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Sallie A. Norquist, PhD
NJ licensed psychologist (NJ #2371)
201-659-3060 (ext. 15)
drnorquist@chaitanya.com

Sallie Norquist, PhD
Dr. Sallie Norquist, PhD, SEP, FOT, LFYP, is a NJ licensed psychologist (NJ #2371) with over 25 years of clinical experience. A graduate of the Clinical Psychology doctoral program at Michigan State University, Dr. Norquist is founder and director of Chaitanya Counseling Services, a stress management center in Hoboken. She has written a weekly column for the past 14 years called "Enlivening Ourselves" for The Hudson Reporter, which publishes 9 local weekly newspapers.

Dr Norquist views health as something achieved through active involvement on the part of each individual in acknowledging, accepting and taking responsibility for their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs. Her experience is that there is an inner, organic growth process that, once accessed, can lead each individual in their own healing journey. A nonjudgmental, accepting, mindful attitude is key to this process. Her focus is on assisting clients in accessing and listening to the wisdom of this emerging inner growth process. Body awareness is an essential aspect of this healing journey. The goal is a greater ability to navigate life's difficulties (including fear, anxiety, depression and trauma), a deeper, more enlivened life, the capacity for richer, more meaningful relationships with self and others, and the ability to access and to trust the flow of one's own life journey. Dr. Norquist has extensive training in somatic (body-oriented) psychotherapy, including the following modalities:

A. Somatic Experiencing (SE)
Dr. Norquist is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP). Somatic Experiencing is a body-oriented approach for treating trauma that was developed by Dr. Peter Levine (www.traumahealing.com). It is a gentle process that allows for the discharge of unresolved trauma and helps to restore self regulation and a sense of aliveness and wholeness. This technique is also helpful for managing stress, anxiety, anger and panic.

B. Focusing Oriented Therapy (FOT)
Dr. Norquist recently completed a two-year training program to become a Certified Focusing Oriented Psychotherapist, and has had extensive Focusing Oriented Trauma Resolution (FOTR) training with Shirley Turcotte, a renowned Canadian trauma treatment authority. Focusing Oriented Therapy is an experiential, client-centered, bodily felt-sense approach to therapy. Eugene Gendlin, PhD, defines Focusing as a means to providing "direct access to bodily knowing." It is a method for entering that place where the therapeutic change process occurs, and as such, is an extremely powerful agent for effecting deep change (www.focusing.org). It is especially useful for trauma, depression, anxiety, stuck places, and when you feel estranged from yourself, your body, or others. Often unique inner shifts occur, along with the emergence of new solutions for existing issues, including a physical change in the way the issue lives in the body.

C. Life Force Yoga Practitioner (LFYP)
As a certified Life Force Yoga Practitioner, Dr. Norquist has received training in various yogic techniques that are helpful in managing depression and anxiety (see Amy Weintraub www.yogafordepression.com). This includes asana, pranayama, mudra and meditaion. Additionally, she received training in Ayurvedic nutrition through the New York Open Center.

D. Bodynamics'
Currently, Dr. Norquist is studying Bodynamic somatic developmental psychotherapy, learning the psychological function of muscles related to the seven developmental stages (see www.bodynamicUSA.com)

Dr Norquist utilizes an eclectic treatment approach (body-oriented, cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, attachment-focused, or spiritually-focused) based on the needs and desires of each individual client.

She works with adults of all ages including young adults, college students, first-time mothers, adults at various crossroads in life, and senior citizens.

Typical symptoms and issues that Dr. Norquist treats include:

bulletAnxiety, stress, and panic
bulletSearch for meaning/direction/purpose
bulletDepression, low self esteem
bulletPersonal and spiritual growth
bulletGrief and loss
bulletLife transitions and adjustments
bulletRelationship issues
bulletCommunication problems
bulletTrauma, PTSD, abuse
bulletIdentity development
bulletCo-dependency, ACOA
bulletAnger management
bulletHealth concerns, chronic illness
bulletParenting
bulletInterpersonal difficulties,
social skills development
bulletRebuilding one's life
after addiction

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Dr. Norquist writes a weekly column for the Hudson Reporter newspapers of Hoboken, Jersey City, Secaucus, Weehawken, North Bergen, Union City, West New York, Bayonne and Hudson County, N.J. (http://www.hudsonreporter.com/pages/health)

She answers questions about life and relationships from a holistic, spiritual orientation. Her intention is to assist  people in empowering themselves, and provide meaningful concepts and recommendations that have practical applications.

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