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About Charlyne
Gelt
Charlyne Gelt, PhD,
CGP a licensed clinical
psychologist,
and
registered group psychotherapist, is
an  advocate who works with "strong"
women struggling with issues of submissive
dependency and emotional intimacy in
relationships.
As
a psychologist, Dr. Gelt is familiar with life
crisis, the struggle to define oneself, and the
transformative change that can occur with a
"corrective emotional experience."
New
Women's Empowerment
Group Now
Forming
Wednesdays, 7-9
pm
For
Details, Contact Dr.
Gelt
818.501.4123
cgelt@earthlink.net
WATCH
FOR FLYER ON NEW WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
WORKSHOP
Men's
Group
to start on
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Call for
info: 818.501.4123
Click Here
for
Hades'
Angels
Women in the general popula-tion
can learn a great deal from this unique population
of women because their stories replicate those of
strong, outwardly successful women in
relationships outside
prison.
Hades'
Angels
demystifies the "magnetic draw" toward
destructive relationships and suffering, and
offers readers the opportunity to look into their
own lives and begin to confront the true source of
their pain. There are universal lessons for women
on the outside who have similar kinds of
wounding.
Hades
Angels is
also available on Amazon.com
in
paperback and Kindle
Listen to Dr. Gelt's
2013
Creativity and
Madness
Conference Presentation
and
view a summary at the Audio Digest Foundation
New Psych Assistant:
Stephanie Haibloom,
Ph.D.
PSB94020274
 Stephanie
Haibloom, Ph.D. has clinical experience treating
adolescent to seniors in substance abuse, anxiety,
domestic violence, depression, assertiveness, and
anger management. She uses
cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused
modalities. She is available on sliding scale fee
and
Medicare. |
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Services
Offered
by
Dr. Gelt
Individual, couple
relation-ships, adolescent and family therapy. Dr.
Gelt is available for private consultations,
lecture presentations, training, workshops, and
interviews.
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Dear
charlyne,
Search
for Our Core Self
"The
real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking
new landscapes, but in having new
eyes."
Marcel
Proust
All
spiritual traditions use awareness as a healing
power. As told below, this awareness may come in
the form of a disturbing dream, and at other times
as a crisis.
"I
suddenly stand up screaming, 'Take me back; I lost
my ring!' I am anxious, driven, determined to
return and retrieve what I know I lost: my
precious ruby red ring. But I am trapped, lodged
in my seat on a big yellow bus going I know not
where. The driver hears my ear-piercing screams,
hears my urgent demands, my unease, but ignores
me. He refuses to turn the bus around, he refuses
my demand to turn back to get my ring. Firmly, his
hands hold the wheel on the road. He is steadfast!
My ring is lost; I am lost! I am
helpless."
Carla's words refer to a dream that greatly
disturbed her. It turned out to be her powerful
wake-up call, telling her that she must sit with
her anxiety and continue her journey into the
unknown: an inner search for Self----her
core.
In
our culture we are taught to view life and death
as opposites. We strive for life, and fear death
that is final, the end. So, endings can be
terrifying. In fairy tales,
a ring may symbolize wholeness,
or centeredness. Carla's dream shouts out her
ambivalence, her fear change, of being pulled off
center, and losing a valuable part of herself. She
is conflicted: torn by a need to move deeply into
her knowing self and duty-bound
to return to a time of innocence when
her ring symbolized her identity.
The bus, a powerful container, "holds her." The
wheel, circular like her ruby ring, indicates
another centered, competent aspect of herself
driven by a firm, steady hand. Carla need no
longer bounce about in a sea of uncertainty
and pain. Driven
by an inner authority, she
knows that something must be left behind;
something must die. Carrying
her identity within, she continues
her internal journey in search of wholeness,
Self. PSY22909
818.501.4123
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MEN
ONLY Workshop #5
The
setting for our 5th Men Only Workshop (May
10) was a beautiful day on the cusp of summer. The
room was filled with the energy and wisdom of men
continuing a quest of self-discovery and
empowerment. Participants shared stories,
strength, and a determination to move forward, to
"know thyself," and toward healthier
relationships. There is an undeniable kinship
among the participants, and a felt need for
more.
A
Men's Group is now forming
and I am rolling out the red carpet
for a few new participants. It is scheduled for
June 21,
2014. For details
please contact Dr. Charlyne Gelt at cgelt@earthlink.net
or call 818.501.4123.
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New
Women's Empowerment Group
Now
Forming
I
am currently interviewing participants for a new
Wednesday evening Women's Empowerment Group. If
you are interested in learning new tools for
healthier relationship skills, in a group setting,
this is an opportunity.
For
details please contact Dr. Charlyne Gelt at cgelt@earthlink.net or
call 818.501.4123 .
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Change the
Story
To change the
future, change the story. We
live and build our lives by stories, including
those handed down over multi-generations. Some are
silently incorporated into the ways we treat the
self, others, and color our perspective, how we
view the world. We
need not be held captive to the ways of our own,
our family's or even our cultural
creation.
Therapy
is a catalyst, starts a new
story, for a transformative
journey. Yes, change occurs for those
who get up the courage to learn new tools, use
them to take charge and embrace authority for
one's own life.
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ON THE POSITIVE
SIDE
The individual has always had to
struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the
tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often,
and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high
to pay for the privilege of owning
yourself.
Friedrich
Nietzsche
The moment one gives close
attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it
becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably
magnificent world in itself.
Henry
Miller
A person does not have to
be behind bars to be a prisoner. People can be
prisoners of their own concepts and ideas. They
can be slaves to their own
selves.
Maharaji
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