Rave Reviews

IT ONLY SEEMS
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!

I was referred to Joan after I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Chemotherapy left me in great pain. Stomach cramps and nausea prevented me from eating. In fact, I had gone ten days without eating when I had my first appointment! I had also seen two other therapists who were unable to help with the pain, nausea, fear and loss of appetite. When I left Joan's office, I was able to eat, without pain or nausea.

I continued to see Joan throughout my cancer treatments. We addressed emotional issues, such as the anxiety and depression related to my cancer diagnosis. We also worked on a major past trauma that resurfaced with the trauma of cancer, and we worked on opening positive, creative outlets like writing and art.

My work with Joan made my cancer treatment process immensely easier, and I have tools for relaxation and creativity that I will use for the rest of my life.

Don't be put off by some of the techniques sounding too good to be true. They are true, and Joan is gracious and trustworthy and dedicated. You'll have fun as your problems go away!

Energy work has been unbelievably helpful. It's like having an eraser that simply removes problems. It sounds too good to be true, I know, but it really does make things disappear very quickly. Once you zap a problem, you can easily forget that it was such a problem because it's completely gone.

Writer's block used to be a major issue for me. When we started working together, I had barely written 2,000 words in the previous six months. Lately, I have been writing close to 2,000 words each week!

One week I found myself eating constantly. I gained about four pounds that week. I did some self-therapy, and the overeating pattern and those 4 pounds simply went away.

It's really nice that I can work on myself using Joan's techniques. I can do this wherever I am - at home, at work, in the shower, etc. No tools or equipment needed.

I love that I can work effectively on my own, and then go even deeper when Joan and I work together.

Joan is personable and caring and fun to work with. I like that she is really interested in finding new tools to help people with their problems and stuck areas of life.

Joan is always using the techniques on herself, too, which makes me feel safe: she knows what she's talking about and cares about what she is offering to you.

Cathy Hedgecock
Writer and Educator
El Cerrito, CA.

PUTTING THE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER
IN JUST MINUTES

Wow! I am amazed at the results of my laser session with Joan. Stunned is more like it. I had a lifelong pattern that I had not completely understood - and it was greatly inhibiting my productivity. In just minutes, Joan, in her mojoliciousness, put the puzzle pieces together in a whole new way that left me not only awestruck, but in deep understanding of myself. It left me laughing!

Do you know when your mental landscape has been so reoriented that you can never go back because you have been enlightened and changed in the process? Well, that's what happened to me.

In truth, I'm not exactly sure how it happened - and isn't that the way when genius is at work? I believe Joan is a master artisan of the spirit, and her "art" enriches the masterpiece that is you.

Before my session I admit I looked at all these great testimonials on her site and thought could she really be this good?

After my time with Joan, my answer is a resounding, "Yes!" Thank you, Joan.

Kat King
Creator of Innovative Genius
www.affirmedia.com

A SUCCESSFUL APPROACH TO PAIN

I first met Joan online in a professional forum, and, since I was drawn to her joyful attitude and her ability to look at things in a fresh new way, I asked her to help me deal with the incredibly severe pain of fibromyalgia. (Although I'd already seen many pain-reduction specialists, and tried a bunch of pain-reduction techniques, I was still suffering intensely.)

The biggest benefit I got from my work with Joan was an understanding of how certain life issues caused my pain to flare up, and, then, how my reactions to my pain made the pain worse.

Our sessions focused both on releasing the emotions leading up to the pain, and on releasing my emotional responses to the pain itself. This caused a change in attitude, which actually reduced the intensity of the pain that I felt.

Joan really understands the impact of pain, and she helped me develop a doable strategy for moderating my pain.

I also appreciate the fact that Joan doesn't give up! She persists in finding the underlying causes of your pain and problems, and then in finding solutions that work.

I really appreciate Joan's versatility and eclecticism. While some counselors can only help you with one particular thing, Joan has the talent, knowledge and ability to address the myriad number of issues that might be keeping you stuck. And then, if one technique doesn't bring about the desired change, she has 27 other ones up her sleeve!

When you want someone who understands how pain messes up your life and want someone who will persist in finding a way to help, call Joan. I recommend her highly as a masterful, eclectic and fun energy therapist and life coach.

Lyle T. Lachmuth
Professional Coach, Freelance Writer, Provocateur
Alberta, Canada
www.TheUnstickingCoach.com

A GREAT MANIFESTATION RESULTED FROM MY FREE CONSULTATION!

Dearest Joan,

You cannot possibly fathom the depth of my gratitude for the most warm, compassionate, and productive session that I had with you today. I'm still trying to comprehend how such a great gift was bestowed upon me from The Universe, to have ushered me into your presence today. Everything was significant. Our conversation as well as your directing of my focus and self awareness.

I am so incredibly blissed out! Thank you Joan. Thank you for that healing session. Thank you - you spent such quality time with me today - gratuitously. I am totally mindful of that. God Bless You Woman.

hugs,
Lynniece

My mojotivity was in a crest after talking to you last time.

Elisse Johnson Floyd
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
California

"JUST DO IT"
DIDN'T DO IT

When I first called Joan, I was having some very disconcerting hang ups in the area of intimacy and sexuality.

Don't think I hadn't tried all sorts of stuff! Sex therapy was horrible - very mechanical - "Do this, do that." It didn't address any of my underlying emotional issues and I didn't feel understood at all.

I tried taking supplements, but they had no visible effect.

Although traditional psychotherapy had helped me through other issues, when I talked to my therapist about this problem, I ended up feeling worse: smaller, awkward, even more self-conscious than before.

Trying to talk myself out of my hang ups also made things worse - "just do it" didn't do it.

When I originally started working with Joan it was for a different sort of problem, but we were making so much progress on that, that I thought maybe she could help me on this too. (I wasn't very hopeful, but it was worth asking.)

Joan immediately put me at ease. She reframed the problem in such a way that I was able to get a whole new, lighter and more helpful perspective on it.

Before working with Joan I had things twisted in such a way that I was at the low end of things constantly. After talking with Joan, the shame was gone, I felt relieved and relaxed, and I was able to laugh about it. You might even say that I got my mojo back!

M.J.
Utah

THE GIFT OF DISCERNING

Joan has the gift of discerning - that is, to discriminate, to distinguish mentally, to penetrate, perceive, to see distinctly what exactly the root, the kernel of your issue is.

I have cleared-up many of my long standing issues that have resisted the best therapies and spiritual practices designed to heal them.

One of those issues was my long standing resentment, anger, rebellion and desire for vengeance towards my parents. With Joan, I healed the memories of both my parents, so that I not longer carry their voices within.

I cannot believe that my heart is now filled with tender love, understanding and compassion for my parents. They did what they could. They worked with what they had. They could not give what they did not have.

C.N.
New Orleans

CHICKEN SOUP
FOR THE PSYCHE

Joan offers chicken soup for the psyche ... and, energy work can take you to deep places that might never emerge (or would take a long time to access) by more traditional means. Joan's work is a great antidote for those of us who tend to tackle our problems in a too verbal, or left-brained way.

Nan Wishner
Poet
Albany, California

NO MORE ENDLESS DESCRIBING!

Coming to Joan to work with issues in our relationship has been very helpful.

First of all, we were both amazed at how Joan "got" both of us at a deep level, even though we are very, very different!

Joan gave us the tools to take action on a problem, rather than endlessly describing it! And, we have a way of getting to the root of those negative situations which we constructed over time ... and eliminating them.

Joan gave us the tools to take action on a problem, rather than endlessly describing it! And, we have a way of getting to the root of those negative situations which we constructed over time ... and eliminating them.

As a couple, we know we are benefiting from the skill, intuition and many hours of conscientious hard work Joan has put into her practice over the years.

LM and JK
Richmond, CA

YOU'RE MY MODERN DAY SHAMAN  :>)

Joan, you have been a healer and teacher to me, and even though we don't have much contact now that I live in Hawaii, I still feel very connected to you. When I think of you, feelings of warmth, love, security and laughter are present.

Thank you for being you and for being a loving presence for me. Through all my shifts and changes it's really wonderful to feel your stable force still with me. Again, I feel so grateful for all your guidance and support. To me, you're my modern day shaman!

Elizabeth Lansing
graduate student
Hawaii

INSPIRATION, MODEL
& MENTOR

I've been doing some one-on-one healing/spiritual companioning work that is very rewarding. You have been a big inspiration, a model, and a mentor for me in more ways than you know. Thank you so much.

Graywing
Urban Shaman &
Office Goddess
Oakland

Even though I work on myself and my issues all the time, our session definitely broke through a layer of old stuff that I didn't realize!

M. J.
Minister
Santa Rosa, California

Joan, your work is my psychic acupuncture! I look forward to my holistic tune-ups!

Keiko Ono
interior designer
San Francisco

I ALMOST RAN RIGHT OUT OF JOAN'S OFFICE!

When I first came to see Joan, I didn't think I'd stay more than a minute. See, although I had quite a few problems, I almost ran right out of her office, because I had a severe, life long, pet phobia, and Joan has 2 cats.

Joan asked me if she could take the cats into another room while she cured me of my pet phobia. I was very skeptical, but I didn't want to look like a coward, so I said OK. It took about 20 minutes, and all my fears of pet cats, dogs, gerbils, turtles, birds just disappeared. After that, I actually looked forward to having her cats sit on my lap during our ongoing sessions.

Geneen F.
Hayward, California

Joan, it's unbelievable how much psychic debris has been taken out of me!

G.D.
Virginia