Counseling & Consulting Services often serve clients who need treatment beyond verbally based counseling modalities. Many of them have witnessed and experienced traumatic events, and need stress-reducing approaches to overcome conditioned physical and emotional responses to the trauma. We are now offering Reiki services to our clients to be used in conjunction with our other services. Reiki is an ancient Japanese form of natural healing used to reduce anxiety and stress and to promote relaxation. It also promotes health and healing on physical and emotional levels. Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive process in which the trained practitioner places their hands on the client lightly in a succession of positions for 1-5 minutes each. The client remains fully clothed and lies on a massage table or sits in a comfortable chair. The client usually experiences some warmth or movement of energy coming from the practitioner's hands. It is a peaceful, extremely relaxing experience that can do no harm.

Because Reiki is a non-verbal modality, it gets clients out of their usual "story" or mode. Reiki is a means to access and resolve the trauma in a non-traditional and non-threatening manner. The immediate effects of Reiki are reduced stress level, reduced arousal, and a sense of well being and peacefulness. The client often has access to memories, insights and perspectives not always attained through verbal therapy modalities. These outcomes enhance the risk management capabilities of clients who have histories of aggressive behaviors.

Reiki has proved to be an excellent service used in conjunction with other counseling services. This approach is an accepted form of adjunct healing and stress reduction used in major hospitals, cancer centers and relaxation centers.

Following is a sampling of comments from clients evaluating the effects their Reiki sessions:

If you were experiencing any physical discomfort prior to the session, please share what effect the Reiki may have had on your discomfort.

My back was hurting; now it is not.

It relaxed my usually stiff neck, my injured knee even feels better.

Tension in my neck and shoulder, it's now gone!

Tension disappeared

Intensifies during session, better afterwards.

Tension which I did feel subsided.

Only trained and certified practitioners at Counseling & Consulting Services provide Reiki. Please contact Ellen Ross-Jue M.Ed. or David Harvey Ph.D. if you have any questions about the use of Reiki as a service to complement our other services at Counseling and Consulting services.