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The Way I Work

I approach therapy in a highly organic, intuitive way, and have spent many years training my intuitive senses to be able to pick up on things that might otherwise be missed. I tend to be somewhat informal in my practice, as I feel that it’s important to be a person first, and an expert second. Theoretically I’m eclectic, borrowing from various influences, including empathic self psychology, mindfulness, somatic (mind-body) techniques, spirituality (when appropriate), transpersonal ideas, systems theory and even neuropsychology. My basic philosophy is, “Whatever Works.”

 

Additionally, I have an incredibly diverse personal history, having lived and worked all over the world with a wide variety of peoples and cultures, and having undertaken a wide variety of personal explorations, including:

Professional Dancer
Veterinary Technician
Caterer
Database Design and IT
Graphic and Web Designer
Waiter and Bartender
International Human Rights Activist
Caretaker at a Spiritual Sanctuary
Construction

I feel that this rich personal history gives me the ability to connect with pretty much anyone, and to have a sense of what it is that they’re going through, if for no other reason than that I probably have gone through something similar myself! I’ve been told that I show an unusual ability to just accept another’s reality as it is, and to join them there, again in my opinion giving me the ability to truly “get” someone else at a level that is not often found.

Certifications
Hakomi Professional Skills Training Graduate
April 2009
Hakomi Responding to Life Training Graduate
December 2009
Hakomi Institute of California

Education
M.A. Clinical Psychology
Multicultural Social/Clinical Program
New College of California
San Francisco, CA, 1997

B.A. Zoology
B.A. Art
University of Texas
Austin, TX, 1986

Myles Downes, MFC 48178
415-835-2106
Email
5026 Geary Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94118