Embodied Spirit Counseling
Olivia Haglund, MA, LPC
Offering holistic mental health counseling for individual adults in Eugene and virtually across Oregon.
What does it mean to embody spirit?
We are embodied spirits. The human body and spirit are interconnected. Through embodiment we experience integration of our mind-body-soul. Through connecting to spirit we connect to the truth of who we really are. To embody spirit is to awaken to aliveness, presence, and wholeness. It is an embodied re-remembering and reclamation of our true nature.
“The body is like an earth. It is a land unto itself. It is as vulnerable to overbuilding, being carved into parcels, cut off, overmined, and shorn of its power as any landscape. The wilder woman will not be easily swayed by redevelopment schemes. For her, the questions are not how to form but how to feel… does this body feel, does it have right connection to pleasure, to heart, to soul, to the wild?” -Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves
I am here to remind you that you are already whole.
My intention is to walk with you on your healing path and co-create a sacred space where we can tend to your body, mind, and spirit. My approach is heart-centered, non-pathologizing, and grounded in a liberation psychology lens. I value what evidence-based practices offer us, and hold reverence for the wisdom traditions, somatic knowing, and transpersonal experiences that live outside those frameworks. I also recognize that Western psychology is rooted in colonialism, and I am committed to an approach that honors lineages of healing that the dominant system has excluded.
I offer a soft, collaborative sanctuary for identity reclamation and body liberation, and feel especially called to sit with those navigating anxiety, grief, and religious deconstruction. I weave in mindfulness, somatics, parts work, expressive arts, ecotherapy, and transpersonal exploration. I am certified in Somatic and Attachment Focused EMDR.
My approach is informed by my own lived experience as an HSP, lesbian, and woman who navigates the ongoing impact of fatphobia. I also hold the wisdom from my own layered unfolding, which includes healing from anxiety/OCD, generational trauma, and leaving a high-control religion. Together, we will honor your unique nervous system, history, lineage, and context, and navigate your evolution at a pace that feels safe for all your parts.
Outside of work, you'll find me in the forest, visiting the ocean, singing with my choir, embracing whimsy, and spending quality time with my partner and our animals.
In-network with PacificSource, Regence/BCBS, & Trillium OHP
Private pay rate: $175 per session
Email to schedule a free 15-minute consultation call.
When you reach out, please let me know what about my practice resonates with what you are seeking, whether you plan to use insurance or private pay, and your availability.
Resources
Crisis & Support Services
Lane County Crisis Line & Mobile Crisis Services: 541-682-1001
Lines for Life Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988 (call or text)
The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
Hope & Safety Alliance (formerly WomenSpace) crisis line: 541-485-6513
Sexual Assault Support Services of Lane County crisis line: 541-343-7277
Oregon Warmline (peer support): 1-800-698-2392
Grief & Soul Tending
Sobonfu Somé: Embracing Grief (article)
Sobonfu Somé on why it's important to feel and to express grief (talk)
Tending Grief by Camille Sapara Barton (book)
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller (book)
Francis Weller on grief (talk)
WAILS: Songs for Grief by Alexandra "ahlay" Blakely (album)
Gather Your Resilience: Medicine for Liberation by Ríomas (album)