new orleans
Our New Orleans area center is located in Mandeville, Louisiana on the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain. We serve individuals and families in this central location only 45 minutes from New Orleans across the Pontchartrain Causeway. We offer meditation, counseling, massage and energy work as well as natural healing education.
Michelle St. Raymond, LCSW-BACS
Michelle St. Raymond, LCSW-BACS
Coaching, Meditation and Clinical Social Work Supervision
Michelle St. Raymond is a Heartway practitioner, licensed clinical social worker and clinical supervisor in Mandeville, Louisiana. She worked for over 35 years under the direct guidance and supervision of our founder, Mariann Dykes. She currently offers counseling in our Mandeville office, as well as remote video or audio phone sessions. She includes her years of natural healing experience in all her work.
Her graduate work at Tulane University in clinical social work centered on family systems, family dynamics and relationships, from within and from without. A concept from that time over 35 years ago the she values is Endings Replicate Beginnings. She is now in the Autumn of her life's work.
Moving forward, clarity surfaces and ignites Michelle's focus on family through the IFS (Internal Family Systems) lens. In her personal life and professional life IFS offers a non-judgemental view of thoughts, challenges and relationships.
Instead of treating your thoughts and feelings as random noise, the IFS model sees them as parts of an inner family. Each part has a role, even the ones you wish would quiet down. Some push you to stay busy, some hide painful memories and others burst out in overwhelming ways when you’re stressed.Sometimes these parts help you. Other times, they work against what you actually need. Dr. Richard Schwartz noticed this pattern when he started working with clients in the 1980s. His clients described their thoughts like different people living inside their heads. Instead of calling this a problem, Dr.Schwartz became curious about what these internal voices were trying to accomplish. He then realized something important: These weren’t broken parts of the mind but protective systems using old survival strategies. This insight became internal family systems therapy, which teaches you to recognize both your parts and your core self. IFS names three kinds of parts, each serving a different role.
• Managers try to control life and prevent pain by keeping you organized,
driven and in control.
• Exiles carry memories and emotions that feel unbearable, often from
childhood, and get pushed away.
• Firefighters jump in when Exiles get triggered, using quick fixes like food,
substances or distractions to numb the hurt.
Behind all these parts lives something deeper. In IFS, this is called the Self. It isn’t another part; it’s the calm and centered core of who you are. Your Self possesses natural qualities that can heal and lead:
• Curiosity about what your parts need
• Compassion for their struggles and yours
• Confidence in your ability to handle life’s challenges
• Courage to face difficult truths and make necessary changes
Over her years of healing work, trauma and addictions have been integral to her
practice and client relationships. With the inclusion and integration of IFS this
compassionate practice is changing lives, her own family and her clients’. It
is now center stage, and she invites you to explore this powerful process. As we befriend our protective parts, who may be weary, with support, guidance
and care we create space for our ever-present Heart Centered authentic SELF to
show up.
"Family Relationship and Natural Healing Education are at the core of my life's work. Through the process of integrating body, mind and spirit working in harmony we access our inner resources and strengths. Through self-regulation and engagement in a co-regulation process I help others find their heart's way to balance and healing. "
For Questions or An Appointment Call: 985.789.6405
Coaching, Meditation and Clinical Social Work Supervision
Michelle St. Raymond is a Heartway practitioner, licensed clinical social worker and clinical supervisor in Mandeville, Louisiana. She worked for over 35 years under the direct guidance and supervision of our founder, Mariann Dykes. She currently offers counseling in our Mandeville office, as well as remote video or audio phone sessions. She includes her years of natural healing experience in all her work.
Her graduate work at Tulane University in clinical social work centered on family systems, family dynamics and relationships, from within and from without. A concept from that time over 35 years ago the she values is Endings Replicate Beginnings. She is now in the Autumn of her life's work.
Moving forward, clarity surfaces and ignites Michelle's focus on family through the IFS (Internal Family Systems) lens. In her personal life and professional life IFS offers a non-judgemental view of thoughts, challenges and relationships.
Instead of treating your thoughts and feelings as random noise, the IFS model sees them as parts of an inner family. Each part has a role, even the ones you wish would quiet down. Some push you to stay busy, some hide painful memories and others burst out in overwhelming ways when you’re stressed.Sometimes these parts help you. Other times, they work against what you actually need. Dr. Richard Schwartz noticed this pattern when he started working with clients in the 1980s. His clients described their thoughts like different people living inside their heads. Instead of calling this a problem, Dr.Schwartz became curious about what these internal voices were trying to accomplish. He then realized something important: These weren’t broken parts of the mind but protective systems using old survival strategies. This insight became internal family systems therapy, which teaches you to recognize both your parts and your core self. IFS names three kinds of parts, each serving a different role.
• Managers try to control life and prevent pain by keeping you organized,
driven and in control.
• Exiles carry memories and emotions that feel unbearable, often from
childhood, and get pushed away.
• Firefighters jump in when Exiles get triggered, using quick fixes like food,
substances or distractions to numb the hurt.
Behind all these parts lives something deeper. In IFS, this is called the Self. It isn’t another part; it’s the calm and centered core of who you are. Your Self possesses natural qualities that can heal and lead:
• Curiosity about what your parts need
• Compassion for their struggles and yours
• Confidence in your ability to handle life’s challenges
• Courage to face difficult truths and make necessary changes
Over her years of healing work, trauma and addictions have been integral to her
practice and client relationships. With the inclusion and integration of IFS this
compassionate practice is changing lives, her own family and her clients’. It
is now center stage, and she invites you to explore this powerful process. As we befriend our protective parts, who may be weary, with support, guidance
and care we create space for our ever-present Heart Centered authentic SELF to
show up.
"Family Relationship and Natural Healing Education are at the core of my life's work. Through the process of integrating body, mind and spirit working in harmony we access our inner resources and strengths. Through self-regulation and engagement in a co-regulation process I help others find their heart's way to balance and healing. "
For Questions or An Appointment Call: 985.789.6405
Christopher Evans, LMT #8218
Christopher Evans, LMT #8218
NCTMB #512161-06
Therapeutic Massage, Acupressure and Meridian Balancing
Christopher has been a part of Heartway Healing Center for over 30 years and a massage practitioner for the past 15 years. He offers circulatory massage, aromatherapy, acupressure and meridian balancing. Meridian balancing is based on the oriental principles of energy flow through the body and uses muscle testing to evaluate the relative strength of each meridian. Based on the assessment, acupressure points are activated to strengthen or sedate specific meridians. A gentle massage follows to help the body integrate and harmonize the energy work.
Christopher also leads several meditation groups.
“I believe that the body wants to be in a healthy state and given the support and opportunity it will naturally gravitate there. My massage, aromatherapy and Meridian balancing help clear a path so the body can naturally move to that more healthy place.”
For An Appointment Call: 720.302.3807
NCTMB #512161-06
Therapeutic Massage, Acupressure and Meridian Balancing
Christopher has been a part of Heartway Healing Center for over 30 years and a massage practitioner for the past 15 years. He offers circulatory massage, aromatherapy, acupressure and meridian balancing. Meridian balancing is based on the oriental principles of energy flow through the body and uses muscle testing to evaluate the relative strength of each meridian. Based on the assessment, acupressure points are activated to strengthen or sedate specific meridians. A gentle massage follows to help the body integrate and harmonize the energy work.
Christopher also leads several meditation groups.
“I believe that the body wants to be in a healthy state and given the support and opportunity it will naturally gravitate there. My massage, aromatherapy and Meridian balancing help clear a path so the body can naturally move to that more healthy place.”
For An Appointment Call: 720.302.3807
Lynne Mauthe, LPN, LMT #LA2997
Lynne Mauthe, LPN, LMT #2997
Cranial Sacral Balancing and Gentle Therapeutic Massage
Lynne Mauthe has been practicing the healing arts for over 30 years as a Licensed Practical Nurse and Massage Therapist. Her practice as a nurse combined with nurturing therapeutic touch reflects a life-long dedication to caring for others.
Listening intuitively to the conditions of her client's body and their concerns she at times utilizes Cranial Sacral Therapy. This is a gentle, noninvasive form of bodywork that addresses the bones of the head, spinal column and sacrum. The goal is to release compression in those areas.
"My work offers a revealing experience through gentle massage, listening intuitively to one’s body to help release hidden holding patterns. Heartway Energywork assists in releasing stress and pain thereby enhancing mobility. This practice, using Cranial Sacral Techniques, helps bring balance to the whole person-Body, Mind & Spirit. Heart-centered massage can help utilize the whole body as we move forward in our daily lives."
For An Appointment Call: 985.290.0612
Cranial Sacral Balancing and Gentle Therapeutic Massage
Lynne Mauthe has been practicing the healing arts for over 30 years as a Licensed Practical Nurse and Massage Therapist. Her practice as a nurse combined with nurturing therapeutic touch reflects a life-long dedication to caring for others.
Listening intuitively to the conditions of her client's body and their concerns she at times utilizes Cranial Sacral Therapy. This is a gentle, noninvasive form of bodywork that addresses the bones of the head, spinal column and sacrum. The goal is to release compression in those areas.
"My work offers a revealing experience through gentle massage, listening intuitively to one’s body to help release hidden holding patterns. Heartway Energywork assists in releasing stress and pain thereby enhancing mobility. This practice, using Cranial Sacral Techniques, helps bring balance to the whole person-Body, Mind & Spirit. Heart-centered massage can help utilize the whole body as we move forward in our daily lives."
For An Appointment Call: 985.290.0612
267 W. Causeway Approach
Mandeville, LA 70433
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