My life began to take on a spiritual quality that was not based on any organized religion. In 1986, I was introduced to Unity Church and A Course in Miracles. Even though I still study eastern spirituality and sometimes participate in Buddhist or Taoist meditation retreats, A Course in Miracles is my primary spiritual path. I have been leading Course Study Groups since 1998.

Conclusion

While it wasn’t obvious to me when I was young, my entire life has been a healing journey. My family gave me a broad experience of "healing opportunities." For a long time I looked for wholeness through other people, my work, religion, and other things outside myself. Eventually, I learned that seeking for happiness outside myself does not work and I finally began to turn within. Now, I assist others in their healing work using the same tools that most helped me. These tools are Rubenfeld Synergy Method, the Hakomi Method of Experiential Psychotherapy, The Work of Byron Katie, and A Course in Miracles. (Of course, not all of these are appropriate for all of my clients.)

My spirituality and the modalities I use have one thing in common; they help people revise their thinking and perceptions, so they can live in awareness of the loving truth within themselves. With this awareness, they can be free, happy, and loving. That is what I want in my life and that is what I help others realize as well.


Home Hakomi Method Rubenfeld Synergy Method The Work of Byron Katie A Course in Miracles Meg Warden Sessions and Services	About Meg Warden Professional Background During the 70s, I dropped out of college and tried a variety of jobs. I worked as a housekeeper and nanny, seamstress, greenhouse worker, store clerk, craftsman (leatherwork and pottery), and nurse’s aide. After nine years, I returned to college and completed my bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy. I worked as an Occupational Therapist for 14 years, specializing in Hand Therapy, Industrial Rehabilitation, and Pain Management. During my OT career, I taught Stress Management and Relaxation Seminars. I also volunteered for a Crisis Intervention Hotline for 4 years. After a workshop with Ilana Rubenfeld, I took the 4-year training in Rubenfeld Synergy Method. Wanting to further develop my skills in body-centered psychotherapy, I did the 2-year training in the Hakomi Method. Because some of my clients had unresolved trauma, I completed the Somatic Trauma Resolution Training based on the work of Peter Levine. I then completed the Advanced Training for the Hakomi Method and was certified in October of 2005. Finding The Work of Byron Katie very helpful personally, I sometimes share it with my clients as well. Since 2002, I have had a small private practice. My clients have come to me with depression, relationship problems, anxiety, anger, grief, unresolved trauma, substance abuse issues, and spiritual crises. Many have simply felt a lack of love for themselves and others. My work is not to fix anyone but to guide people in discovering their own answers and give them the loving support they need to heal their lives. Spiritual Life I grew up in a Catholic family and left the Catholic Church as a yound adult. I studied eastern religions on a small commune for 4 years. I participated in a 12 Step Program for Adult Children of Alcoholics for two years. My life began to take on a spiritual quality that was not based on any organized religion. In 1986, I was introduced to Unity Church and A Course in Miracles. Even though I still study eastern spirituality and sometimes participate in Buddhist or Taoist meditation retreats, A Course in Miracles is my primary spiritual path. I have been leading Course Study Groups since 1998. Conclusion While it wasn’t obvious to me when I was young, my entire life has been a healing journey. My family gave me a broad experience of "healing opportunities." For a long time I looked for wholeness through other people, my work, religion, and other things outside myself. Eventually, I learned that seeking for happiness outside myself does not work and I finally began to turn within. Now, I assist others in their healing work using the same tools that most helped me. These tools are Rubenfeld Synergy Method, the Hakomi Method of Experiential Psychotherapy, The Work of Byron Katie, and A Course in Miracles. (Of course, not all of these are appropriate for all of my clients.) My spirituality and the modalities I use have one thing in common; they help people revise their thinking and perceptions, so they can live in awareness of the loving truth within themselves. With this awareness, they can be free, happy, and loving. That is what I want in my life and that is what I help others realize as well.