What is Holistic Health?

Holistic health draws inspiration from the concept that when you are struggling with aftermath of some life event, it rarely (if ever) only impact a single area in your life. Consider this: You are experiencing something that is traumatic and or grief-inducing like instability in your current place of employment. The obvious issue is the financial instability that would result from being a part of the down-sizing efforts that the company might take. What might not be so apparent on the surface is the impact that the stress of the "unknown" is currently having on your life. How has the stress of the unknown impacted your relationship with others (spouse, partner, children, friends, etc.)? How has that stress impacted your consumption habits (eating, drinking, etc.)? What about your physical activity? What other adjustments has this unknown caused you to implement? This is just one event, and that event has not even happened, yet there are a number of areas that are potentially impacted by the possibility of this event (mental, physical, and financial) are real and being experienced. Holistic health, takes all of these areas of your life into consideration, honoring the fact that you are more to you than that singular life event.

Each 50-minute session with me will cost $300. When you work with me, you get support not only for your mental health, you also get support in the realms of financial counseling, as well as support with your physical fitness and nutrition. This is what makes our work together unique. I integrate my passions for holistic care in the realms that impact your health the most (mental, financial, and physical/nutritional) and contribute to your overall well-being. 

Dr. Brandon Shurn is a mental health counselor and counselor educator holding a Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision and a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Seattle University, working fulltime in the Online Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. 

He is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Maryland, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida. He has been in the counseling profession full-time since 2017 and has been providing mental health counseling services to clients since that time. He is also an Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC®) and Certified Personal Trainer and uses this knowledge to help clients achieve financial and fitness goals. 

Dr. Shurn is a proponent of personal growth and development and continues to seek ways to improve his ability to work effectively with his clients. He believes that the heart and mind are a type of soil that needs to be tiled to prepare to for growth, and the words spoken (even your thoughts) are the seeds that are sown, which ultimately procude the harvest you see in your life. He enjoys working with adults who have experienced truama and or grief inducing events in their lives and is a firm believer in the ability to successfully integrate those life experiences to emerge stronger and more EmPowered.

He is the owner/founder of EmPower Me Holistic Counseling where he uses his training in Gestalt therapy to work with clients from a holistic and integrative perspective to help them develop their ability to live more EmPowered. His personal maxim is “You may not be able to control how life happens to you, but you can control how you happen to life.” 

In his spare time, Dr. Shurn likes to hang out with his family, watch movies, exercise, and recharge with a good book.