I specialize in guiding individuals on a path of awakening, offering a unique blend of spiritual, psychological, and shamanic tools for personal growth and self-realization.

Spiritual Psychotherapy

I specialize in the experiences of Awakening and In-lightenment. I offer a unique blend of spiritual, psychological, and shamanic tools for personal growth and self-realisation. I find that the synergy of spiritual, psychological, and shamanic practices to be most effective. Daily commitment to these practices helps navigate the effects of isolation, confusion, and trauma, integrating and transforming them into valuable spiritual insights. I ask my prospective clients to commit to a 15 minute daily practice for 30 days before starting the work.

Hypnogression & Soul Retrieval

Hypnogression is a modern take on the soul retrieval methods of traditional shamans. Using hypnosis techniques I can help you revisit the places within that are stuck or blocking you from being your true Self.

Relationship Counseling

I view the relationship as my client, fostering understanding of each other's needs and dreams. I specialise in translating partners to each other in a way that each feels heard and understood.

About Val

After experiencing numerous moments of oneness starting in 1996, I became deeply fascinated by experiences of wholeness and enlightenment to the exclusion to everything else. In these instances of oneness, I've experienced complete mental, physical, and emotional health, filled with trust, peace, and fearlessness. I strongly believe that most, if not all, dis-ease stem from a separation from oneself, from others, from our soul and from oneness.

Certain traumas can be challenging, leading parts of our psyche to fragment, referred to as soul loss. It's a natural process wherein innocence is sacrificed for wisdom to thrive. However, these disconnected parts can sometimes remain stuck, hindering the completion of developmental milestones and causing symptoms like disassociation, depression, persistent grief, or seeking solace in various addictions. This soul loss can result in a detachment from life itself, leading to an inability to experience joy, known as anhedonia. Such parts might take over our psyche in challenging situations, hindering our ability to be present, connected with and enjoy our intimate experience of self. Fortunately, various practices exist to identify, love, and reintegrate these fragmented parts, occasionally leading to experiences of satori.

Through extensive experimentation, I've refined practices that consistently yield profound results. My mission is to teach these transformative techniques and offer mentorship along the path of awakening.

For over 26 years, I've dedicated myself to learning from spiritual teachers, earning a Master's in Clinical Psychology, and investing over 30,000 hours in spiritual practices to explore the concept of Awakening. I deeply value collaboration with like-minded individuals. Join me on this journey of self-discovery, healing, and empowerment, and uncover the joy in ongoing personal growth. If you're walking a similar path or have questions, please feel free to connect.

You can contact me here or call 510-301-5658 I look forward to hearing from you.

Credentials:

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 132699

  • M.A. Transpersonal Psychology.

  • Macrobiotic Chef Kushi Macrobiotic Institute.

  • Meditation and Qi-gong Instructor.

  • Re-connective Healing Practitioner.

  • Certified Master Hypnotherapist with the Hypnotherapy Training Institute.

  • Reiki II Practitioner

  • Sannyasin.

Rate $170 individual and $220 couples. I offer sliding scale to students learning Practices.

My students who teach practices.

  • "I have made so many miraculous breakthroughs from working with Val."

    I can't believe the personal and spiritual growth I have undergone! I feel completely comfortable and at home with him in his office- he is truly the BEST and I'd recommend hypnogression for anyone wanting to heal and make a breakthrough!

    – K.U.

  • “Working with Val has been absolutely incredible and life changing!"

    I am so grateful to have his warmth, skills, and depth of seeing into my soul and helping me blossom. My life continues to grow so much!

  • “Val is an ancient text and new book with unlimited number of endings, as in never ending story."

    He is very wise and loving. More than all of these words he is a human being with powers of persuasion and with an inner child playfully searching with finding and telling us “it’s all okay” and not only okay, “it’s really beautiful to be.

    – F.A.

  • “Traveler…Philosopher…Brother…Teacher and a Student."

    This amazing creative being who doesn’t really want to make his art as business… Always here, always ready to help (sometimes even forgetting about himself :) Would take his last jacket off for the struggling and cold homeless guy just because tonight Valera has a place to sleep and this guy isn’t…there is so much to tell, there is so much to write about this MAN.”

    – E.T.

  • “Valera is an amazing hypnogression guide. ”

    I had a profound experience with him. I felt safe and was able to go deep into my psyche, in ways that reminded me of a psychedelic experience, only here there was no substance, just Valera's presence and guidance. I highly recommend meeting him. It's a unique, deep and fun experience.

    – S.E.

  • “Val is not only a therapist but a a spiritual midwife.”

    He pays sacred attention to his clients and tunes into channels of information many therapists can't access. The reverence he brings to the process and to each individual engenders profound safety and openness, two essential ingredients for healing and transformation. He opens the door for you and finds the parts that have been waiting a lifetime to step through, in this way healing personal and trans-generational wounds.

    – L.B.