Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The Beach Boys enormous hit song “Good Vibrations” was part my childhood soundtrack. That is the first time I ever consciously thought about vibrations. Well, maybe making a Bronx Cheer (aka Blowing Raspberries) came first as a toddler! I could feel vibrations: touching the big stereo speakers or standing nearby on the […]
Healthy Aging #1 The Riddle of Life in 3 stages: A woman’s Experience of Entering Evening
Image by Chen from Pixabay **This is an initial blog of a series I am starting, on Aging and Agility? Healthy Aging? Welcome to the Evening? I don’t have a title yet, but you get the idea. Thoughts and readings I share on the process of living and celebrating and coping with the last third of life. I […]
Dear Christine, Lost in Troy
Dear Christine, I have been with my partner for one year. We get along. We have fun. We talk, laugh and truly enjoy each other’s company. The problem I have is that we have only been intimate once, and it was not even a true full intimate union. We’ve talked about it. I have asked […]
Christine C. Cantrell
… has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and 30 years of counseling in the fields of pastoral ministry, grief and psychotherapy. She is fully licensed as a psychologist in the State of Michigan. She also has an MA in Divinity (M.Div.), was an ordained pastor of 2 churches, and was a grief counselor with local hospices. She has practiced psychology in area clinics since 1993.
Christine C. Cantrell, PhD – Training
Trained in Humanistic and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dr. Cantrell is eclectic in her approach to psychology, using a variety of techniques to assist clients in reaching their goals. Specially trained in the area of spirituality, Dr. Cantrell is also trained in therapy for grief and HIV/AIDS. She has specific training in several Energy Psychology techniques, including HeartMath’s EmWave and Freeze-Framer; Thought Field Therapy (Callahan Techniques) and Emotional Freedom Technique which are particularly helpful with anxiety, panic, and phobias, as well as depression.
She works with the lesbian, gay and bisexual and transgender community and issues relevant to those experiences.