11/02/2026
Reiki and Psychotherapy?
As both a psychotherapist and a Reiki practitioner and teacher, I’m often asked why I weave these two approaches together. For me, the answer is simple: both Reiki and psychotherapy are pathways back to yourself.
Psychotherapy offers a reflective, relational space to explore your inner world — your patterns, wounds, beliefs, longings and strengths. It gives language to experience. It helps make sense of what feels tangled. It supports integration and meaningful change.
Reiki, in its simplicity, offers something beautifully direct. It invites you to slow down, to receive, to listen. Reiki is based on the understanding that universal life energy flows through all of us. It is not something external that you must strive for — it is something you already possess. A Reiki session can gently soften the thinking mind and allow deeper layers of experience to emerge. Emotions, memories, sensations, or long-held aspects of self may rise into awareness — not to overwhelm, but to be acknowledged.
Sometimes what surfaces in Reiki asks for further exploration. This is where psychotherapy can be profoundly supportive. Together, they create a bridge between energetic awareness and psychological understanding.
Reiki is also fundamentally a self-practice. It is about turning up for yourself daily. Placing your hands on your own body. Pausing. Listening. Trusting. The Reiki principles — just for today, do not anger; do not worry; be grateful; do your work honestly; be kind to every living thing — are simple yet deeply transformative when lived and reflected upon.
Psychotherapy can offer a further strand of support here. What comes up for you around “do not worry”? What does “be grateful” stir if gratitude feels far away? What happens internally when you try to be kind to yourself? Therapy allows space to explore the resistance, grief, or insight that may arise as you deepen your Reiki practice.
I offer a six-session model that uses psychotherapy as a reflective space to explore the Reiki principles and how they land in your lived experience. Alongside this, I offer sessions to teach Reiki self-practice and support you in growing awareness of the energy within you.
You may choose to receive Reiki as a client, experience psychotherapy, or engage in a deeper Reiki psychotherapy journey where both modalities are intentionally woven together. Some people come for healing touch. Others come to learn Reiki at a deeper level. Many find that the combination allows for profound integration — body, mind, and energy in conversation with one another.
At its heart, this work is about relationship: your relationship with yourself, with your energy, with your history, and with your capacity to heal.
Reiki and psychotherapy do not replace one another. They complement. One offers gentle energetic attunement; the other offers thoughtful reflection and integration. Together, they create space for awareness, compassion, and lasting change.
If you’re curious about how this integrated approach might support you, I’d be very happy to talk more.
