In therapeutic bodywork, I use gentle, nurturing touch to help you become aware of feelings you have put away, release them and come to a new and deeper connection with yourself. Feelings arise in the body. The way to not feel something - sadness or joy or anything in between - is to tighten the part of your body that would express that feeling. Over time this can lead to chronic aches and pains and diminished vitality. As these feelings are acknowledged, released and processed through the bodywork, you can have greater access to all your feelings and reclaim the life energy that has been spent holding them at bay. I am a Rosen Method Bodywork practitioner and have studied cranio-sacral therapy and other energy therapies.

Paula McGuire is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California (MFC 40547) and a Rosen Method Bodywork practitioner

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Contact Paula

(510) 654-1405

Two offices in Northern California: Oakland and Danville

Oakland 3863 Howe Street Oakland, CA 94611

Danville 383 Diablo Road, Suite 221 Danville, CA 94526

Consultations in person or by phone

info@birthyourlife.com

About Paula My original goal was to build bridges and I went to college to learn how to do that. I never did build any bridges, but I spent many years looking at what happens when various structures are loaded. In most structures it is the fractures that begin inside that we must be particularly cautious about. In my work I explored various treatments to alleviate stressors before they caused a lack of integrity in the structure and a rupture. Now, as a psychotherapist and bodyworker, I find those same concerns are present in the lives of my clients. How do we manage to hold, dissipate, mitigate our life stressors before they threaten our integrity and cause a rupture—depression, anxiety, rage, addiction, illness, chronic aches and pains, lack of vitality and general unhappiness? And so I build bridges—to disconnected parts of oneself, to others, to whatever gives one meaning, purpose and joy. My work with adults and adolescents in areas of personal, relationship and spiritual growth is particularly rewarding. I have a focus area in Fertility Enhancement. I also offer 50 Ways to Fire Up Your Life! groups, 5-week series focusing on providing you with tools to enhance your well-being. I have a long term meditation practice which feeds and shapes my daily life as well as my work. Education and Background I have master’s degrees in Structural Engineering, Culture and Creation Spirituality with an emphasis in Spiritual Psychology and Counseling Psychology. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC 40547) and Rosen Method Bodywork practitioner. I have studied the Energy Psychology techniques of EFT, TAT, and DEH as well as self-acupressure, all of which I use extensively in my practice. I have studied numerous bodywork, energy therapy and psychotherapy modalities and draw on those as needed. I have a certificate in addiction studies and have served as the Coordinator of Women’s Programs at a residential facility for drug and alcohol recovery. Professional Affiliations I am a member of CAMFT, East Bay CAMFT, ACEP, RMPA, ABMP and RESOLVE.