ceremonial psychology
the self
in the web of life
Ceremonial Psychology is a reunion between the heart and the mind, between the self and the web of life. This healing paradigm was designed by Dr. Ariana Greene to liberate the psyche from the spell of separation.
Ceremony meets Psyche to cultivate integrated wholeness.
Healing across the layers of life within a relational field.
emotional ~ somatic ~ ancestral ~ symbolic ~ cognitive ~ collective
The art of sitting with the collective broken heart of humanity and finding the medicine.
Collaborating with spirit and earth, ego and soul.
Shining the light away from pathology and brokenness and on to wellbeing and wholeness, upheld by the power of Ceremony…
integration has arrived
the ceremony inside of you
My signature offering, Ceremonial Psyche sessions are immersive, high-impact healing sessions that support you through the potent parts of life. They include my full ceremonial services and are backed by my work as a psychologist, devoted to the restoration of your deep psyche.
These sessions are a good fit for
Transition or Threshold Moments | Tending to Pain
Transformative Repatterning |Renewal of Self
Conversation with Spirit | Digestion of Change
Connection with Gifts or Purpose
Ceremony is embodied listening, purposeful action, and dialogue with Spirit to be in service of and co-creation with life. Psyche is the cultivation of the totality of self within the web of life.
Sessions are in-person in Black Mountain, North Carolina
Disclaimer: Ceremonial Sessions do not constitute or replace psychotherapy. They do not include the diagnosis or treatment of mental health disorders, are not reimbursable through insurance, and will not include assessment of symptom or functioning.
These sessions are informed by my work and practice as a clinical psychologist and include an emphasis on psychological and emotional theory and process, competent knowledge of the impact of trauma, and expanded healing techniques from my training as a ceremonialist, dream worker, constellator, and shamanic practitioner.
ceremonial psychology is the meeting of the deep psyche and the healing technology of ceremony
an exchange between the living landscape of human and the relational field of life
psyche
Psyche comes from the ancient Greek ψυχή (psykhē), which means:
soul, spirit, animating breath
life force within physical body
the deepest essence of self
Originally, psyche did not mean the mind. It was the living field that holds perception, emotion, imagination, memory, instinct, meaning, relationship, and the unconscious process.
The human psyche is the living inner world of a human being, the animate field of human experience, shaped through relationships within the seen and unseen worlds.
For me, psychology has always been the study of how humans relate to being alive.
In depth psychology, the psyche is not something we have possession of but is something we participate in.
The psyche speaks in many tongues. The language of the psyche is symbolic, relational, ecological, vibrational, mythopoetic, cognitive, sensory, and emotional.
Psyche and Earth
In animistic and indigenous cosmology, the psyche extends beyond human.
Psyche exists within Land ~ Rivers ~ Animals ~ Communities ~ Forests ~ Homes
Psyche encompasses the entire field of the living world, also known as the web of life.
ceremony
Ceremony derives from the Latin caerimonia, meaning:
sacred rite or religious observance
reverent care
ritual obligation
The word caerimonia is pre-christian. Ancient roman texts described:
rites that maintained harmony between humans, gods, and the land
practices that prevented disorder, misfortune, or imbalance
Ceremony is powerful technology and functional healing approach that relies upon disciplined attentiveness, embodied listening, decisive action, reverence for the unseen world, and respect and reciprocity with life itself.
Ceremony is the maintenance of cosmic order.
Creates a container from within which energy can reorganize itself, facilitates energetic movement from stuck to circulating
Provides opportunities for depth healing and reconnection; formalizes change
Restores right relationship between disconnected parts
Establishes order, coherence, timing in service of balance and universal law
Invokes the wisdom and healing power of the elementals that shape the living world
ceremony and earth
The flow of life force is relational by nature and is the harmonizing presence that animates the broader web of life, supporting all beings within the Earth Community. In its restoration, ceremony facilitates the healthy flow of life on Earth.
Elders across cosmologies both ancient and contemporary recognize that the healing power of ceremony is needed at this time to support the changing earth.