Asha Counseling and Inner-Work

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mamas out there today! 💖
And also....
To the people who this day is difficult for - the women who are having a hard time conceiving who so deeply want to be a mother one day and don't know if they will be able to, those who have lost our mothers and miss them dearly, those of us who have lost a child and had to grieve the loss of motherhood, the mothers who have adult children struggling with addiction and also the adult children who have mothers struggling with addiction, women who wanted to be mothers but never became mothers etc... I see you and I'm sending you so much love today 💖. Know that you are loved by many and remember that there are many ways to be a "mother figure" and nurture others and the love you give to the people in your life counts immensely. In the same way, there are many ways to be nurtured by others, allow the supportive people in your life to love on you and let them know if you are struggling today. Whether you are lamenting over not "having" a mother or not "being" a mother, I hope today will still be a day that you can feel loved and important. I love you! 💖💖💖✨️

Affirmation of the Day:

"I allow myself to be more fully 'me' in each unfolding moment."

👋Hello all! I've been quite inconsistent on this page the past few years but have begun to feel inspired to share on here again, as new offerings are coming about in 2024. I will be working to revamp my page and will be writing posts more often with helpful links etc. Always feel free to message me with ideas of what you'd like to learn more about - I want my social media pages to be more than an advertisement... I want what I post to be helpful and resource-filled so you can find what you need to feel better, even if that's not through my services specifically.

✨️For those who are unfamiliar with my page...
My name is Amanda Johnson and I've been an LPC in Texas since 2011. I specialized in children and adolescents in the early years of my career and then, through doing my own personal inner-work, became interested in PTSD and inner-work or "deep work" and eventually transitioned to seeing only adults. The clients who seek services from me are at a point where they feel they have "tried everything" but feel stuck, unmotivated, disconnected from their lives and are ready to feel better. Many have already tried therapy in the past and feel hopeless. Although traditional "talk therapy" is very useful in a lot of contexts, there is a deeper part of you that wants to be known and understood - this is where you learn to reconnect with who you really are at your core.

🤔'What is this inner-work you speak of?' you ask? It's the homecoming to your True Self, the honoring of who you are at your core right now and honoring where you have come from that led to where you are now and where you are going in your future as you dream it to be. We are in a society that doesn't encourage us to explore our inner landscape to discover who we ARE but to compare and contrast with what we are NOT. This is a safe and nonjudgemental space to explore it all. I am fully trained in EMDR (eye- movement desensitization reprocessing) which I utilize with clients to process past trauma and PTSD, which is essential to coming "home" to yourself ‐ to dissolve the pain of the past, have hope for the future and live Life fully in the present moment is the true bliss we are all searching for at our core...

💖 The name Asha came to me during a meditation years ago and I knew it was meant for my practice. I had never heard the name or word before but when I looked it up it is a very old word that doesn't have an English translation but essentially means "TRUTH". It is one of those words that actually has many meanings and these are a few: Truth, right working, joined in truth from the root, divine order, path of the source of truth, joining together with the notion of existence and realization - WOW! My mission is to help you re-member your Truth (you already know it, you just need to recognize and put it back together again) and it is an honor to work with others on this path!