Existential Counseling
An Integrated Approach to Therapy and Coaching
Marc Adams, LMSW, MBA
602-698-9515
Guitar-Assisted Therapeutic Exploration
As part of the counseling process, you may choose to incorporate guitar, songwriting, lyric reflection, or guided musical expression into sessions. This experiential approach can help to explore questions of meaning and purpose, identity, freedom, grief, connection, creativity, self-expression, and personal integration. Musical engagement may serve as a pathway for emotional processing, personal insight, and deeper exploration of life’s joys and challenges within an existential counseling framework.
No musical experience is required. Participation is voluntary and tailored to each person’s interests, comfort level, and therapeutic goals.
Dedicated Personal Support
Anxiety
epression
Spirituality
Men's Issues
Grief and Loss
Life transitions
Career counseling
Executive coaching
Relationship issues
Existential questions
Benefits of Flamenco Guitar Techniques
Flamenco guitar creative expression utilizes the rhythmic, percussive, and emotive qualities of the style to promote relaxation, physical coordination, and emotional release. Core techniques like rasgueado (strumming) and golpe (tapping) help players connect directly with the compás (rhythm), releasing muscle tension and serving as an active form of mindfulness. Spontaneous play promotes psychological release of perfectionistic tendencies, self-critical aspects, self-created standards, and general limitations that often accompany adulthood.
Key Techniques and Therapeutic Applications
Rasgueado (Strumming): Involves flicking the right-hand fingers outward in rapid, continuous succession.
Therapeutic value: Excellent for releasing physical tension. The circular, flowing motion encourages your hand and wrist to relax while creating a powerful, dynamic sound.
Golpe (Percussive Tapping): Tapping the soundboard (usually with the ring finger or middle finger) while simultaneously plucking.
Therapeutic value: Grounds the player in the rhythm and builds hand-to-brain coordination. It physically connects the instrument to your heartbeat and breath.
Picado (Rest-Stroke Scales): Playing single-line scale passages using strict alternating strokes with the index and middle fingers.
Therapeutic value: Promotes finger independence and laser focus. Practicing this slowly builds disciplined concentration, which redirects a wandering or anxious mind.
Arpeggios: Playing the notes of a chord individually in a rolling or circular pattern.
Therapeutic value: The repetitive, cyclical nature of arpeggios creates a meditative state, lowering heart rate and calming the nervous system.
INTEGRATIVE METHODS USED
Logotherapy & Existential Analysis
Jungian psychology
Transpersonal therapy
Dream inquiry
Depth psychology
Existential coaching
Life coaching
Boundary and Integrity modeling
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Spiritual Counseling
Mindfulness techniques
Family Systems
Services Not Rendered
Finding the right fit with a therapist or counselor is an important part of effective work together. One area that would not be a good fit for services offered by Existential Counseling are individuals involved in some form of court or legal proceeding. If an individual is involved in a divorce, litigation or other form of court involvement, the therapist's role is not to make recommendations to the court concerning divorce, custody, parenting arrangements or other decisions. In these cases, Existential Counseling encourages clients to reach out to their judge so that the court can appoint other trained professionals who have no prior relationship with the individual to conduct an evaluation, investigation, and make recommendations to the court concerning dynamics in the best interest of the parties involved.
Begin your Inner Exploration
Discover the many benefits of incorporating Existential Counseling into your Life
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This is a supervised private practice. It is owned and/or managed by a master's level, non-independent licensee under the Board-approved clinical supervision pursuant to A.A.C. R4-6-211. The Board-approved clinical supervisor of this practice is:
Name: Shannon LaRance
Phone number: 602-805-8178
Email: [email protected]
