Gerard Artesona

Wellness Is Not Just a Concept, It Is Something That Can Be Achieved

Gerard Artesona (He Him)

AMFT, RYT-200

Location:

Gerard AMFT

6239 College Ave

Oakland, California, 94618 United States

Website: gerardamft.com

How I work with Clients

My particular approach towards wellness begins with one’s experience of the present.

Understandably, many of us would like to dive into troubling issues with a Therapist while some of us have trepidations to do so. Cultivating a healthy connection to self is a preliminary step for doing deeper levels of work.

Accessing a sense of stillness in the mind is an important prerequisite, as it encourages non-reactivity and allows one to see things for how they are as opposed to how they feel. This helps to promote a healthy unpacking of one’s personal experience and ensures that one can effectively engage with their day to day life while exploring challenging aspects of themselves.

It is important to understand how our emotional reactions create our overall experience, as these feelings can greatly distort the picture. In many cases, the troubling parts of our personal history contain important pieces of our “emotional architecture”, that is, the subtle and overt coding that dictates how we react to and engage with our personal experience.
Achieving understanding on these levels is vital to maintaining lasting change, and this is what I hope to help you with as your Therapist.

Background

School: Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

Graduated: 2012

Degree: MA Counseling Psychology

School: Delaware State University

Graduated: 2009

Degree: B.S. Psychology

NPI Number

1508151234

License or Certificate 92274

License or Certificate Piedmont Yoga / 200 Hours YTT

Date: 2017

Traditional Lineage Training

​Masters of Counseling Psychology, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 2009-2012 Bachelors of Psychology, Delaware State University, 2007-2009 Associates of Human Services, Delaware Technical and Community College, 2004-2007 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher, Piedmont Yoga 2017 Certification of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy and Research from California Institute of Integral Studies 2018 ​

Psychedelic Therapy Certification Institutions
  • CIIS

Payment & Insurance

Cost per session

$150.00

Accepted forms of payment
  • PayPal
  • Cash
  • Check
  • Venmo

Additional Provider Information

Ethnicity
  • Latino \ Hispanic
Languages spoken
  • English
  • Spanish
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