{"id":1428,"date":"2021-11-21T15:14:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/index.php\/about-2\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T13:25:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T01:25:19","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/index.php\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1428\" class=\"elementor elementor-1428\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8ddeb6 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"c8ddeb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a5337e\" data-id=\"6a5337e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feefb6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"feefb6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">about <\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-034f786 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"034f786\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba0c118\" data-id=\"ba0c118\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc998b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3dc998b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Compassionate Counselling offers an alternative approach to facing emotional aches and pains. Using Pascha Therapy, Anara will encourage you to turn softly toward what ails you. Her gentle approach will help you acknowledge what you feel and then support you to open to why you feel this way.  When you show a willingness to listen to and care for your pain, the pain begins to ease and heal. This gentle turning towards self is where you start the journey of compassion for self.  <\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fdb291 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9fdb291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1483\" src=\"https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hands-718561_1920.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1466\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hands-718561_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hands-718561_1920-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hands-718561_1920-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hands-718561_1920-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hands-718561_1920-1536x1186.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hands-718561_1920-600x463.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d762106 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d762106\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-08ec54c\" data-id=\"08ec54c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fa3d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fa3d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Anara\u2019s approach to healing is guided by the teachings of Raman Pascha and Yasmeen Clark.\u00a0 She is deeply grateful to the insight and wisdom she has learned from their guidance and support. In training to be a Pascha Therapist and Pascha Therapist teacher, Anara discovered the power of self-compassion and its many faces.\u00a0 She also opened up to the wisdom she knew and felt as a child that while life is experienced at a very physical level, its essence is spiritual in nature.\u00a0 Anara believes that much of the individual and collective pain we face now is a call for us to come back to our spiritual nature.\u00a0 For her, spiritual equals the path of love. Self-compassion is one of its forms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d30d7a1\" data-id=\"d30d7a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a99000 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a99000\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anara has followed a number of career paths in the past. This has provided her with a rich history and skills to draw from when working with people.\u00a0 Her career has included many years of working in the field of education as a school teacher, an outdoor instructor, a Special Education Advisor, and as co-founder of Seven Oaks School.\u00a0 She has also worked as a mental health worker and supported behaviourally challenged youth in residential services.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a54076 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a54076\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/heart-6562786_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1668\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/heart-6562786_1280-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/heart-6562786_1280-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/heart-6562786_1280-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/heart-6562786_1280-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/heart-6562786_1280-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/heart-6562786_1280-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/heart-6562786_1280.png 1279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e889fc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e889fc3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c8f4a8\" data-id=\"3c8f4a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebb2ba7\" data-id=\"ebb2ba7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14b6458 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14b6458\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compassionatecounselling.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/quotes.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-117\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beb0353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"beb0353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This is a moment of suffering. Suffering is part of life. May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I give myself the compassion I need.  <br><br>Kristin Neff<br><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e16007\" data-id=\"9e16007\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>about Compassionate Counselling offers an alternative approach to facing emotional aches and pains. Using Pascha Therapy, Anara will encourage you to turn softly toward what ails you. Her gentle approach will help you acknowledge what you feel and then support you to open to why you feel this way. 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