Bette’s Blog
Getting Psyched Up for Every Day Life
Have you ever considered that you are psychic? It’s often thought that psychics have unusual and special powers. In fact, there is such a mystique surrounding “the psychic dimension” that many people are willing to suspend their own opinions and decisions for the insights of The Psychic. While valuable material can be brought forth by a talented psychic reader, using your own inner mind for [...]
Developing Inner Power
Developing Inner Power The Paradox of Resilience I have often wondered about the paradox of inner power. I find it curious that we often associate feeling vulnerable with being weak, while denying these feeling is associated with strength, with being tough. I’ve concluded that it is the desire to avoid emotional pain that underlies this paradox. But ironically it may take more energy to disavow [...]
Doing Psychic Readings – My Way
Doing Psychic Readings – My Way Over the years, doing psychic readings has been part of my work as a counselor. I have offered readings on a professional basis to many individuals. I have also used intuition along with my careful clinical thinking to create treatment plans for my therapy patients. My psychic readings are not what some may think of as a typical reading. [...]
Still Your Mind And Give Yourself A Time To Think
Getting Psyched Up for Everyday Life Some time ago I received a postcard from a woman who had discovered her psychic nature in one of my stress management groups. She told me that she had been using her psychic intuition to feel less anxious and remain hassle free. She was doing this by picturing herself peaceful and relaxed even in situations that usually aggravated her. She was [...]
Twenty-Twenty Visions
Twenty-Twenty Visions New Year’s resolutions have typically been wishful thinking that doesn’t always lead me to action. However, refreshing my personal and professional goals at the beginning of a new year, especially at the start of a new decade is another story. In year 2020 I am pleased to reaffirm my visions for goals that have always been important to me. My intention is [...]
What Does It Mean To Be Psychic?
What Does It Mean To Be Psychic? One of my first psychic teachers was Ramona Garcia, a popular psychic and very wise, spiritually gifted woman. Ramona taught me that although psychic knowing can feel magical, the psychic power of mind is not actually magic, but a tool to be used in a variety of everyday ways for beating stress; accessing wise knowing and solving [...]
Becoming a Clinical Wizard
"Through the trees" by vitali_shkaruba is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Becoming a Clinical Wizard The Transformational Alchemy of Metaphor in Integrative Psychotherapy Bette Freedson, LCSW, LICSW, CGP bjfreedson@gmail.com www.bettefreedson.com 207-384-5538 #2 Metaphors, and their cousins, simile, analogy, allegory and parable, contain rich sensual imagery that can cognitively, intuitively and quietly direct attention to new perceptions that have the power to shift self-states, [...]
The Intuitive Wisdom of the Body
The Intuitive Wisdom of the Body Have you had the experience of attunement to that special place of wisdom in yourself? Has this wisdom expressed itself as “a gut feeling,” or “I just knew in my heart…?” Or has intuitive knowing come through as a pain in a particular body part, causing you to say something like, “He, she, it..is a pain in the [...]