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CAROL LAVOIE, Certified Counseling Astrologer, NCGR Level IV 30 years of experience that you can trust.
What You Should Know About My Counseling Sessions By Carol Lavoie
What I need from you to make an appointment: When we schedule our appointment I discuss what will be done in the session and how long it is. The first session we have together is 1.5 hours and I will cover the natal chart and include a 9 month forecast for you. Subsequent sessions are 1 hour. I tell you the fee and make sure that this is what you want. Check or credit cards are fine as well as cash. All of my session are conducted only by telephone. If you are not local often I can telephone you. You will need to have your exact birth time from the birth certificate on hand. I either make a cassette tape or CD for you and mail it to you after the session. There will be a bit of time at the end of our session for questions, however, 99% of my clientele does not have any questions when finish our session. That tells me that I most likely did my job well. Usually my clients tell me that they need to listen to the tape when they go home, which I feel is very important for them to do.What to expect in our first session The first natal chart session does include a forecast for almost a year. I explain what is occurring now and look ahead for about 9 -11 months to help explain the future energies that they will encounter and how the cycles might repeat themselves. I never tell you what to do - all decision making is yours to handle. However, based on the cycles and predictive techniques employed, I will explain what the energies are presenting and suggest how best to handle them. When we have a road map in front of us with the smooth highways and bumpy roads it is much easier to reach out destination. When we understand how to handle all of life’s little surprises - when to make changes and when not to, when and why something is happening in our lives and the experience or wisdom that it is bringing - it is much easier to gain the awareness and utilize it for evolution of our soul. I begin every session with a brief prayer and invocation of gratitude. I refer to my sessions as ‘counseling sessions’, not therapy sessions or ‘readings’ (the popular term used by the psychics and mediums). Although I do have a Master’s Degree and am a dissertation away from a Ph.D., I do not feel that being a "therapist’ is my role in an astrological session. I tell believe that you know yourself better than anyone else does and to trust your instincts. I have designed my natal chart sessions so that you are given an in-depth glimpse of yourself through my observations of your chart - to explain your patterns of behavior, motivations, strengths, weaknesses, talents and life lessons. I call this just a glimpse because this first session is 1.5 hours long and each personality is so complex and sensitive, such a short time cannot reveal all that you are. However, I feel that this extra time is sufficient to offer enough you enough information to review, reflect, and muse upon to identify things that either you did not want to address or confirm what you already knew. So many clients will phone me up in a few weeks time and thank me for telling them certain things about themselves that they didn’t see before in their behavior but now do and understand the reason behind it. We are complex creatures, without a doubt! My philosophy and approach to astrological counseling There are so many different schools of thought in astrology and how to approach a natal chart in a counseling session. Some astrologers believe that our roles are those of therapist, psychotherapists, healers, counselors, chart ‘readers’ and some even believe that we are just plain astrologers and nothing else! Well, this is just the tip of the iceberg which not only involves our own school of astrological knowledge and role in the session but also fundamental beliefs about what astrology can actually provide for you, the client. My philosophy and approach to a session is really quite simple. I do use the traditional methods of Western astrology (not to be mistaken for the Classical approach) and the more humanistic approach brought to the forefront and popularized by the in-depth teachings of esteemed astrologer, Dane Rudyar and modernized by other such renown astrologers as Steven Arroyo, Michael Meyers, Howard Sasportas, Richard Ideman and many others. For me approaching a chart is like looking at an unopened flower before it blossoms - there is some color and form, but the essence is not yet fully revealed - exactly what shape it will take is not yet known. Those are the potentials - will the flower come to term in tact? Be pollinated and bear fruit? Will some of the petals wither on the plant? Will certain petals fall away from outside stresses, will it be able to withstand attacks on its stem and roots from other influences? So when I first see a client and open my computer to their chart, I wonder at all of these potentials shown in the chart. Who are you and what will transpire in your life? I do feel that the chart is the reflection of the heavenly energies that each sensitive point embodies. I do feel that each of the archetypal energies are present in each of us at our disposal to aid us in fulfilling our daily and many-fold ‘ultimate’ purposes. I do consider reincarnation and do believe that life continues on after the change called death. But these beliefs are not imposed on a client when I sit with them for a counseling session. Sometimes clients call and ask if this will conflict with their religious beliefs. I tell them that it will not though I will make reference to God, or the Universal Spirit in our time together. When one is undergoing self realization spiritual foundations are involved as it is our essence but there is no conflict with one’s chosen religion. I explain that this session is all about you – who you are, what makes you who you are and how you can better understand and grow in conscious awareness to more successfully interact with you life. It's designed to assist in your personal evolution. Often people will ask if I am a psychic. I am not a psychic, though I am highly intuitive. And there is a difference. We are all intuitive to some degree. I feel that astrology is a holistic science. We need to study for years to be able to accurately and effectively counsel someone through their chart. It is not a psychic thing. Astrology is so very mathematically based. It’s calculations are completely from numerical data of the date, time and location of birth, with many adjustments and corrections being made for such things as time zones and daylight savings, precession corrected, type of zodiac used, house arrangement, etc. This is not psychic work! The chart yields a precisely calculated resultant horoscope. The entire chart is filled with precision of calculated numbers showing placements and geometrical angles, all things that an astrologer needs to understand clearly from long studies in order to safely and accurately delineate a chart. I look forward to being of assistance to you in your own journey to the Divine within. God bless you! Fees for consultations: 1) If you have a pressing issue or just want a quick session to get you on track or see where you are and what to do about developments in your life we can do a 1/2 hour session - $50.00. If the session goes beyond the half hour there is an additional fee of $50.00 for the next 1/2 hour. All sessions are recorded onto CD and mailed to you. 2) Our first full session is 1.5 hours long. The fee is $150.00 and I digitally record the session, put it on CDs and mail them to you. 3) Our second session or yearly update is between 1 hour or so for $150.00 - the session is recorded on CD and mailed to you. 4) Electional charts - $155.00 5) Electional charts for weddings - $ 195.00 6) Relationship charts - $225.00 I do appreciate your referring your family members and friends to me for a session. Payment accepted by MasterCard, Visa, Discover, money orders, checks and cash. God bless you and your loved ones.
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