Michelle McGauchie, MFA, BA, OCAD, PG Dip, is an artist, facilitator, and a qualified psychosynthesis counsellor. She is also an accredited energy healer, medical intuitive and somatic body worker.
Michelle began her career studying dance, performance art and image making. She co-founded an arts’ initiative for people with mental health challenges and completed an MFA thesis on ‘The Psychology of Hysteria – 4D Performative Intervention in Theatre of the Real’.
Nomadic by nature Michelle has travelled the world honing and developing her skills in artistic expression and body awareness, applying them more and more as therapeutic tools.
For ten years she resided in Findhorn Ecovillage and Spiritual Community in Scotland. During this time she trained extensively in complementary therapies in Kißlegg, Germany; Madrid, Spain; Lake Atitlán, Guatemala and in transpersonal counselling in London, England; to name but a few. She held a private practice guiding a wide range of clientele, including people in cancer remission; those struggling with addiction and individuals with various forms of sensory impairment or physical ailments linked with PTSD.
Before returning to Canada, Michelle embarked on a pilgrimage through Japan where she was introduced to and inspired by the modality of Naikan psychotherapy. She also resided and served at Horakuan Temple, were she facilitated an ‘Art and Spirituality’ module for a one-week retreat on ‘Zen and Creativity’.
Back in Ontario, she was an outsourced support for Headwaters Academy; an outdoor-centric approach to education where she worked with students, families and faculty to facilitate a collaborative state of social and emotional growth.
Michelle’s career continues to shape itself in response to her inner compass, interests, passions and natural evolution.
She offers a dynamic enquiry into what shapes our being, the pulse from which we are birthing moment to moment. She provides a supportive environment where those interested in personal growth can discover new depths in their ever evolving journey.
Energy Healing and Transpersonal Counselling in Canada and worldwide 