Do You Deserve a Day of Renewal?

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Renee Beck

You work hard. Your schedule is packed. You spend time attending to the needs of those in your charge. You expend energy bringing pleasure to those you love. You work towards creating a just world, & you strive to enrich it with beauty.

So much to do! Where do you get all that energy? What do you do when it runs low? You need–and deserve–time to recharge, renew, re-nourish your body, mind & spirit.

Wouldn’t it be great to get some bodywork? To re-spark your vital energy? To take a little extra time to re-focus & be more mindful? Or maybe to have someone help you with that Dream you had recently, or to join with a few people for healing.

Oh, I know, I know–maybe tomorrow, maybe when the budget isn’t so tight, maybe next week, or next month…

How about this Saturday, for an hour or two? Terra’s Temple in Berkeley is having one of their marvelous Days of Renewal, where various healers donate their time to offer short healings. For $24 ($9 for members) you can sample massage, energywork, intuitive readings, life coaching, Tarot, & more from 11am-6pm.

I’m offering mini-Dream Amplification sessions to help you give cultural & archetypal context to a symbol from one of your dreams. Bring a short, recent (or recurring) dream. Don’t have a dream? We can still work with your internal imagery through the Tarot!

Still can’t figure out how to do it just for yourself? Take a friend or loved on as a treat!!

Renee Beck, LMFT #21060, has been working with Dreams, Ritual, Energy & Symbolic Systems for over 40 years. She has a private practice in Oakland, CA doing Dreamwork, Transpersonal Therapy & Tarot, Clinical Consultation & Supervision & Transpersonal CEUs (BBS Approved Provider #5888). Her specialty is helping Alternative Healers work through thorny psychological issues that arise during their work with individual clients, teaching, leading groups or in their spiritual practice.

Call Renee for a free 15 minute phone interview to see how she can help you.

510-387-0341

“It came to Me in a Dream…”

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Renee Beck

Have you ever gone to sleep with a thorny problem unsolved, only to wake up with a solution? Or to one morning wake up with a new song, poem or painting just waiting to be realized?

If so, you’re not alone! The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde came to Robert Louis Stevenson in a dream, as did Misery to Stephen King. Paul McCartney woke up one morning with the tune for Yesterday.

Scientific discoveries have been made within dreams. Kekule discovered the structure of the carbon ring by dreaming of an Ouroborus–a snake biting its own tail. The structure of DNA came through in a dream. Otto Loewi had a dream of the flow of chemicals between nerve cells, leading to the discovery of neurotransmitters.

Madame C.J. Walker received the ingredients & instructions for mixing a hair remedy that led to the incredible success of her cosmetics manufacturing company. Elias Howe dreamt of the design for needles for the sewing machine.

Other exciting designs, inventions & art work have come through dreams, too.

Your most personally fulfilling discoveries may come through your own dreams, & through working with them.

Contact Renee Beck at 510-387-0341 to set up a Dreamwork session, or to work with imagery & metaphor in Transpersonal Therapy. San Francisco Bay Area!

Dream Symbol Mini-Consults

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Renee Beck

This Saturday, I’ll be offering 20-minute Dreamwork Symbol Amplification sessions: While only you can discover the personalized meanings of your dreams, the symbols in your dreams have other associations that can help you gain a deeper understanding of the message your dreams hold for you. Bring in a short dream, & we will explore some of the cultural, metaphorical & archetypal meanings of its symbols.

Other 20-minute samplings are available — Reiki, Tarot, massage — at A Day of Renewal at Terra’s Temple in Berkeley. Come get renewed!

An image to help you Birth your Inner Light:

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Renee Beck

VI The Lovers: Inner Marriage

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Renee Beck

We all search for Union with something larger than ourselves. Some of us find this in the romantic other, some in a muse of art. Some find this ecstatic embrace in Nature, some in the relationship with a god or goddess. It can also be found in service, in spiritual practice, or in devotion.

Wherever you find your heart & passion taking you beyond your small sense of self, to being part of something that is great, & good, may you journey a little further on that path today. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Spiral Into Yourself!

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Renee Beck

The Universe is your Inspiration. Your Dreams are your Guide.

Contact Renee Beck, MFT for Oakland Dreamwork & Transpersonal Therapy

If you treated me as we treat teens, I’d be O.D.D., too!

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Renee Beck

A colleague on a forum recently asked about the best techniques for working with a teenager diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder. This was my reply:

“Virtually all of the teens I’ve met who have been diagnosed with O.D.D. are only oppositional in certain situations. When they are treated with the same respect afforded adults, treated fairly, have reasonable boundaries set & upheld without judgment, are involved in co-creating future consequences, & do not feel as though they are in double binds, they are not oppositional. You do have to take time to work to develop trust so they can actually believe that you are an adult who will treat them with respect, of course…. I’ve also found that praising the talents they’ve developed (including pushing adults’ buttons) & processing how those skills have served (& hindered) them is pretty helpful. I’ve been working with teenagers in this way for 35 years, & it seems to work well.”

If you’re a teenager interested in exploring who you are, how you are in the world & in your relationships, or are searching for meaning, call me to see if Transpersonal Therapy, Dreamwork or Therapeutic Tarot with me might be what you’re looking for: Renee Beck, MFT 510-387-0341.

If you’re a therapist working with teens & feel as though you could use some consultation or some help with your process, you can call me, too!

Internal Guidance

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Renee Beck

When you search within the darkness, your Center sends out a Searchlight to guide your way. For help accessing your Inner Beacon, contact Renee for Oakland Transpersonal Therapy & Dreamwork.