Energy-Informed Psychotherapy
Connecting Mind, Body, and Energy
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” - Nikola Tesla
The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP) defines energy psychology as a therapeutic model that includes “natural energetic components of meridians, chakras, biofields, bio-electrical and electromagnetic activity of the body, the nervous system, and the heart.”
Energy-informed psychotherapy is a mind-body approach that combines traditional psychotherapy with energy-based practices. This transformative model sits at the intersection of modern psychology, metaphysics, ancient Vedic philosophies, and traditional Chinese health practices. It is based on the belief that wellness returns when the body’s energy systems are brought into balance. Using an energy-informed framework increases clarity along multiple dimensions of human experience.
Why energy-informed therapy?
“Your body is not a machine; it’s a living process. When you listen to it with presence and kindness, it will tell you everything you need to know.” Ann Weiser Cornell.
Energy-informed therapy integrates evidence-supported treatment approaches with ancient teachings. It is truly a fusion of modern Western and ancient Eastern ideas. This holistic approach utilizes concepts of energy (i.e. biofields, chakras, and meridians) as metaphor and symbolism for wellness. The result is a unified and coherent treatment framework that addresses the social, psychological, behavioral, physical, cognitive, and intuitive dimensions of being.
Energy-informed therapy is a transformative and integrative therapy. Emerging evidence, from the fields of neuroscience and psychophysiology, suggests that energy-informed psychotherapy may reduce cortisol levels, alleviate stress/trauma reactions, and increase emotional resilience.
Energy-informed therapy helps you understand how stress, emotions, and past experiences live not only in the mind but also in the body’s energetic patterns. By working with these deeper layers of experience, you may find that change comes more naturally—old emotional blocks soften, resilience grows, and a greater sense of clarity and wholeness begins to shape your life.
Is energy-informed therapy right for you?
An energy-informed approach can complement traditional therapy or be a stand-alone treatment modality. You might be a good candidate for this type of therapy if:
You are emotionally sensitive or highly intuitive?
You are interested in a holistic, non-invasive approach?
You have tried other methods and are seeking something different?
You are open to mind–body healing?
Traditional psychotherapy often focuses on thoughts and emotions, with some awareness of physical sensations. But, what if we listened to the wisdom of ancient teachings and our own intuition? Combining traditional therapeutic techniques with energy-based interventions opens up new possibilities for growth and change. This approach may be helpful if you are experiencing:
anxiety, stress, or overwhelm,
low mood or emotional heaviness,
limiting beliefs or patterns,
feeling “stuck” despite traditional talk therapy,
the impact of past trauma,
a desire for growth or change, and
an existential crisis (i.e. the dark night of the soul).
Energy psychology honors the connection between mind, body, and energy. It is not about “fixing” you. It’s about helping your system return to balance and resilience. Each session is guided by compassion, curiosity, and respect for your lived experience.
Therapy
Psychotherapy informed by energy is an integrative approach that combines conventional psychological theory with awareness of the human energy system. In addition to exploring thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships, this approach attends to subtle energetic patterns that may influence mental and emotional wellbeing.
Drawing on frameworks, such as chakras, biofields, and meridians, energy-informed therapy views distress as potentially arising not only from cognitive or relational factors, but also from disruptions, imbalances, or constrictions in the mind–body energy system. These frameworks are used as experiential and symbolic maps to support insight, emotional processing, and somatic awareness, rather than as fixed anatomical claims.
Sessions may include traditional therapeutic techniques alongside mindfulness, body-based awareness, imagery, and gentle attention to energetic sensations. Clients are supported in noticing how emotional experiences manifest in the body and energy field, cultivating regulation, integration, and a deeper sense of coherence. This approach can be particularly supportive for trauma recovery, stress-related symptoms, identity exploration, and personal or spiritual meaning-making.
Energy-informed therapy is collaborative, client-centered, and grounded in ethical clinical practice, honoring both evidence-based psychology and holistic perspectives on human experience.
Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT)
AIT is a gentle therapy model that helps release tension or trauma stored in the body. It combines cognitive-behavioral theory, Jungian | depth perspectives, and somatic practices. Using the language, metaphors, and symbols of energy centers, AIT effectively integrates somatic processing, split awareness, and memory reconsolidation to elicit change. Clients generally experience a release traumatic material, which can include memories, thought patterns, emotions, inherited beliefs, and physical sensations.
Emotion Freedom Technique (EFT) & Thought Field Therapy (TFT)
EFT and TFT are holistic practices for reducing emotional and psychological distress. EFT and TFT combine traditional Chinese medicine concepts and modern psychology understanding. Both EFT and TFT are noninvasive, nonpharmaceutical approaches to trauma and stress with no side effects.
TFT was developed in the 1980s by psychologist, Roger Callahan, based on his understanding of applied kinesiology, the ancient Chinese philosophy of meridians, and imaginal exposure methods of modern psychology.
One of Callahan’s students, Gary Craig, a Stanford-trained engineer, went on to develop EFT which is a simpler and less complex application of Callahan’s TFT. Current research supports the efficacy of EFT.
“EFT is something the nervous system understands.”
