Dr. Meagan Pugh is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Internal Family Systems Therapist and Certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner with a private practice in Sebastopol, serving individuals, couples and groups. She specializes in helping others heal from emotional, physical and sexual traumas and learn to thrive. She invites anyone wanting to move into a joyous relationship with their self and others to explore their own creative process and deep knowing. She is the author of the book and companion CD, The Spiral of Healing: A Journey Through the Chakras to Awaken Creativity and Body Wisdom, and offers Somatic Art Therapy trainings. She can be reached through her website, http://www.art-2-heart.com

My services:

Art to Heart Counseling provides and encourages the gathering of inner and outer resources. Allowing each person to build connection to self, others and the greater mystery of life, one can meet life’s challenges and learn to thrive. You will benefit from this transpersonal, creative and somatic approach to healing.

Art to Heart follows a developmental approach to healing and believes in a person-centered therapeutic style. This means that together we work to achieve your goals. I also help you understand the missing developmental pieces that will help you retrieve necessary archetypal energies you need to feel a sense of sovereignty over your own experience.

Specific Art to Heart Counseling Applications

Trauma Resolution
Individual and Couples Counseling
Womens’ Expressive Art Therapy Groups
Ceremonial Services
Spiritual Life Coaching

Private Practice

I support my work with individuals, couples and long-term groups with:

Expressive Arts Therapies (art, movement, writing and sounding) – a unique blend of safe and non-threatening modalities designed to connect you to your own source of creativity and power. As a Board Certified and Registered Art Therapist I am experienced in supporting your imaginal process as a means to empower you to transform issues, pain and life’s challenges.

Trauma Resolution work called Somatic Experiencing® or SE™ – specific body awareness techniques to release old stressful and traumatic experiences that stop you from moving forward and reclaiming your health and vitality. As a Certified Somatic Experiencing® or SE™ Practitioner, I work with the body’s nervous system in a unique way, helping you retrieve sensations, images, feelings, thoughts and movements that have been trapped in previous traumatic experiences.

The Internal Family Systems Model of Therapy – A compassionate approach to working with your internal cast of characters, defensive structures and addictive behaviors. Its goal is to build relationships with one’s protectors, exiles and Self in order to promote harmony and acceptance. As an IFS therapist and transpersonal counselor I believe that we are all on a journey towards wholeness and the bumps in the road are opportunities for greater depth and potential. When we work with the totality of experience – our bodies, minds, hearts and souls – we reclaim our true authenticity.