Merle Yost LMFT, Gestalt Therapist, EMDR Practitioner, Life Span Integration, Counseling and Health and Wellness Coaching, Author

My name is Merle Yost. I am an LMFT in Santa Barbara, CA. I am the author of 6 books, with a couple of more on the way. After a private practice of 25 years, I traveled for a couple of years and wrote my latest book: Facing the Truth of Your Life, and it is as intense as the title suggests. It is a textbook that helps people understand how they came to be them and what they can do about it if they want to change in some way.

I am a trained Gestalt Therapist through the Gestalt Institute of San Francisco, an EMDR Approved Consultant trained by Francine Shapiro in 1993, and I assist in training EMDR Therapists as well as consulting and individual therapy and consultation. I am at my core a somatic therapist. It is about clearing the body so a person can recreate their lives. I have trained in many modalities, one favorite one that I integrate into my work is Life Span Integration or LSI. It is perhaps the most gentle way I have ever seen to heal trauma. All of my mentors were bio-energetic therapists and trainers, so that has had a significant influence on my worldview and work.

My work, post-sabbatical, focuses on Intensives. People come to me or bring me to them to work for 10 hours over 5 consecutive days on whatever they wish to focus on. It is powerful, focused, and changes peoples lives.

I also conduct workshops on energetic boundaries, called Unspoken Boundaries. It both provides useful tools for people to use in their life and in the full day version of the workshop, assists them in uncovering the deficits in their boundaries. We heal as much as we can on that long day.

 I have also been trained in energy work through menlahealing.com. It is central to how I work with people. Some people want it overt and, for others, it is a covert part of the work. I believe the most effective healing, be it energy or psychotherapy, is for people to be involved and invested in their own healing.

merleyost.com
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unspokenboundaries.com
Santa Barbara, CA
510-627-0090