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   Spiritual Support
with

Jeanne Marie Merkel, M.Div.

Spiritual Counseling

Soul Friend Support

Spiritual Practice Support

 

Caring Interfaith Spiritual Support through Life’s Many Transitions. 

 Honoring the Wisdom of Nature’s Healing Ways And the Cycles of Transformation

Spiritual Counseling

 These Counseling sessions are designed for people who are going through a difficult or challenging time in their life or who have issues that are keeping them from realizing their full potential. It is not intended as psychotherapy, but rather as spiritual support.

During our individual sessions together we engage in soulful conversation to place the issues you are working with in a spiritual perspective and help you connect with your own source of intuitive guidance and wisdom.

Often, even one session can help you shift the way you make meaning of your experience.

We can also incorporate into our sessions: dream work, the sacred play of art & ritual, energy work, work with our medicine wheel, healing music or power songs, meditative journeying, walks in the woods or along the shore, guided meditations, and time to  connect with Spirit in whatever way is comfortable for you.

My aim is to help you develop resources for living more fully in rhythm with Spirit, Nature and your own Soul.

Feel free to come for one session, or as many as you feel you need.

Before you come, think about what you would like to incorporate into your session and feel free to ask for what you need. 

Knowing how hard it is to ask for what we need, I repeat: You have full permission to ask for what you need.

Sessions: 90 minutes

$65 (Sliding Scale available)

These sessions can be held in Mattituck, NY at a beautiful waterfront retreat, or I can come to your home.

It is also possible to have a phone session if you live at a distance. Email me to arrange a session. anamcaracenter@earthlink.net

 

Soul Work Intensive

is a series of 6 Counseling sessions that are designed to help you move through a challenging period of inner change and growth.  It may also include a guided retreat. Commitment is Essential to the process.

$60 per regular session. $80 for the retreat.

 Some scholarship assistance is available for Spiritual Counseling and Soul Work Intensives.  Please don't be shy about inquiring.

 

 Soul Friend Support

is available for people who are going through difficult times in their lives and are in need of prayer, practical assistance and emotional and spiritual support. Whether you are experiencing bereavement, illness, difficult transitions, domestic violence, or the challenge of a spiritual calling - know that you are not alone.  Just send an e-mail and we will find a way to be of support, as we are able. This service is provided free of charge, in gratitude for all who have been there for me in my journey.

 

Spiritual Practice Support

Have you been wanting to start a regular Spiritual Practice, but find it hard to get started - or to keep going?

There is nothing like having an ally who can guide you into finding your personal spiritual path and cheer you on when the going gets rough.

This program of spiritual practice support, begins with a 3 hour retreat to clarify your intentions and possible blockages, and includes 3 monthly 1 &1/2 hour follow-up sessions, and personalized resources.

All faith traditions are honored and, if you are in exploration or have an eclectic leaning, that is fine too!

These sessions can be held at Jeanne's home in Mattituck, NY or in your home, or by phone.

The cost for all 4 sessions is $150.

(sliding scale or payment plan available, Commitment Essential!!!)

You are always welcome to schedule more follow-up visits at $40 per 90 minute session, or a half-day retreat at $60 per session.

(I'd be happy to discuss this with you by phone, if you need help deciding if this is for you.)

 

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Jeanne's Counseling Philosophy:

"To Be Spiritual is to be natural . It is to come into rhythm with your own deepest nature and belonging."

John O’Donohue  in Anam Cara

 My work is rooted in the Celtic “Anam Cara” (Soul Friend) tradition of Spiritual Companioning and the healing wisdom of indigenous traditions.  I honor each person’s unique spiritual path and connection to Spirit. My philosophy is to support you in the soul work already taking place in your life with respect & compassion.  This work is not intended as psychotherapy for healing deep seated issues, but rather as spiritual support for life’s many transitions & challenges. It is rooted in a vision of the Healing Power of Spiritual Companionship.

For more information on Jeanne Merkel's background, training & philosophy, Click here

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Jeanne is also available to conduct

Rites of Passage

Anam Cara Spiritual Visioning Network:
Spiritual Resources & Community  
for Transfomative Times
Jeanne Marie Merkel, M.Div
PO Box 371,  Mattituck, NY  11952      631-320-0277