Sabrina N’Diaye, PhD
hello
You’re a helping professional; perhaps you can relate to this…
Carol hated going to her office. Even though her ‘commute’ was a walk down a pleasant street, and she could track the changing seasons by the leaves on the trees…
Even though she thought about her clients all the time and fretted over their well-being…
Even though she’d been a therapist for 15 years and knew her craft well…
She thought it would get easier. She thought she would love it more and more.
Instead, Carol felt more burdened each day hearing others’ problems. She found it harder to connect while maintaining her professional boundaries.
Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye is dedicated to bringing love, spirit, and purpose back into therapy. She helps therapists change the way they start their day so they can bring their whole body and being into their practice. Carol reached out to Sabrina for help.
“What do you do when you arrive in your office? Before that first client walks in? And in between visits?” Sabrina asked Carol.
“Get a cup of tea. Go pee. I don’t have time for anything else. I open my laptop, pull up my client’s file, and call them in.”
“Then what?” asked Sabrina.
“Then we start. I try to connect with people where they’re at, but at the end of the day — heck, at the start of the day! — I’m exhausted and just feel like a ‘technician.’ Please tell me there’s hope, and I haven’t wasted the last 15 years of my life!”
Does any part of Carol’s story sound familiar?
Want to see how Sabrina answered Carol’s wish?
“Psychotherapy is an act of love, Carol. But we’ve been told that love of any type between a client and therapist is forbidden.
“Every day, you’re missing that truth, and it’s weighing on you. You need to create space for your own heart before you can care for another’s.
“Let’s create a small ritual you can do to call in love before and after each session, to remind you of why you’re doing this work.’
Let’s take a peek into Carol’s office today…
Carol is sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before her first session to do her favorite thing: Start her ritual practice.
First, she lights the lotus candle on her desk and waits for the rose scent to reach her nose. She slowly stands and takes a deep breath.
With hand on heart, Carol imagines the face of her next client, says a prayer asking for guidance for what they might need, and turns on a song that has been calling to her that day.
Carol dances in her office, letting her clothes swirl around her and stretching all parts of her body. When the music stops, she takes another deep breath to bring her energy back inside.
Then, with love in her heart, Carol opens the door and invites her client in.
Module 1: Original Medicine
The first module opens with an exploration of you: your calling and purpose, your big Why, and a return to the fiery passion or deep desires that brought you to this work. You will set your intention for this course, and outline the path back to the power of your origins. You’ll learn a rooted practice to start every session and ground you in the past and present.
You’ll Learn:
- The profound importance of why you are doing this work so your commitment can invigorate your practice.
- The Breath: Setting the Intention so you can begin each session with ease and focus.
- The concept of Original Medicine to uncover your and your client’s original power.
- The true definition of healing to expand your understanding of what you are working towards with your clients and to develop mutual trust.
Ritual and Healing
In this module, you will learn about the power of ritual. Go beyond the everyday understanding of ritual to realize how it helps us transcend the mundane. Learn why ritual takes us out of “ordinary” time and space to help us tap into extraordinary insight and connection. Discover how ritual creates a container for healing that can elevate your practice significantly.
You’ll Learn:
- The connection between ritual and transcendence and why it touches us so deeply.
- The core elements of ritual so you know how it is created from start to finish.
- The biology of ritual so you can understand how (and why) it works.
- How ritual impacts healing and why you should incorporate it into your work.
Therapy — A Spiritual Ritual
Module 3 builds on your knowledge of ritual by moving from the theory to the application of ritual in your own practice. You’ll learn specific techniques for bringing about greater depth, increasing insights, and amplifying ritual’s effectiveness.
You’ll Learn:
- Embodied techniques for each element of the ritual to enhance their power.
- Two exercises to help your clients go deeper into the moment.
- How to facilitate a meaningful return from ritual before you send your client back into the challenging world.
Love is the Medicine
In the final module, you’ll tap into the universal power of love as a critical force in healing. Sabrina will discuss her determination to keep love alive in her practice when “love” is considered taboo in therapy. You’ll look at the difference between relational or intimate love and spiritual love, and learn how to revive a ‘love affair’ with your work.
You’ll Learn:
- The biology of love and how it actually heals the body, mind, and spirit.
- How to safely talk about and tap into love in therapy sessions.
- The 3 things that keep our hearts closed to love and how you can unlock them.
- How to bring love practices into your client sessions in a safely and professionally.
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Meet your presenter
Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye
Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye is a therapist, storyteller, peacebuilder, and student of Sufism.
In 2008, she founded the Heart Nest Center for Peace and Healing in Baltimore, Maryland, where she lovingly serves women, couples, small groups, and other healers. Her approach to healing is a blend of wisdom, science, and the sacred Sufi teachings of peace, love, justice, mercy, and freedom.
Dr. Sabrina has worked with the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, teaching the art of self-care to healthcare professionals and community leaders. As Center faculty, she responded to community trauma in Las Vegas, Houston, the Pine Ridge Reservation, New York City, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, and the Middle East. She also served as the lead faculty for programs in Indianapolis, Central Asia, East Africa, the US Capitol Police, and the aftermath of the May 14, 2022, massacre in East Buffalo.
She recently completed her first book, Big Mama Speaks: Love Lessons from a Harlem River Swan, based on her maternal grandmother’s ability to transcend multiple traumas and chronic illness.
Dr. Sabrina is a devoted wife, mother, daughter, and life-long learner who remains humbled by the healing power of compassion, love, and forgiveness.
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