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Karen Miyares, MSW

I am a licensed social worker and gestalt therapist who uses holistic psychotherapy in my work with individuals, couples and groups. By integrating the best practices for the mind and emotions with spirituality I have found that my work creates the possibility for a faster, more effective way for people to heal and grow.

Among my specialties are: healing losses, enhancing couple's relationships, healing intergenerational relationships, teaching breath work to heal and transform trauma and negative beliefs, and changing attitudes and beliefs. The purpose of my work is to empower people to have greater love, peace of mind, and joy in their lives.

I have created three training programs that are focused on changing lives and relationships as well as creating a sense of well-being. Each of them is filled with powerful information and skills for loving yourself and others and thereby having a positive impact on the planet. The courses include skills for caring for yourself, communicating effectively, changing a stuck relationship, and resolving conflicts.

Living Love Training teaches practical and effective techniques for coping with and growing through change, managing crises and healing losses. Essentially, it empowers you to become your own therapist. The skills, which encompass the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of life, provide the foundation for self-care and living a fulfilled life.

Resolving Conflicts with People You Love teaches how to enhance hope and trust in your relationships through learning the basic skills for resolving conflicts. Proven effective communication skills and a step-by-step process for creating "win-win" solutions are presented and practiced. Knowing how to develop greater understanding and trust through conflict resolution with loved ones develops the ability to manage conflicts with others, and that, ultimately, contributes to the creation of greater peace on earth.

Living in Unity takes participants of the conflict resolution course to the higher level of learning how to live in mutual support with loved ones, to more fully accept others, and to function in unity or oneness. Skills for negotiating agreements, living cooperatively and com-passionately, and taking personal responsibility are presented. The life skills of forgiving oneself and others and of apologizing are taught both as essential components of loving relationships and of personal happiness and peace.

A helpful resource for many of those who work with me is my book, Living Love - A Journey of Self Love which can be used with the Living Love Training or by itself. This is a workbook filled with exercises to practice and hopefully integrate into your daily life. It offers information that helps people who are ready to make changes to be able to live more fulfilling and meaningful lives. I have learned that loving yourself is the cornerstone from which loving and caring for others is built, and that, if you are committed to changing the world, you need to begin by changing yourself. Rather than happening as a result of constant criticism and self-judgment, true self change comes only through becoming loving and compassionate with yourself. Because I believe that, at our core, we are connected with everyone, I know that what you do for yourself you are also doing for others.

In my life in general and my work specifically, I am committed to a vision of peace and oneness on this planet. I believe that our inner peace contributes to that outer peace. My work is driven by my passion for people to live lives filled with love, peace and deep happiness.