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The Awakened Therapist: Spirituality, Consciousness, and Subtle Energy in Gestalt Therapy

Harmony Kwiker, MA, LPC, ACS

Visiting Instructor

MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling Concentration

hkwiker@naropa.edu

EDUCATION:

Masters of Arts, Clinical Psychology

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS:

MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling

COURSES TAUGHT:

Gestalt I: Awareness / Gestalt II: Experiments
Harmony Kwiker (she/her/hers), MA, LPC, ACS, has dedicated her career to exploring the transcendent in clinical spaces. As an instructor, she is honored to empower her students to access their intuition and subtle sensitivities as they learn the art of transpersonal counseling. Harmony is also the founder of the Institute for Spiritual Alignment where she offers ongoing learning opportunities for therapists who are committed to awakening.

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Reveal: Embody the True Self Beyond Trauma and Conditioning, a self-help memoir
  • Align: Living and Loving from the True Self, a self-help book
  • The Awakened Therapist: Spirituality, Consciousness, and Subtle Energy in Gestalt Therapy, a textbook

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This is where experiential learning meets academic rigor. Where you challenge your intellect and uncover your potential. Where you discover the work you’re moved to do—then use it to transform our world.

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Contemplative education brings together the best of Western scholarship and Eastern world wisdom traditions. Therefore, your pursuit of wisdom at Naropa means learning both about academic subjects and about your own place in the world. This innovative approach places Naropa on the cutting edge of the newest and most effective methods of teaching and learning.  

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How is Naropa different from other universities? At Naropa, a liberal arts education balances rigorous academics with powerful interpersonal skills and self-awareness to educate the whole person. Naropa’s contemplative approach is inspired by Buddhist philosophy and the conviction that we can build a diverse, contemplative, enlightened society when we have transformed education to affirm the basic goodness of every person. 

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Naropa University campuses are closed on 12/17/2025. 

Due to adverse weather conditions of high winds and planned power outages, all Naropa campuses will be closed today. 

 

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