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THE PATHWAY

Toni-Lynn Chetirkin, LPCC
*Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
*CA BBS Clinical Supervisor
*EMDR Trauma Clinician
*Registered Art Therapist
*Certified Yoga Teacher (200 Hr.)
*Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
(CISD) facilitator
*American Red Cross Disaster Relief
Mental Health Volunteer
My educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Saint Joseph in West Haven, CT and a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Art Therapy from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT. I completed my post-graduate licensure requirements on the Monterey Peninsula and have held an active license since 2012.
Shortly after being licensed, I pursued advanced training (levels I, II, & III) in EMDR trauma therapy with Dr. Laurel Parnell at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA. I also obtained specialized training in the areas of psychedelic-assisted therapy & integration support, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, Reiki levels I & II, and chakra energy healing.
With close to 20 years of professional experience I've worked with children, adolescents and adults in a wide variety of settings. In addition to private practice, I also treat at-risk, socioeconomically disadvantaged teens struggling with anxiety, depression, and complex trauma in an alternative education setting. Prior to this, I also worked in psychiatric in-patient facilities, residential group homes, forensic rehabilitation programs, health and wellness centers, and global disaster relief efforts.
Purpose & Intention
My passions for being physically active in nature, art history, world travel, preservation of Indigenous ceremony and land, animal rights, global relief efforts and sacred plant medicine have all been powerful forces along my path to becoming a psychotherapist, journeyer, artist, guide, teacher, and mother. A life long study of Native American spiritual traditions and personal soul journeying guide me on my path and in the creation of a sacred space for my clients.
My counseling orientation is influenced by the fields of Jungian and Existential Psychology. My therapeutic approach is client-centered and lead by the assumption that all people have the innate ability to heal themselves when they are able to access their mind-body's natural tendency to move toward balance, integration, and adaptation. While placing great emphasis on the therapeutic relationship and in the creation of a sacred space, my role is to guide clients in this process.
Using both verbal and non-verbal methods, my intention is for clients to begin thinking, feeling, and relating in ways that enable them to reconnect with their authentic selves, regain wholeness, discover their life purpose, and actualize their full potential, while living joyfully in the world with others. I view each client as a unique individual and therapeutic techniques will always honor this connection.
Services
Office Location
26485 Carmel Rancho Blvd.
Carmel Professional Center, Suite #5
Carmel, CA 93923


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