Professional and Ethics Statement For Jon Terrell, M.A.

Located in western Massachusetts, Jon Terrell is a psychotherapist, retreat leader, meditation teacher, and energy healer.

His primary work is with people who are experiencing grief and other difficult emotions such as anger, anxiety, and shame. These clients want to address personal loss, conflict, and challenging life transitions.

Jon has advanced training in working with grief and anger. He is trained in process therapy to help people express their stuck emotions and work them through. At retreats, Jon used various techniques, including movement, psychodrama, dance, dyads, imagery, and journaling.

This combined approach helps clients experience and express love in their primary relationships and build stronger boundaries in all relationships.

Jon's style is warm, connecting, and deepening. The first step in his approach is to create a safe and supportive environment.

Jon received his M.A. from the Institute Of Transpersonal Psychology. He completed post-graduate training in Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling at Fitchburg State College, including a full supervised internship. He trained at Shalom Mountain Retreat and Study Center, the Institute for Process Therapy, the Huntington Therapy Institute, the School of Actualism, and numerous other organizations.

Jon always puts clients' needs ahead of himself when in a therapeutic role. He never takes advantage of a client for personal or financial gain and has strict boundaries concerning sexuality. The nature of his work is deeply personal.

All personal information about participants in his retreats or private work is strictly confidential.

Touching:

At our retreats, clients must give permission before they are touched. There is never touching in intimate areas.

Jon also teaches a form of meditation called Advanced Meditation, a personal growth method. Some of this teaching is hands-on, through body-oriented work done on a bodywork table or with the client sitting or standing.

The retreats do involve role-playing and psychodrama. For example, Jon may temporarily play the role of a person’s father, mother, or significant other. He may say things in these roles to help clients deal with their past or present, to build stronger personal boundaries, etc. Jon makes sure to “de-role” afterward. If participants are willing, Jon invites them to support by playing a role, often including the whole group.

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