Welcome to Heal Your Early Imprints: One on One Sessions

One on One Sessions

Before we begin our first session, we will have spoken on the phone, and you will have provided me with information about your conception, prenatal, birth, and post-birth experiences by filling out an Adult Intake Form.

Our first session will involve setting the ground for the work, and hearing from you about what you want and why you are here.

My work is intention based so we will begin your session with a check-in followed by setting an intention for your work that day. You will learn how to track your ‘felt-sense’ of yourself, and to pay attention and slow down enough to listen to information that you don't normally hear. We will focus on building your resources and potency as we explore how your early imprints are affecting your life now, and re-pattern them by creating new neural pathways.

This work is somatic, and usually involves negotiated physical contact at some point. Prenatal and birth memories are imprinted in the body, so it is important to listen to your body. If we are working with a shock (overwhelming trauma) memory, I will teach you some shock awareness techniques, and give you some empowering ways to reduce shock levels yourself which will accelerate your healing.

I like to work with people who are quite well resourced (see FAQ's: What does resourcing mean?) both internally, and externally, and I am happy to discuss this with you to see if you are suited to this work. I particularly welcome people who are already in therapy, although this is not a compulsory requirement. I am not offering psychotherapy or counseling, and I welcome being in contact with your therapist as part of your support team.

Please call me about your needs and we will explore if this work is right for you.

A session is around one and half hours and can sometimes be longer. Any telephone work in between sessions will be charged at the same rate. I work very well on the phone and can offer this work to people who are not able to see me in person.

Fee: $80 per hour

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“I knew there was something I wanted to discover - I found myself getting angry, or anxious over and over as though there were a pattern stimulated by something unknown to me.

My mom and I had a difficult time during pregnancy but I couldn't access those experiences. I sensed that becoming free of that trauma would free me to be present in my life, instead of stuck on something I couldn't see. I feel like I was stuck in the womb, until now. After working with Karen I feel like I have been born, maybe for the first time. I am born. I am young, I have the confidence, the peace, the well being of a newborn; yet I am an adult: I can live and function and thrive in the world. In my preparation to be a parent, it is a blessing to be able to finally parent myself, first.

Unresolved experiences remained in my mind and psyche until I was able to heal and resolve them. The fact that early trauma is present need not be disheartening: it means the opportunity is always there to simply step into a whole new way of being, one you have dreamed of - natural, soft, and safe. Karen has a special gift, way beyond her training. I have met many practitioners of one sort or another. With her compassion, insight and integrity, Karen is among the very best." -Andrew

A claustrophobia sufferer whose mom was in labor for 46 hours:
"I constantly feel stuck in my life, and I can see now how I've been creating situations where I tend to keep myself stuck! Everything had to be hard work, and a struggle, and I felt I had to do it alone, just like it was in my birth! Now I know that that was then and this is now, and I am learning a new way of approaching life that is more gentle and spacious, and in which I can have my own rhythm."

Contact Karen Melton: 707 829 7816 starbear@sonic.net

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