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Shulamit Day Berlevtov

I support people in transforming what is painful and difficult into meaning, ease and new life.

I am bilingual (French and English-speaking) Focusing guide, yoga teacher and holistic psychotherapist in private practice in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Holistic psychotherapy focuses on health and wellness at all levels of the person: physical, psychological, and spiritual. Using Focusing, Nonviolent Communication, mindfulness, the Tapas Acupressure Technique®, reiki and yoga, I facilitate self-connection and healing. Both Western and Eastern approaches to health and well being are integrated in my practice and I emphasize the spiritual dimension of inner processing that is available through deep listening.

Focusing quite literally changed my life. It has given me a way to be a companion to even the most painful aspects of my inner life. I now can connect with my inner wisdom and act from solid ground. I am both much more sensitive and much stronger than I ever was before. I love to share this skill of self accompaniment through Inner Relationship Focusing.

I came to Focusing through Nonviolent Communication (NVC)—the Focusing book was on the recommended reading list—and crossing the two is my passion. In NVC, we talk about "the shift" that comes from connection with universal needs. With Focusing, we can learn a reliable way to connect with the inner experiencing that leads to shifting.

Eugene Gendlin, who brought Focusing to the world, said, "No matter what you do, with Focusing, it will go better." This has been my experience.

I provide:
Focusing-oriented psychotherapy (in French and English)
Guided Focusing sessions by phone and in person (in French and English)
Focusing classes (groups in English by phone; individual tutorials by phone and in person in French and English)

I am the placeholder for the Focusing and NVC working group.

Website: www.shula.ca
Blog: www.shula-yoga.blogspot.com
Twitter: Shuliji
Phone: 613-868-YOGA (Eastern time zone)
E-mail: shulamit@shula.ca