The more we are connected to natural ways of being in relationship, the healthier we are. This healthy connectedness is created by weaving three strands: Taking responsibility for the ways we communicate, learning to pay curious attention to the details of our inner world and remembering a sense of belonging to “Place.” Alongside 1-1 therapy (medium to long term), I facilitate Connective Conversations with diverse groups of children, teens and adults and work cross culturally with indigenous communities. Specialising in;
~Reintegrating Trauma & PTSD
~Addressing Spiritual/ Existential / Healing crisis
~Riding the waves of Grief & Loss
~Returning from Dissociation and Depersonalisation Disorders
~Honing Mindfulness & Self Compassion
~Personal Mentoring for Rites of Passage
~Organisational Wellness
~Meditation Retreats
~Vision Quest Ceremonies
~Wilderness Eco-psychology Retreats
BIO: Lewin de la Motte, M.Gestalt Therapy, Grad Dip, GT, Dip.Counseling.
Child of two award winning conservationists, Lewin’s professional life has roots in the fertile soil of his parents passion for Wildlife. A lifelong pursuit of a Remembrance of childhood connectedness, Lewin’s unique approach to Eco-Psychology weaves into it ancient Earth-Based wisdoms gleaned from 15 years of experience in Eastern disciplines, Indigenous Ceremonies and Western psychology.
From a young age Lewin, was mentored by his father in Martial Arts which exploded at adolescence in a relentless search for meaning in Taoist and Buddhist Meditation disciplines. After competing in martial arts and trying very earnestly in many silent retreats, Lewin eventually came to an impass in the form of a Zen teacher Adyashanti who debilitated his search for validation and personal identity through spirituality. During this time he began his 6 years of training as a professional counsellor and Gestalt Psychotherapist, learning from leaders in their fields how to apply in relationship what he had realised in contemplation. He finished studies with a Masters thesis on Eco-psychotherapy, as well as a paper on Wilderness Therapy with Adolescents which he has shared for professionals interested in bringing their psychological practice outdoors.
His psychological orientation to healing was contrasted and challenged at this time by humbling experiences in ceremony with indigenous communities from around the world (India, Asia, North Central and South America) which led him to take initiation in the Vision Quest Lineage of Lipan Apache Elder named Stalking Wolf through Malcolm Ringwalt. Clocking up “Dirt time” in ceremony with such diverse cultures led him back to remember his deep sense of responsibility to the Country/Land of his birth. While running meditation and cultural exchange retreats on Gumbaingirr Country he learnt to care for country and create cross cultural conversations which ignited a special kinship with a Yolngu Aboriginal community in remote Arnhem Land. Today he works both clinically in private practice in a Psychiatric Hospital and occasionally as a Wellness Consultant for organisations seeking to learn healthy communication practices.
BOOKINGS: naturalconnections.au@gmail.com
CONTACT: 0424593187
