“Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” Carl Jung
“Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” Carl Jung
Jungian Transpersonal Psychotherapy and Human Development
My name is Nathalie Durel.
I am a Jungian Transpersonal Psychotherapist and have been facilitating human development for 25 years.
Sessions can be conducted in person in Cascais (Portugal) or via video conference.
I speak Portuguese, French, English, Spanish, and Italian.
Jungian Transpersonal Psychotherapist
With training in Jungian transpersonal psychotherapy (and clinical psychology), Nathalie integrates Jungian topics into her sessions, seeking to promote self-knowledge and transformation of the psyche at deep levels. ‘Becoming conscious is fundamental to evolving in the process of individuation.’ She also helps to find practical solutions for everyday life. She believes that being focused on the present allows us to create a meaningful life.
Creator of the Kiron Method®
An innovator in equine-assisted interventions, Nathalie developed the Kiron® Method in 2006. This experiential psycho-physical methodology places the patient (psychotherapy) or client (coaching) in an experiential situation with horses through specific exercises performed on the ground (without riding the horses). The fundamentals of the methodology are based on equine ethology combined with the horse as a mirror and mediator. Over the years, patients undergoing addiction detoxification treatment (approximately 2,500 patients), as well as those in individual and/or family therapy, have been treated (approximately 125,000 hours of equine-assisted mediation) with this innovative methodology.
Nathalie has taught the Kiron® Method for 15 years and provides supervision sessions to professionals and/or students.
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Psychotherapist of the deep unconscious analysing the dream world and archetypes
‘Within each of us, there is another whom we do not know, who speaks to us through dreams’ (C. Jung). Dreams are psychic creations that exist outside the development of consciousness but communicate directly with it. Nathalie works with dreams/nightmares in psychotherapy, which allows her to uncover themes from the patient's deep unconscious.
Writer and lecturer
2008: The rediscovered feminine - Women on the Inner Journey.
2023: reissue of the book by Ed. Mahatma
2016: Therapy horses - My journey with horses (out of print)
2016: Therapist horses - My journey with horses Fnac
2019: translated into Portuguese the book Ayahuasca, from serpent to jaguar - Ed. Zéfiro (click to buy)
Lecturer and writer of scientific articles on topics such as horse-assisted interventions, horse-assisted psychotherapy, the Kiron® method, equine ethology, and therapeutic horse welfare.
Psychogenealogy, a powerful tool
Nathalie uses psycho-genealogy in all her sessions. It is a research technique that analyses our family history and the events that mark and influence our lives on an individual level and that of our ancestors. It allows us to read, honour and heal our family tree, reaffirming our life purpose and our history in relation to our families, our parents and our lineage.
"The weight of genealogical memory is transmitted during the parental project at the conception of the child through the desire of the ancestors to
see their own desires fulfilled" P. Castillo
Jungian Art Therapist
Using art as a therapeutic tool, Nathalie promotes emotional expression and the discovery of new meanings through creativity. She uses the Sand Tray methodology, developed by Jung's student, Dora Kalff. The patient uses miniatures to set up scenarios on a sand tray, allowing them to externalise emotions, anxieties, problems and/or recurring situations.
Tabaqueira healer in the Amazonian tradition
Nathalie has been studying Amazonian plant-based medicine in the Ashaninka, Quechua-Lamista, and Shipibo-Conibo traditions for eight years. She provides post-ceremony and post-diet follow-up, particularly in understanding associated dreams and revealed issues. She also performs energy cleansing with ‘master’ plants and tobacco purges.
Principles of Jungian Psychotherapy
A journey of self-discovery and integration
Collective Unconscious
The Jungian approach values the collective unconscious, where symbols and archetypes share universal meanings, allowing individuals to find their personal history within a larger context.
Individuation
The process of individuation, central to Jungian psychology, aims to integrate the conscious and unconscious aspects of the psyche, promoting greater inner balance and authenticity.
Dreams and Simbolisme
Dreams are seen as a gateway to the unconscious, offering valuable insights into an individual's inner life. The symbolic interpretation of dreams is a powerful tool in Jungian therapy.
