Welcome to Rachel's home for Wholistic Therapeutic Services in the Vancouver area

European-style care for the Mind, Soul, and Spirit

Rachel Visconti (MA, RPC, Dipl. Psych. Astrol.) is a registered professional counsellor, a seasoned psychological astrologer, and an experienced horticulturist. Unifying these different professional hats makes her a unique kind of therapist: a veritable 'Gardener for the Soul'. 

Whether you need to weed through your symbolic inner garden, prune some unwanted metaphorical wood, or gaze at the allegorical heavens to glimpse the bigger picture, Rachel will meet you with respect and acceptance to facilitate your Self-development and to support you through your individual process.  

Enjoy exploring the site, and we hope to hear from you soon!

 


Musings about the word "Wholistic"

Psychology is generally considered to signify "the scientific study of the mind and how it influences behaviour"         (Oxford Dictionary). In the original Greek, however, the word 'psyche' was thought of as 'Soul'. As such it is likely to encompass far more than matters of the mind and their manifold expression in behaviour.                                          'Soul' could well be the agent that connects our material, concrete reality with the spiritual, mystical reality.            Therefore it is insufficient to study behaviour and cognition in a reductionist and isolated fashion simply to eradicate symptoms and focus on one's functionality.

Psychology has perhaps also the purpose of connecting the different layers of our existence and thus navigating us into an increasingly rounded and integrated state of wholeness. So here, we aim to put the psyche (soul) back into psychology. We consider the human being as a whole, entire being consisting of body, heart, mind, soul, and spirit - looking at all of you, hence: wholistic. 


“The nature of the psyche reaches into obscurities far beyond the scope of our understanding.
It contains as many riddles as the universe with its galactic systems,
before whose majestic configurations only a mind lacking in imagination can fail
to admit its own insufficiency.”

C.G. Jung