Transformational Counseling with JC Shakespeare

02/17/2026

Join me for a Nervous System reset on Insight Timer, the meditation app I recommend to all my friends and clients. It's free, it has thousands of guided meditations, and it helps you stay motivated with streaks and bonuses. The challenge starts tomorrow, Feb 18, so sign up and join!

✨10-Day Nervous System Reset Challenge February 16-25, 2026✨ Welcome to the Nervous System Reset Challenge. Many of us move through our days feeling tense, overstimulated, or constantly “on.” Even when life seems manageable, our nervous systems may still be holding stress from long hours, di...

10/30/2022

Check these out. Any sound familiar?

08/08/2022

I'm so excited to be back doing in-person counseling sessions, including EMDR, in my new office. Here's a video the talented Scott Rice made for www.MentalHealthChannel.tv

http://mentalhealthchannel.tv/episode/on-my-way-now

Abuse in Wilson's past was starting to haunt him. But after a successful therapy regimen, he’s ready to tackle life. (7:10)

05/18/2021

If you are going through divorce I urge you to build your own support network. It can be a very lonely time, but you don’t have to do it alone. I highly recommend Dr. Fabiana Laby as a skilled and compassionate therapist. This is a new offering, so if this could be useful, give her a call.

04/07/2021

This is the best book on the human operating system I’ve read in a long time. If you’ve been enamored with the idea of transforming your life but didn’t know how to start, this book is a terrific map. Get it today and launch your journey to becoming a SelfHealer!

10/23/2020

This chart is a beautiful tool in learning to bring our shadows - the unconscious part of our psyche where our fragmented and unaccepted parts of self live - into the light of conscious acceptance and integration. Please feel free to leave comments and questions!

09/24/2020

Check out my visit with Dr. Bob Beare on The Recovery Crew podcast. We had a blast recording this!

Dr. Bob interviews JC Shakespeare, LPC-S, this week on the recovery crew podcast!

03/22/2020

My mother sent me this today and it resonated deeply. Let us reach for Love when we feel fear. Thanks Mom! Mary Shakespeare

If you find yourself needing support, I have online counseling slots available. Please visit www.jcshakespeare.com/contact to schedule a consultation.

03/18/2020

As we navigate this new reality together, it's important to understand what's happening on a deeper level. This article is an eloquent argument that we are being awakened to the fact that we are deeply interconnected with each other and the rest of nature, and we have to stop living as if that was not true.

An invisible specter in the field, the coronavirus is creating havoc in our world, disrupting business as usual as it ripples—both in our world and within our psyches—throughout the globe. To quote the doctor of the soul C. G. Jung, "Everything could be left undisturbed did not the new way dema

12/11/2019

When I worked in a residential treatment center, it was all too common for clients to band together around their frustrations around the perceived restrictions and rules. After spending many precious hours of group therapy time attempting to redirect engagements centered around these complaints, I c...