The Boulder Psychotherapy Institute (BP)has been training and supervising mental health professionals and graduate students in Applied Existential Psychotherapy (AEP) since 1989. Dr. Betty Cannon is the founder of AEP and the president of BPI. She is a member of the editorial boards of three international journals and an
internationally know author and presenter. Her book on Sartre and Psychoanalysis is considered a classic in existential psychology. AEP interlaces the insights of existential philosophy and contemporary psychoanalysis with interventions inspired by Gestalt therapy and other experiential approaches. It is a dynamic here-and-now therapy that also takes into account how the past impacts the present. AEP works deeply with the body and process as well as verbal material and content. Dr. Cannon has been practicing psychotherapy and training, supervising, and mentoring therapists in Boulder for over forty years. She is a long-time member of the CAP Advisory Board. She and her colleague Robyn Chauvin have recently introduced a class in Applied Existential Coaching into the BPI Curriculum.
Anxiety, Trauma, Life Transitions, Death and Dying, Grief, Life Transitions, Loss, Bereavement,
Degree(s)
MPA, M.Div.
Certifications
Methods of Japanese Psychology, Mindfulness Instructor, KaiKyoshi (ordained Buddhist Priest)
Additional Training
Applied Existential Psychotherapy, Clinical Pastoral Education, Group Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Addiction Counseling, Horticultural Therapy
Issues
anxiety, trauma, anger management, spirituality, depression, grief and loss,
Types of Therapy
Mindfulness based cognitive behavioral therapy, Applied Existential Psychotherapy, Japanese methods (Naikan/Morita), Grief and spiritiual counseling
Mindfulness based practice using Eastern and Western techniques for finding peace in midst of axiety, trauma, and loss. Share awareness practices for being open to connecting fully with life using all the senses.
Long Business Description
As a counselor I enjoy helping adults engage fully with life using body, mind and spirit. I use my certifications as a Mindfuless Instructor, addiction specialist along with my training from nationally and internationally recognized institutes in Applied Existential Therapy, methods of Japanese psychology, CBT, marriage and family therapy, and somatic techniques. I take a client-centered approach to make sure my clients are offered practices for relieving stress and anxiety. I share tools that work for them to deal effectively with their trauma, stress and destructive emotions. www.prajnahealingarts.com
My mission is to be a private psychotherapist practice business which will particularly provide professional, quality, and affordable services to clients from all walks of life. I am very concerned with building a psychotherapist business which will become the number one choice for clients that is focused on compassion, trust, depth, convenience, and value
Life Coaching/Counseling related to internal v.s. external issues
Long Business Description
I use a metaphysical approach to depression and self-hatred – helping to create the conditions in which change occurs rather than perusing the change itself. I also support the client in embracing the feelings they have been trying to resolve with logic and achievement and allow these feelings to lead them back to early trauma and self-defeating beliefs. This is a non-directive approach that allows the client to discover who they uniquely are as opposed to what they think they would like to become. Change is lasting and often dramatic - occurring within moments, weeks, and months as opposed to years.
For over 30 years I have been equipping teens, adults, couples and families with tools to close the gap. This helps transform stress into strength and pressure into performance.
The feedback that I frequently get is that I am compassionate and able