Joseph Clark, LMFT

Therapy Style

There are times in one’s life where one may feel overwhelmed or lost with no sense of purpose or direction, or one may think that life is less than fulfilling. Moreover, in those times, one may think and feel that they do not know who they are any more or how to connect with themselves or with others. As one stress-filled moment after another or one nagging thought after another starts to build, external and internal pressure increases, and life can feel out of control and overwhelming. And there you are wondering exactly how it is possible to move forward in life to regain the sense of who you are or why you are struggling.
Intuitive Based Therapy can help you find a way through states of confusion, help to reduce anxiety or depression, and the many interconnected issues that come from trauma. Finding out about the aspects of Self can help you address your feelings overwhelm and confusion. The importance of understanding who you are and understanding the meaning of your life is a life long quest. When one engages with the nature of who they are One’s life changes. Facing the changes it is often essential to seek therapeutic counsel that provides you with the new insights and tools that can support and guide you in your transition.
Therapy is a journey in becoming aware of all aspects of self and finding solutions to the issues that bind you. Intuitive Based Therapy is the individual’s opportunity to discover their path and to realize their potential.

Intuitive Based Therapies:
Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of psychotherapy offers a clear, non-pathologizing, and empowering method of understanding human problems, as well as an innovative and enriching philosophy of practice that invites both therapist and client to enter into a transformational relationship in which healing can occur.
Transpersonal Psychology might loosely be called the psychology of spirituality and of those areas of the human mind which search for higher meanings in life, and which move beyond the limited boundaries of the ego to access an enhanced capacity for wisdom, creativity, unconditional love, and compassion.
Psychosynthesis is a psychology of self and social development that applies psychological methods to achieve greater presence, authenticity, and harmony among people, groups, and societies.
Existential Therapy, where the aim is to search for truth with an open mind and an attitude of wonder rather than to fit the client into pre-established frameworks of interpretation.

Education.

My educational background includes:

Antioch University, Santa Barbara