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Following on from:
http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9243
I'm a psychotherapist and occaisionally use Mayan astrology in sessions. I use Mayan astrology because it is what I'm familiar with - the same principal could easily be used with Western astrology.
I do not ask my clients to 'believe' in astrology - whether they do or not is up to the individual and not directly relevent to the therapy. What I do is create a complete personality profile of the client and go through it with them, asking questions such as:
Of interest to this forum, is probably that very often clients with similar problems have the same day signs. Which is good news for the predictive power of astrology.
With permission, I'll post a brief case study of one of my clients.
K, was born Jun 9 1976 which according to Mayan astrology means her day sign is Cib (keeb). She came to me initially for hypnotherapy to help with overcoming a fear of public speaking. Having recently been promoted at work, the need to stand up and present information, as well as chair meetings and similar responsibilites was causing her concern. Nerves were getting the better of her and see wanted help overcoming them.
After successful hypnosis, K expressed an intrerest in Mayan astrology (knowing I used it in therapy). Before I had created her chart, I had already discussed her attitudes to work during the hypnotherapy. K's anxiety was heavily routed in what her 'superiors' (her word) thought of her. Highly status conscious, K was very sensitive to the idea of hierarchy and the need to climb the ladder. Part of her hypnotherapy was about building self-confidence in who she was and not laying so great an emphasis on the opinions of her colleagues. From what I knew about her, I predicted that she would be a Cib.
Taking her date of birth, I immediately discovered (admittedly to my delight) that she was a Cib. After constructing her chart and us going through it, K remembered various times in her life when she was 'used' or 'taken for granted' by people she saw as superior in status to her. And that she often put herself in this situation by seeking similar status. Over the following weeks we explored how she could avoid repeating this pattern and concentrating on applying herself to her career goals (which is nothing wrong in itself as long as status doesn't become be-all and end-all).
I hope this has been of interest and would be interested in hearing of Western astrology (something I'm not as familar with) being used in a similar way.
http://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9243
I'm a psychotherapist and occaisionally use Mayan astrology in sessions. I use Mayan astrology because it is what I'm familiar with - the same principal could easily be used with Western astrology.
I do not ask my clients to 'believe' in astrology - whether they do or not is up to the individual and not directly relevent to the therapy. What I do is create a complete personality profile of the client and go through it with them, asking questions such as:
- what aspects of the profile do you think are accurate?
- what aspects would friends of yours say were accurate?
- what aspects reflect what you think about you but others would not see in you?
- considering first impressions of you, what parts would appear accurate?
Of interest to this forum, is probably that very often clients with similar problems have the same day signs. Which is good news for the predictive power of astrology.
With permission, I'll post a brief case study of one of my clients.
K, was born Jun 9 1976 which according to Mayan astrology means her day sign is Cib (keeb). She came to me initially for hypnotherapy to help with overcoming a fear of public speaking. Having recently been promoted at work, the need to stand up and present information, as well as chair meetings and similar responsibilites was causing her concern. Nerves were getting the better of her and see wanted help overcoming them.
After successful hypnosis, K expressed an intrerest in Mayan astrology (knowing I used it in therapy). Before I had created her chart, I had already discussed her attitudes to work during the hypnotherapy. K's anxiety was heavily routed in what her 'superiors' (her word) thought of her. Highly status conscious, K was very sensitive to the idea of hierarchy and the need to climb the ladder. Part of her hypnotherapy was about building self-confidence in who she was and not laying so great an emphasis on the opinions of her colleagues. From what I knew about her, I predicted that she would be a Cib.
Taking her date of birth, I immediately discovered (admittedly to my delight) that she was a Cib. After constructing her chart and us going through it, K remembered various times in her life when she was 'used' or 'taken for granted' by people she saw as superior in status to her. And that she often put herself in this situation by seeking similar status. Over the following weeks we explored how she could avoid repeating this pattern and concentrating on applying herself to her career goals (which is nothing wrong in itself as long as status doesn't become be-all and end-all).
I hope this has been of interest and would be interested in hearing of Western astrology (something I'm not as familar with) being used in a similar way.