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Columns Destination Healing: SNE Moving Energy, Healing Spirit At Hartford Family Institute’s Center fo Healing Arts
Columns Destination Healing: SNE Moving Energy, Healing Spirit At Hartford Family Institute’s Center fo Healing Arts
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Energy implies movement, action, friction, interaction. Its meaning has been extended from science, particularly physics, to medicine and human biology, emotions and consciousness, to selling sports drinks and even cars (‘The Vital Force in Automobiles…. Guaranteed to engage your chi!’) We hear people talk about “energy vampires” in their personal relationships and often express how we are “full of energy!” or “zapped.” We live and breathe energy—in all its forms. Life is energy and energy is life—but how do we harness it for optimum human well-being? Just as important, how do we release it when it’s blocked and causing harm to our inner lives, our relationships and life experiences? To answer this question, I had the incredible experience of connecting with Naomi Lubin-Alpert, Psy.D. LMFT and her husband Stuart Alpert, Psy.D, LCSW founding partners of Hartford Family Institute’s Center for Healing Arts (HFI/CHA/The Center). The Center, which just celebrated its 4oth Anniversary, is internationally recognized for innovative, comprehensive psychotherapy services and alternative healing modalities. HFI is well known for the creation and application of In-Depth Body Psychotherapy and Subtle Energy Healing and offers an array of integrative healing modalities. (See side bar) Quantum Leaps and Healing Energy “Subtle energy is at the center of all life. It is also known as chi, prana, spirit, vital force, or the Akashic Field. One of Einstein’s greatest discoveries is that matter and energy are interchangeable. Even something that appears solid is made up of Subtle Energy,” explained Stuart. “Quantum physics is leading us to understand that subtle energy is the medium that holds consciousness and connects everything in the universe—connects all of us to one another. Mind, body and spirit are not distinct and separate, but are a [network] of pulsating energies constantly interacting in a vast sea of energy.” Quantum physics deals with energy on sub-atomic levels. Thought, emotion, action, reaction… biology, physiology, and psychology – it’s all energy interacting at a subatomic level within the environment and ourselves. Naomi and Stuart have developed their theories of energy and consciousness in their practice and teachings over the last forty years. Eminent brain biochemist, Dr. Candace Pert, described similar phenomena in her book, Molecules of Emotion. The Dark and Light Energy of Emotion The practitioners at HFI understand that “emotions are molecules of energy that come together, forming a response to internal or external stimuli. For example, in an exchange between parent and child, there is the visible interaction and invisible or subtle (subatomic) interaction,” Stuart continues, “Emotions form these exchanges communicate through subtle energy frequencies, as well as through our cells and even our DNA.”
So, how do you deal with energy that has created a negative experience for a person or within a relationship? “Our therapists look at how the body organizes itself based on the nature of the energy we bonded with as children. We learn how emotional states are created, whether early life experiences supported [or blocked] the flow (movement) of subtle energy.” Naomi gave the example of love, which contains the energies of warmth, softness and flow. Negative emotions possess energies of harshness and destructiveness. This energy can be expressed, consciously or unconsciously in one’s actions toward self, others and environment. It can manifest in defensive forms that help a person survive harsh experiences (adversity, abuse, trauma) and tend to block the flow of energy necessary for good health and relationships. Spirit and Healing Stuart went on to point out that therapists at The Center embrace and work directly with an aspect of healing that is often disregarded by traditional psychotherapy and medical models, “We consider clinical issues to be messages from spirit, as opposed to problems to be eradicated. We believe it is subtle energy, or spirit, that enables us to form blocks (disturbance) as a means to defend our self against emotional or physical force (abuse, humiliation, trauma, etc.). Defenses can take various forms in the body. It is essential to undo the negative energy that formed the block or created the defense in order for healing and wholeness to occur.” Naomi emphasized, “It is at the energetic level, through spirit, that deep transformation takes place in all emotional and physical symptoms.” In-Depth Healing for Body Mind and Spirit In-Depth Body Psychotherapy (IDBP) and Subtle Energy Healing (SEH) have been applied to a myriad of physical diseases as well as emotional and relational issues. The therapists apply the information gathered from quantum physics, neuroscience, psychotherapy, mindfulness and spirituality to help clients release the block, or compression, that may manifest in any of the body systems (digestive, lymphatic, nervous, cardiovascular, etc.). They have had success with a wide variety of emotional issues and physical conditions, including breast masses. As Naomi explained, “Using imagery, we are able to help our clients encompass and absorb a higher vibration of light and love into the mass. Ninety percent of the women we have worked with have had their masses convert back to flowing energy: The masses have disappeared.” Anxiety, which is so common in the general population, is viewed as a call to integrate a disowned aspect of the person that was not experienced as acceptable, typically in childhood. The person gets to know this part of him/herself and experiences a reunion of energies and capabilities that can bring vitality and satisfaction to living. Stuart noted that the therapy team uses the same set of principles to work with depression, sexual abuse, eating disorders, all trauma, as well as with non-clinical issues.
“A person without a clinical issue can benefit from the same process, experiencing growth by taking responsibility for all of who they are and bringing acceptance to all of what it means to be human. This therapeutic approach works with relationship counseling, as well, “We see the energy movement and blockage within each person as well as within a couple in the interpersonal field of relationship.” The quality and characteristics of IDBP and SEH were born of an appreciation for and study of Western and Eastern psychology, Native American philosophy, and a variety of spiritual and wisdom traditions. This knowledge, combined with valid scientific research from fields such as physics, neurobiology, physiology and other health sciences certainly keeps the partners on their toes, as Stuart pointed out: “The five partner-practitioners, including myself and Naomi, David Gilroy, Psy.D, LPC, Donna Baker-Gilroy, Psy.D. LPC and Sylvia Gingras-Baker, LMFT continually refine this unique and important approach to healing. Spirit has incredible powers to heal each person—and the world.” HFI’s Center for Healing Arts Services HFI/CHA serves individuals and groups from all walks-of-life for a variety of concerns: stress, career change, life transition, parenting, divorce, trauma, mental health and illness, chronic and terminal illness, relationship issues. A person need not experience a medical crisis to obtain services. Custom service packages are available as well as preventive wellness services.
Professional staff may be booked for lectures on any of the topics listed above, including stress-management, nutrition and a variety of spiritual and holistic health topics. Website: www.hartfordfamilyinstitute.com
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This is how we feel “tension in the air” or “sense a strain” between two people sitting together, expressionless. To sense the emotional quality between two people does not imply a psychic ability. Rather, Naomi says, “this is the experience of the vibration or frequency of subtle energy.”
The key components of this unique therapy include giving clients a connection for their feelings in a non-judgmental, non-problem focused approach. The aim is to help clients appreciate that they are living the best way they know how, given the quality and level of their internal supports. The therapists help clients recognize and take responsibility for their darkness and their light, embrace compassion and the need for attachment, and ground their experiences in their bodies. Ultimately, the clients learn how to embrace transformation.
Karen M. Rider, M.A. writes a variety of articles, stories, and reviews to educate, enlighten and entertain the reader. As a promotional copywriter, Karen specializes in helping holistic health businesses communicate to their target audience with clarity, integrity, and creativity. Karen resides in Cromwell, Connecticut where she shares life’s adventures with her husband and daughters. She is working on her first novel.
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