The Integrated Self
Professional Somatic Counseling Services
I'm here to help you unify body, emotion, mind, will, and spirit

Jacinda Phillips CET, LMT OR Lic#7201
1835 SE 50th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97215
503-481-6627
ABOUT ME

BE YOURSELF. EVERYONE ELSE IS TAKEN.
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Hello! I am Jacinda and I enjoy helping people to build self awareness and self-acceptance while moving towards
integration and wholeness.
My Somatic Counseling practice has emanated from my long career as a licensed massage therapist as well as my personal healing journey integrating body, mind, and spirit. So many times, doing body work, it became clear that somaticized, unprocessed emotion and trauma needed a different approach not available in the various modalities I was trained in. I found such an approach in Core Energetics Therapy, which synthesizes my depth of anatomy knowledge with emotional processing, embodiment work, and unification with divine self.
Throughout the training I actively engaged in this work within the group cohort as well as individually and as a result I healed from alcoholism (I have been sober for more than 8 years), my self-awareness grew exponentially, my relationships improved, I became less defended and more receptive to life, I gained skills to cope with emotional distress and to feel grounded, my self-confidence grew, and in general I have felt more connected with myself, more embodied, and started experiencing a sense of wholeness that was new to me.
I have a heartfelt desire to hold sacred space for people to connect with themselves through acceptance, love, compassion, empathy, understanding, and to align with their true, divine self, and reach for what they want. The deep, explorative, and curious nature of this work brings me joy and feels richly satisfying.
Join me and together we will find your way to fully embracing your authentic self.
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You are worthy. You are loveable. You are needed.
What is Core Energetics Therapy?
Deeply transformative, this work is a journey of returning to sacred self. By learning to be fully present in our body, knowing our own movements and sensations, tolerating feelings, becoming aware of our protective defenses, claiming all of our parts including negative and positive, and connecting with our inner joy, we are able to allow our divine energy to flow more freely.
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Created by John Pierrokas, Core Energetics Therapy (CET) is a combination of his bioenergetics studies and concepts drawn from the Pathwork Lectures; a spiritual~psychological life practice channeled by his wife Eva Pierrokas.
It is based on "......the premise that emotional, mental and physical disturbances are symptoms of blocked energy, due to an individual’s adaptive responses to environmental deficits or injuries in childhood." ~ Institute of Core Energetics
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A session involves a combination of talking, movement, and breath work as well as developing objectivity and practicing conscious connection of emotional, mental, and spiritual energy with physical sensation.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE READ FAQ BELOW
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. WHAT IS CORE ENERGETICS THERAPY?
Core Energetics Therapy is a somatic based therapeutic process through which we can identify and release unconscious defenses while connecting with our true, genuine self. It is an exploration geared towards following energy and consciousness in the present moment.​​ Developed by John Pierrakos, CET is a combination of John’s bioenergetics background and the psychological/spiritual concepts from Eva Pierrakos’s Pathwork Lectures.
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From the time we are born, we begin to organize our energy in order to cope with the pain of unmet needs and external life experiences while simultaneously attempting to integrate with, align with, or even protect our inner experience. As we are born and grow, we continue to try to reconcile our external and internal worlds by creating strategies and defenses with our energy spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. Based on the concept that everything is a form of energy, that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed, and that energy follows consciousness, it makes sense that we direct our energy and shape it into certain qualities that feel safe. This is the basis of Core Energetics theory and approach.
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At the time, our defenses and strategies served us well; they helped us to adapt to the environment, stay alive, and keep our innermost, truest self from harm’s way. As adults we often continue to protect ourselves in this way, even though the original circumstances no longer exist. At some point, we become aware that our early life experiences are affecting our adult life, and realize we may be limiting ourselves; our abilities, creativity, connection with others…….whatever the limitation, it IS possible to re-organize ourselves, resulting in consciously using our energy to serve our highest self and purpose. Here lies the crux of the work.
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The Core Energetics practitioner provides a supportive helper role and aligns with our positive intention to expand our consciousness through self-awareness. They help us to engage with and explore our skillfully created energy systems and guide us in recognizing our resistance, tolerating and expressing difficult feelings, and ultimately connecting with our true, genuine energy current; our original “yes” to life.
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2. HOW DOES IT HELP?
The most common benefit I have witnessed is the embodiment of self, resulting in increased self-awareness and self-responsibility, realization of agency in making life choices/decisions, emotional intelligence and regulation, maintaining autonomy within relationships, more connection with joy and pleasure, and a general sense of self-knowing and wholeness.
Here are some reasons why people have sought out Core Energetics Therapy:
ï‚· Feelings of being stuck in life
ï‚· Self-growth, self-improvement
ï‚· Wanting to work on anger/emotional life
ï‚· Self-esteem, self-love, worthiness
ï‚· Healing from past life experiences
ï‚· Intimacy and connection with others
ï‚· Address behavior patterns that are causing disharmony
ï‚· Anxiety and/or depression
ï‚· Attachment injury
ï‚· Grief
ï‚· Traditional talk therapy isn’t working anymore
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3. HOW DOES A SESSION WORK?
A session typically begins with grounding and connecting with the body followed by verbal check-in. Depending on what arises, there could be breath work, physical movement, taking time and space to feel feelings, verbal discussion, guided visualization, or a combination of any of the above. Throughout our work together, there will be time spent developing your objective observing self (OOS) as well as exploring the energies of mask self (MS), lower self (LS), and higher self (HS).
3. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
$120 for fifty minutes
4. WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR FREQUENCY OF VISITS?
I recommend a weekly or biweekly commitment to get started with a minimum of 3 sessions.
5. HOW DO I BOOK A SESSION
Schedule Online at Portland Healing Space website
Portland Healing Space (call/text): 503-894-9437
Jacinda's Direct Line (call/text): 503-481-6627
Email: phillips.jacinda@gmail.com
6. WHAT PAPERWORK DO I NEED TO FILL OUT?
There are 2 electronic forms I will send to you:
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1. Working agreement: sets up the basic structure of the therapeutic relationship by defining parameters of communication inside and outside of sessions, cost of services, cancellation policy, privacy and confidentiality, what to expect from doing body-centered counseling, and conscious closure.
2. Intake: series of questions designed to help me understand your personal history (birth, family environment growing up, religious/spiritual influences and beliefs, health, childhood experiences etc), your current status regarding career, health, relationships, your goals for doing this work, and anything else you would like to share.
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Questions?
Remember! There is no such thing as a stupid question. Please contact me to learn more, clarify information, or to say hello :)
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Jacinda Phillips
503-481-6627
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