PAMELA SHOOK, CI. H.

I have always been a creative, heart-centered, out-of-the box thinker.  In the salad days of my career, I was a teaching artist for young children,  an actor, and eventually director of an award-winning puppet theatre.  This gives me a unique perspective on Inner Child work, and the transformation into joy and creativity that healing childhood trauma unleashes. 

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Inspired by my aunt's spiritual journey and positive personality changes as she lived her last years boldly and to the fullest, I  became an Alchemical Hypnotherapist in 1992, graduating from what is now the Alchemy Institute of Hypnosis, and  became a Reiki Master the same year.  Reiki has added deep relaxation and enhanced results to my sessions. Having both these tools changed the way I think about and live my life, and helps me change the lives of others.

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I also worked in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault for six years, which gives me special insight into Stockholm syndrome and long-term effects of family trauma on everyone involved, as well as special understanding of addiction, where it comes from and the true core needs beneath the symptoms.

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In 2015 I began an amazing three-year healing journey from Rheumatoid arthritis, progressing from a wheelchair to walking

without pain. Today I coach clients to use mind-body techniques, subtly perceive their body's needs, and to use visualization to transform from surviving their conditions to thriving. 

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While bedridden, I used self-hypnosis for pain control and  mentally prepared myself to walk by visualizing hiking Lake Junaluska.  It worked so well that I now walk over two miles around its picturesque shores every morning!  Last year, my husband Stephen and I realized our dream of moving to Western North Carolina with our cats Hakuna and Matata. I am proud and excited to be practicing in Asheville, an area steeped in natural healing and mountain beauty!

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Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional or licensed counselor. I do not diagnose, cure or treat any mental or physical illness. I am legally and ethically bound to refer my clients to see a doctor to diagnose and monitor diseases.  My expertise is in the impact of subconscious beliefs on behavior and the physical body.