Kat Allen, MA, CYT
Body Psychotherapy, Yoga Therapy

The Four Aims Center for Mind-Body Therapies

• http://www.fouraims.com

Body-centered psychotherapy is a quick and unique way into the psyche, the soma, and what is true and present in the moment. Specializing in anxiety-depression, trauma, loss, addiction and chronic illness, I help clients uncover the source of their "blockages," what's holding them back (connecting past and present issues), while strengthening their ability to integrate body-wisdom and feelings with intellectual insight, freeing up a fuller range of expression in relationship to self and others.

Classical yoga and meditation is still a huge inspiration in my life; 22 years as a certified yoga teacher and yoga therapist has offered the relentless reminder that Ego is not a catalyst for healing and transformation, but with courage and commitment, one can find something deeper that is.

I've created a studio in West Seattle, the Four Aims Center, where I have a private counseling practice for individuals or couples, work with individuals interested in yoga therapy, and teach group yoga classes that offer lots of individual attention For yoga therapy I use tools that bring balance to the physical/structural, the physiology (sleep, digestion, women's issues, etc), mental-emotional (inquiry into the stories that rule us and our core psychic "tensions"), and the spiritual dimension, all according to an individual's needs and interests.

Anything to do with the body, energy and consciousness: unlocking emotional expression, dealing with grief, intimacy issues, trauma, addiction, body-image, anxiety-depression, feeling stuck, feeling deadened, and so on. On a more esoteric level, I create practices that refine awareness of energy-consciousness, ie: the flowering of the human soul experience. (It's actually very practical!)

I am writing a book, and need clients with whom to practice some specific techiniques I'm developing. Beyond traditional talk-therapy, the Inquiry Process and the movement and/or yoga exercises I employ, I am interested in going deeper into body-energy meditations and visualizations, chakra work, inner character dialogues, and significant emotional expression. Reduction of fee offered in exchange. Please call to talk about whether these techniques might be the "correct" healing application or catalyst for you at this time in your life.

M.A. in Applied Behavioral Science (Masters in Counseling), LIOS-Bastyr University, 2005.

B.A. in Dance, the University of Washington, 1981.

Certified yoga instructor since 1989 (Iyengar, Sivananda, Viniyoga).
Registered counselor since 1991.

Extended study in India with BKS Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois and TVK Desikachar, 1990-95. Yoga therapy training with Gary Kraftsow, Maui, 1996-2002.

Owner-director of Seattle yoga studio, Kaya Yoga, 1997-2003.

Intensive training with Doug and Naomi Moseley of Taos, New Mexico, in their Moseley Method of Intimacy Training, 1999-2007.

Adjunct faculty at Bastyr University, teaching the Psychology of Nourishment, Introduction to Yoga-asana and Philosphy, Yoga Therapy I and II, 2005-07.

Therapy Training with Sigmar Gerken, PhD, founder of Core Evolution, in the lineages of Bio- and Core Energetics, 2007-8.