Effie Clover, lcsw
I have been a psychotherapist for 15 years now, turning over life’s essential questions with varying degrees of frustration, anxiety, hope and excitement. Always with a deep longing for MORE. Many satisfying and beautiful transformations came from these years, both for myself and for my clients, and yet, despite this, there was always a whispered knowing that there was more. More than the psychological trauma of my childhood and the tumultuous stories of my adult life.
The integration of soul work has been the breath of fresh air my heart has longed for. Over the last 8 years I have been on a journey of re-union with my own precious soul. It is from this direct experience that I humbly offer myself to you. I am no guru, nor do I have anything “figured out,” but I have a lot of passion for holding the hands of my fellow humans on this mysterious journey back to ourselves.
I began my path as a psychotherapist through the social sciences. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and spent the first years of my career on what one might call the front lines, working with marginalized populations and embracing my first passion: children and education. For several years I worked with foster kids, at risk and adjudicated youth and their families in research settings measuring outcomes for evidence-based therapeutic interventions. Next I moved on to community based mental health and outpatient settings. My work with children and families is near and dear to my heart, and I expect to find new ways of serving in this capacity in the near future.
More recently I have been working with terminally ill and elderly patients. With the aid of all the beautiful souls I had the privilege of seeing through their final stages of life, I took a deep dive into my own spiritual path, learning energy healing, practicing my intuitive skills and fully embracing the path back to my own soul. Some of the other modalities that have influenced my work significantly have been the Gene Keys, tantra, Somatic Experiencing, expressive arts, attachment theories, movement/dance, and many extraordinary guides and teachers who have touched me deeply over the years.
Currently I am living nomadically, following life's winks and nods, my own curiosities, and of course, my soul's insistent direction. You can often find me in Bali, Thailand or California ... who knows where next? Sign up for my newsletter to stay current with offerings and to follow my blog as I continue my life as laboratory adventures!
For the last 15 years, I have worked with clients on the following themes:
bringing the Soul back to career, love and life choices
identifying gifts and sharing them
relationships and intimacy
Money and abundance blocks, receiving
Spirituality
healthy boundaries
transitions, personal crisis
trauma resolution
anxiety, depression, grief and loss
tools to balance the nervous system
career and business decisions
uncovering deeper layers, pattern resolution
the dark night of the Soul
Let yourself SHINE.
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