About | Jennifer Lewis | The Holdng Field

About

My background in science enhanced my naturally curious, non-judgmental way of being. This curiosity led me into my own contemplative practice, which continues to this day, and eventually into Master’s training in Core Process Psychotherapy. I was drawn to this work as a way of understanding myself more deeply and, through that, understanding others. Along the way, I undertook personal psychotherapy of the same type, depth and duration that I now offer to my therapy clients.

Through my training, I learned how suffering arises and had the opportunity to work through some very challenging life experiences of my own. During this period, I underwent a shamanic awakening: a remembering of myself as part of Nature and an opening to wider, rich, and collective dimensions of experience. This in turn deepened my interest in awakening which led to participating in retreats in South America and self-enquiry retreats in the UK.

All of this has shaped the way I work. It has given me inner strength, resilience, and steadiness in therapeutic sessions and when holding retreat space. I find it natural to orient toward the basic goodness in others and to trust the inherent wisdom and healing capacity of the unfolding process.

My lived experience shapes the way I work. I meet each person as an individual, allowing my approach to emerge in response to their unique needs, while honouring the interconnection of mind, body, heart, and spirit within the living system of which we are all a part.

With deep gratitude, I acknowledge my Dzogchen Buddhist teacher, James Low. I am also thankful for the many others who have supported and influenced my path including Gangaji, Llewelyn Vaughan-Lee, Stanislav Grof, Joanna Macy and Suzi Crockford.