Viviana Nunez-Rupnick, Licensed Professional Counselor

Many life events lead me to be a therapist. It is absolutely a life calling, something I resisted for a time but was divinely lead to. My own childhood home left many traumas for me to process. I was grateful to have the supportive help of many fine therapist in my teens, 20s, and 30s. The healing journey continues; it's never complete. Progress not perfection. During my healing journey I found lots of solutions. Some stuck and others did not. However, healing is a buffet with lots of options. No one thing will heal everything but everything might heal some things. One of the most powerful pieces of healing was my spiritual journey. I am Reiki Certified and completed an amazing Shamanic Apprenticeship, among other energy and spiritual classes. My spirituality is a guiding force of purpose, refuge, and connection. On a personal level, I use my spiritual abilities to heal my traumas on a daily basis. For me this often looks like morning trance meditations speaking to spirit's higher self, processing flashbacks emotions, and astro-travel at the same time. To appropriate and interested clients I often teach the basics of this kind of work. It is a modifiable process that can be more scientific or spiritual. Please note I am NOT religious at all and am not affiliated with any particular religion. Instead I am highly spiritual. My own awakening has opened my mind and heart to many different perspectives. My one core value is that my beliefs and life perspective are guided by one love. Yes, just like Bob Marley's love song to the world... Love is the most powerful force on the planet. It is truly the only force that can actually facilitate change. If therapy is on your mind, let that self-love guide you to and through this next step of healing!

Therapy is hard! It's difficult to choose a therapist among the many options out there. It can be hard to know if it will be a good fit. Its also hard to share intimate details about your life to a complete stranger. Finding the right therapist is like finding the right mate. It takes time, energy and there risk involved. Not every therapist will be a good fit. It is very important that the therapist has similar values, perspectives, and communication styles. Fortunately, some of this information you can gather from reading through my profile but other things like communication styles, you will likely have to set up a consult to figure out. That is exactly why I offer those 30 minute free consults prior to therapy commitment! In this consult you can ask questions about my theoretical orientation, my values, career experience & life. Whatever you might want to know to give you peace of mind or better understand the process, I am here to help you figure it out! I ask my clients to be honest with me throughout the process. That is not always easy to do but it is necessary for effective therapy. I am always committed to quality of care so I will be honest and up from with you as well. Therapy success relies so much on a mutual connection. If something in the therapy is not working, I will be honest and up from about that. I can refer you to a more appropriate fit or facilitate a change in our therapy process. In the many years I have been a therapist, it has not happened often but sometimes I do need to discharge a client for one reason or another. My case load is small since I work part time so I really do all that I can to care and support my clients, including honest feedback. I will never keep on a client just to get a pay check. That is my promise to you.

I've already shared a little about my own therapy and personal traumas but I think it's important to share my perspective on therapists as a whole... It is so important that a healer regularly does their own healing. I can not take my clients to a place I have never been. I can not help my clients through something if I have not healed those parts in myself. One huge and guiding force in my life is consistent and regular shadow work... I am always committed to my own healing. I have spent years, in many different ways, healing my own traumas. I still continue to seek out my triggers, process and heal things. The healing journey is never complete. (Though it is important to stop, take breaks and celebrate progress!) My ongoing commitment to learning about myself, others, new therapies, new sciences and the world is what makes me an effective allie for many clients. We don't have to have the exact same struggles but certainly I need to get comfortable sitting with my own pain, distress and trauma if I am to successfully help you. That is my commitment to myself and to anyone that comes into my life: I am deeply committed to learning and healing. I'm proud to be a life-long learner!