Woolery Paul MA

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Paul Woolery is a holistic counselor specializing in body-centered methods of psychotherapy. His practice draws upon an extensive background in meditation, breathwork, somatics, hypnosis, massage therapy, and yoga. His approach to counseling embraces a wide range of holistic therapies relating bodywork, psychology, and spirituality.

Paul works with adults, specializing in couples therapy, sexual problems, personal crisis & growth, grief, stress reduction, depression, anxiety & panic, addictions, anger, and men's issues.

Profile and Credentials
Paul has a Master's Degree in Counseling. He is trained in Hakomi Somatics and is a Certified Hypnotherapist.

Paul has maintained a private practice in Hood River, Oregon since 1985. He is the co-founder of a certified domestic violence intervention program for men, based in Hood River, called Men Accountable for Stopping Abuse (MASA).

Throughout his career Paul has been active in community affairs and education, including state and regional efforts to end domestic violence. He teaches courses and workshops on healthy relationships, communication, stress reduction, self-hypnosis, and anger management.

At the center of yourself is the knowledge of who you truly are and your place in the world. When in touch with this essential core, you feel whole and balanced; you enjoy the inner harmony of health and well-being.

The challenges of daily life such as stress, trauma, and illness can disrupt this inner balance. Holistic counseling offers a natural way to return to well-being by rediscovering your essential core and restoring your sense of wholeness.

Holistic counseling views the mind and body as inseparable. There is less emphasis on talking about problems and more attention given to the physical patterns of breathing, tension, and movement, that reflect your emotions, attitudes, and beliefs. Working directly at this level of experience creates deep and lasting transformation.

Helping people to develop their own tools for healthy living is a guiding principle in my practice. Holistic counseling not only relieves distress and pain, it deepens self-awareness. It enables you to better recognize your inner resources and use them to develop your own tools for healthy living.

Work Hours and Fee Schedule
All sessions are by appointment only, available between the hours of 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM. No weekends.

A standard session is 75 minutes in length. The fee is $120.00 per session and is due at the time of service. Payment may be made by personal check, cash, or credit card. A sliding scale is available upon request.

Successful relationships depend on a commitment to be loving and deeply honest with each other at all times. The challenge all couples face is that fulfilling this commitment requires knowledge and skills that can only be gained within the relationship itself. Fortunately, most of the mistakes that bring couples to counseling can be corrected with professional guidance. In couples therapy, you become a team devoted to consciously creating the loving and satisfying relationship you both desire.

When you were born, you were already who you are, your own natural self. Soon others began to hypnotize you. Parents, siblings, teachers all began shaping you in the traditions and beliefs of your family and culture. In the beginning, you were endlessly curious and bright with wonder; everything was unknown, shining, and fascinating. This very innocence made you easily hypnotized to see yourself and others in the ways you were taught. Before long, the world became labeled and sorted into categories like good and bad, us and them, ugly and pretty, okay and not okay. Hypnotherapy can be used to break this spell allowing you to recover the magical wonder of the world as it is and freeing yourself to know who you truly are.

Nothing is more essential to life than breath. Since ancient times, breathing has been known as a powerful tool for personal transformation, but for most people it remains an untapped natural resource. Therapeutic breathwork unlocks the energy that is trapped in the suppression of feelings from past trauma and other painful events. When you are able to breathe fully and freely, you are open to your essential core. The energy that has been used to suppress feelings becomes available for healing, growth, and vitality.