“Her experience includes private practice, psychiatric hospitals, chemical dependency treatment centers, residential treatment, and consulting nationally with mental health facilities. She was previously Director of Behavioral Health Services at Glendale Memorial Hospital, Redlands Community Hospital, and the Alpha Recovery Center. She taught psychology and counseling at JFK University, the University of Phoenix, and The Chicago School for Professional Psychology. Catherine received her M.A. in Psychology from Antioch University in 1983, her license as a Marriage and Family Therapist in 1993 (30784), and she is a Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). She founded The Transpersonal Center in 2006. In 2011, she was elected by her peers to the State Board of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT). Catherine was awarded CAMFT Certified Supervisor status in 2007. To see Catherine Auman’s CV click here.
Appearances & Publications
Catherine Auman has frequently appeared as a mental health expert on the national TV show Extra and was featured on an episode of Vice. She is the multiple award-winning author of four books, and her writings have been published in journals, magazines, and books in the US, Finland, and Norway. In addition to her Master’s degree, she has a B.A. in English and a Certificate in Creative Writing from Berkeley City College.”
“Since the publication of Michael Pollan’s book, “How to Change Your Mind,” interest in using psychedelics for personal and spiritual growth is at an all-time high. Catherine Auman LMFT has been a specialist in psychedelic integration for many years and is recognized as one by MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) and Psychedelic.Support.com.The first step is to have a full psychological Assessment to find out if psychedelics are even a good idea for you. This is something a licensed professional can provide that a lay person cannot. During this initial assessment, if it seems you are stable and ready to proceed, Catherine will discuss options with you.Psychedelic integration is the most important part of the healing journey. It is one thing to take psychedelics and have fun at a festival or concert (which there is nothing wrong with) and another to have the insights and experiences shown to you by psychedelic medicine actually change your life. Working with a skilled and experienced provider can make all the difference in the world.COACHING AND COUNSELING
Life-changing psychotherapy involves more than the therapist being supportive and asking you how you feel. It is more than just talking about your problem(s) — it involves real, measurable improvements in your quality of life. We will work together to make sure those changes happen. Coaching with a licensed professional is required when the client is out of state or when the therapist and client know each other socially. Coaching is also done by unlicensed people who are sometimes well-trained, and sometimes are not.RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
It’s not true that all relationships are difficult and require hard work, although it may require a lot of work on oneself to get to that state. We provide help with improving communication, focusing on what works, sexuality, intimacy, and working through longterm issues.THERAPY FROM THE HEART
The transpersonal context is one of support for alternate ways of knowing, of understanding that a person may not want to adapt themselves to a culture that is itself sick, and that ours is not the highest state of evolution possible. It’s knowing that sometimes the greatest things humans can know come from the heart rather than the mind, that compassion may be a greater value than consumerism, that striving to reach one’s potential is more fascinating than owning and wearing the right brands. The truly transpersonal embraces the brands too, why not? But for people who have glimpsed a reality beyond that beckons and won’t let them go, it becomes of utmost importance to remove the blocks that stand in the way of resting in the quiet space where lies the Truth of who we really are.TELEPHONE / SKYPE COUNSELING
Available for those who are not in the LA area.CONSULTATION & TRAINING FOR THERAPISTS & MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Individual consultation one time or ongoing.TANTRIC DATING COACHING
Workshops, groups, and individual coaching, online or in person, for the spiritual single.START WORKING WITH CATHERINE BY BOOKING AN EXPLORATORY ZOOM CALL!”
