Very often people are drawn to Hakomi because of how it helps one to move beyond the often frantic spinning of the mind and beyond just talking, talking, to a place where we can find the meaning of what is going on. But Hakomi like gestalt draws one because of how it can make sense as a way of being as well as a way of therapy. Ron Kurtz the founder of Hakomi, originally called it body-mind psychotherapy because he could see how much our body talks and how if as therapists and clients we can track what is going on in the body we can find out so much about ourselves and make meaning from it.

In more recent years Ron has called the method “assisted self-study”, focussing on the client becoming aware of their core-beliefs with the support of the therapist. This allows for much more empowerment of the client and yet it is about us not having to be on our own with our struggles but in the presence of another caring human. Mindfulness is an essential component in this way of exploring, both for the client and the therapist.

Seamus Connolly, and Rosemary Fitzgerald all have Hakomi training.