{"id":5,"date":"2011-07-14T19:45:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T19:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2016-02-25T02:50:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T02:50:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/?page_id=5","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"grid_8 \"><h2>About Melissa Lowe, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/profPhotoblog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1146 size-medium\" title=\"page-thumb01\" src=\"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/profPhotoblog-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melissa Lowe, Ph.D., is a counselor in private practice since 1992. Her unique approach of changing states of mind to incorporate a present awareness during increasingly challenging times has been Dr. Lowe\u2019s area of expertise, focus and personal practice.<\/p>\n<p>Her modality integrates Jungian and Object Relational psychologies with Heart Centered energy therapies.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lowe is the author of Apocalypse of the Mind: Integrating Ego into Stillness of Consciousness, published by O-Books.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><em>It is my intention to facilitate individual and an interactive community in understanding the unconscious nature, develop tools and resources that assist in the integration of Spirit, Soul and Ego. From this place of inner excellence, one lives their truth, with power, out of a place of serenity.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid_4 \"><h2>My Philosophy<\/h2>\n<span class=\"dropcap dropcap_left\">1<\/span><!-- .dropcap_left (end) -->\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Awareness<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>AWARENESS, which includes self disclosure and insight into your unconscious. You will learn the techniques and skills and apply these daily to discover what is operating at the unconscious levels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sm_hr\"><\/div>\n<span class=\"dropcap dropcap_right\">2<\/span><!-- .dropcap_right (end) -->\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Acceptance<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>ACCEPTANCE, through learning how to shift your mind into the observer or witnessing state. You will have a more focused awareness as you go through your day. A more quiet mind will occur in your meditative practice. This process begins and supports the next step of integration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sm_hr\"><\/div>\n<span class=\"dropcap dropcap_left\">3<\/span><!-- .dropcap_left (end) -->\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Integration<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>INTEGRATION occurs as your unconscious fears, which prevent creative insight, passion and a quiet mind, no longer influence your thoughts, actions or emotions. You achieve a stillness of mind. Life becomes easier.<\/p>\n<h2>Employing these steps will make your life simpler and happier!<\/h2><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"spacer\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid_12 \"><h2>LTC Counseling, LLC<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"recent-posts team\"><li class=\"post-583 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\"><figure class=\"featured-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/?team=alan-smith\" title=\"Sirel Taner-Caballero, M.S.\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P15-scaled-140x158.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/?team=alan-smith\" title=\"Sirel Taner-Caballero, M.S.\">Sirel Taner-Caballero, M.S.<\/a><\/h5>Sirel Taner-Caballero, LMHC, is a licensed mental health counselor and psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><li class=\"post-303 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\"><figure class=\"featured-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/?team=edna-barton\" title=\"Cuneyt Iscan, M.D.\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10249073_10152147174307982_2014468240_n-140x158.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/?team=edna-barton\" title=\"Cuneyt Iscan, M.D.\">Cuneyt Iscan, M.D.<\/a><\/h5>Dr. Iscan provides medication evaluation, as well as, psychoanalysis. His office is in Suite 2.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/li><!-- .entry (end) --><\/ul><!-- .recent-posts (end) --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1632,"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/1632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}