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The (w)hole point institute, llc. |
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Personal and Professional Development |
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About Alaya |
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Elizabeth C. Chadwick (Alaya) M.Div., M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., B.C.D., Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, Teaching Reiki Master, Certified Intuitive Healer, Jungian oriented Psychotherapist, Teacher, Author, and Master Storyteller. Alaya is an accomplished psychotherapist. She believes that her vocation is to "help individuals, couples, and groups become all they want to be." She is a published author and national lecturer. Alaya drew upon her 30+ years of practice and over 55,000 hours of listening to clients to develop the (W)hole Point Wisdom WAY for personal growth. Prior to simultaneously obtaining two Master’s Degrees (a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work M.S.W. from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s Degree in Divinity with an emphasis on pastoral counseling from Yale University), Alaya worked in the business world of marketing research, hospital administration, and national sales. She also held a faculty position at the Yale School of Medicine and held an associate faculty position at Yale’s Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit. One of the unique aspects of Alaya's work is her use of stories, toys, and humor to communicate life transforming messages. Her approach to healing is one of "pragmatic compassion." Her goal is to enable everyone to have lives that "work" for them. The (W)hole Point Wisdom WAY is based on her conviction that the journey of psychological healing will ultimately raise spiritual questions. Spiritual evolution must be grounded in solid psychological health in order for it to be clear of distortion. This concept is unique in the field of therapoi (healing). "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. ...We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us. It is in everyone." ~ Marianne Williamson Alaya believes that each of us is here to live our unique radiance consciously and intentionally. She shows her students how to do this on their own with tools that are easy to learn and easy to use.
Her experience as a national lecturer and presenter on such wide-ranging topics as "Healing from Trauma" and "Creating Sacred Spaces in your Life," makes her an interesting and entertaining speaker.
Above all else, Alaya invites all her students, apprentices, and clients to awaken, empower, and live their wholeness—now.
“It matters to the (W)hole world what we each do with our (W)holeness.” Alaya
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Elizabeth “Alaya” Chadwick |
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