Clients I Work With

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost." H. Jackson, Brown, Jr.

Charlotte A. Michie works with clients in three distinct areas: EFT Practitioner, regression therapy and psychotherapist/change consultant. EFT services are offered over the phone as well as in my office.

EFT Practitioner

This approach to self-change is effective, relatively painless, and quick. There are several different types of energy psychology currently being practiced. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods (EDxTM), Cosmic Freedom Qigong (CFQ) and Seemorg Matrix. All are based on either clearing the chakras and/or meridians. Chakras and meridians refer to the subtle energies in the body. This type of healing is based on Chinese Medicine.

Meridians are invisible channels for your qi (pronounced chi) that circulates throughout the body. Qi is your life force or energy. There are 12 main meridians (6 yang, 6 yin) and each is connected to an organ or function in the body: lung, kidney, gallbladder, stomach, spleen, heart, small intestine, large intestine, bladder, circulation/sex, pericardium and triple warmer.

Here's the idea. If your qi is flowing smoothly and properly then you are in balance and feel well. If, however, the qi is blocked, stagnated, or is weak then the results can be seen as out of balance emotionally such as easily upset, panic, excessive worry, numb, excessive anger, self-pity, depression and anxiety. There are many factors that contribute to being out of balance. There are environmental factors such as too hot or too cold, damp, allergies, food toxins, wind, dryness, not enough or too much sleep, exercise, food, sex, and the use of recreational drugs/alcohol to manage environmental stressors. There are internal responses to your own thoughts, feelings and behaviors that can lead to being out of balance.

To regain balance, you will be taught where to tap on the meridians to release the block, stagnation or weakness. The cause of all negative emotions is due to a disruption in the body's energy system.

I start with the traditional approach of psychotherapy by identifying what are the underlying beliefs, assumptions, or appraisals of the situation. Thoughts and emotions carry energy and if the energy is negative then energy system will be out of balance. When an emotional response that is negative or excessive is identified then I teach the client to use EFT.

To learn more about Emotional Freedom Techniques, click here.

Psychotherapist

My psychotherapy clients are individuals with a mental illness diagnosis such as depression, generalized anxiety disorder, attention deficit disorder to name a few. My clients sometimes are referred by a psychiatrist and most of my clients are on medication that I treat in psychotherapy. An in-depth approach is taken where the individual learns about his childhood coping strategies and how these strategies are no longer effective and are the root cause of current day distress. To learn more about this type of service, click here.

Change Consultant

My consulting for change clients are individuals who are making a life transition, want to achieve a personal goal or want to improve some aspect of their life.

Passion, excitement is gone. This is the person who reports feeling that life is just one long serious of meetings, traffic jams, kids soccer games and get up the next day and do it all over again. They had not envision their life going this way and want to change it. They want to feel "jazzed" again. They are ready to begin but where to go...

Got great ideas, no time to do it. This is the person who has a closet full of ideas like writing a book, painting, pottery, dancing, you name it they've got it tucked away on some mental shelf. They tell themselves when the kids get grown, or maybe when I'm in retirement, or when I get the next bonus, I'll do some fun things just for me. Then one day, they decide it's now or never, but where to go...

You've been promoted, now can you do it. This is the person who has been seeking that big new project and they get it. Then the fear factor sets in and they think, "Can I really do this?" This person is wanting someone to be a confidential sounding board, someone willing to encourage them while they get your feet wet in the new position.