Therapy and Counseling Services
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Working with Zena Carlota

Zena Carlota Pearl Allen, Associate MARRIAGE AND FAMILY Therapist #129203

510.646.0731‬ | zcarlota@axismunditherapy.org

Telehealth

Supervised by Elysha Martinez, LMFT #93493

 "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver

This is an invitation. A space to commune with your inner world through creative ritual, art making, dreamwork, myth & storytelling, movement & dance, somatic exploration, earth-based wisdom traditions and ancestral healing arts practices. Weaving together the realms of Earth, Body, Spirit & Psyche with depth psychotherapy & integrative clinical counseling .

At times, we've all struggled with feelings of unworthiness, isolation, fear, grief and disconnection. It may be from the life you’ve created, relationships you’ve chosen, secret desires you’ve rejected, or parts of yourself that you have abandoned to please others. My clients are people who are searching for their authentic voice, yearn to reconnect to their intuition and ancestral wisdom, and create a sense of home in their bodies and lives. But, there are times when you may have found yourself on the outside looking in, and no longer able to see yourself reflected in the world around you.

Sessions with me integrate ritual, art making, myth & storytelling, movement & dance, Tarot, somatic exploration & dreamwork as pathways for healing and doorways to the wild unconscious. I combine intuitive, arts-based approaches with clinical interventions to address experiences of anxiety, depression, overwhelm, individual & generational trauma, codependency, perfectionism, developing intuition & discernment, healing from narcissistic abuse, codependency & attachment, reparenting & inner child development, spiritual awakenings, artistic blocks, life transitions, grief & loss, self-regulation and self-esteem, while using creative rituals to help give shape to feelings not easily expressed in words.

I offer a loving space to explore the unconscious lands of your feelings and choices, examine the invisible patterns that have influenced your life, while using creative tools & ritual to cultivate connection, self awareness and empowerment, choose your next steps with clarity and live your life with freedom.

Approaches:

  • Jungian and Depth Psychotherapy

  • Expressive Arts Therapy 

  • Ritual Art Making & Visual Arts

  • Symbolic Imagery with Dreamwork & Tarot

  • Dance, Movement & Somatic Exploration

  • Storytelling, Archetypes in Fairytales & Myth

  • Embodiment, Breathwork & Mindfulness

Specialties:

  • creative ritual & expressive arts therapies

  • intuitive movement & somatic exploration

  • eco-therapy & earth based wisdom traditions

  • symbolic imagery with dreamwork & Tarot

  • storytelling, archetypes in fairytales & myth

  • embodiment, breathwork & mindfulness

  • psychedelic & spiritual integration

  • overwhelm, depression, anxiety

  • ancestral patterns, individual/generational trauma, family dynamics

  • cultivating & strengthening intuition, discernment

  • setting healthy boundaries, identifying needs & desires

  • recovery from narcissistic abuse, codependence, reparenting

  • “rewilding”: reconnecting to the instinctual nature, developing a “Soul” life

  • holding multiple identities and navigating conflicting cultures in family and community

  • addictive behavior, challenging relationship with food

  • creative blocks, self-judgement, perfectionism

  • excavating hope & joy, finding meaning, value & purpose in daily living

  • healing connections to earth, elements & the non-human world

  • unconscious belief systems that undermine healing & growth

  • confidence, worthiness, self-esteem & emotional self regulation

  • thresholds, endings/beginnings, career changes & life transitions

  • isolation, belonging, estrangement from community

  • grief & loss

 

Contact Us

Starting is easy! Use the form on the right to begin our conversation. We'll start with a free, 30 minute consultation to see if we're a good match. If we're not, for any reason, I'll provide you with other referrals that may be a better fit - my commitment is to your well-being first!