Mani Feniger

I provide individual counseling sessions in my office in the Berkeley/El Cerrito area. The focus is on listening to my clients, witnessing their experience and honoring their feedback on what is most useful and timely. I see this work as collaborative. I may be able to introduce new modalities and perspectives; you have the good instinct to know what is helping you. Often the first phase of our work is to re-activate this clarity and inner confidence that got compromised because of past disappointments or other peoples’ projections.

The techniques of Hypnotherapy are often part of our work together. Guided visualization is a powerful tool to identify and relieve the impact of past traumas, and to transform self-defeating patterns to new choices of response and action. I may also introduce other tools and practices that are wonderful resources to reduce anxiety, enhance communication, develop more conscious relationships, deal with loss or change and find the place you trust in yourself.

We are human and our old behaviors and attitudes run deep. Sometimes when facing difficult situations, it’s hard to see the positive changes you are making until someone else points them out. My approach is to be a truthful witness, to reflect back your whole and healthy self, to recognize your natural awareness and to bring compassion and respect to your process.

During the worst of all my crises, friends appeared. Since then, the first thing I do is ask for help.  —Paulo Coelho

For more info contact manifeniger@gmail.com