Virginia A. Bloom

Licensed Professional, MEd, LPC

Virginia A. Bloom

Licensed Professional, MEd, LPC

Background

I am Virginia Bloom, MEd, LPC-Supervisor - a licensed professional counselor, certified somatic therapist, success and manifestation coach. I am also licensed to train other counselors and help them to become LPCs. I have been a counselor for over 40 years. I received my Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin. I studied personal coaching at The Awakened School. My Bachelor’s degree is a BFA in Dance from Ohio University.

I am the former Clinical Director and Program Manager of two women’s counseling programs with The YWCA of Greater Austin. I helped train and supervise other counselors. I formerly was contracted with SIMMS which is a counseling program for musicians and their families. As a counselor, success and manifestation coach, entrepreneur, artist and spiritual practitioner, I have worked with many creatives, healers, coaches, business owners, professionals and people on a personal growth path.

My clients are typically open to trying a variety of healing modalities, often spiritual in some way and excited to see results in their lives.

Spirituality is what I have studied since I was sixteen years old. I am a lifetime meditator who has explored many different forms of it. I am a Siddha (advanced meditator) using a mantra form of meditation. I teach meditation using mantras, which are vibrational words originating from the ancient wisdom traditions of India, as well as other forms. I have met and studied with many great meditation, energy and spiritual masters in my lifetime.

From each one, I learned a lot about consciousness, spiritual evolution, energy healing, use of intuition, creating success and manifestation.

I am a certified Somatic Experiencing therapist who studied with Somatic Experiencing International. This technique, developed by Peter Levine, PhD, is used to heal trauma through directly accessing the nervous system. It is a mind/body/emotions technique that gets at a deeper level of healing than talk therapy does.

I am also a certified teacher of the Art of Feminine Presence level II. This body of work focuses on how women can re-engage their powerful feminine nature and increase their sense of empowerment, resulting in more radiance, confidence and a stronger presence. It involves a tantric movement meditation practice which helps women connect to their bodies and ignite their internal energy system.

It helps women step into their fullest potential. Women who have studied this body of work with me report that they are living a more heart centered and fulfilling life.

Why I became a therapist

I became a therapist because I knew that I enjoyed working with people on a deep level. I had been interested in psychology since I was a young woman. I had studied holistic healing modalities for many years before deciding to become a counselor.

I also had explored healing through the body as a dancer and discovered the intricate and complex mind/body connection when in my twenties. I myself have experienced trauma so have searched for the most effective healing modalities. Through my psychological studies and own personal healing journey, I developed a 10-step system to help people to heal holistically and achieve the success that they are looking for in their lives.

My approach to therapy and coaching

My approach is very holistic. I take clients on a journey of releasing past conditioning, healing deeply rooted trauma and stepping boldly into the life they have longed to live.

Each client's journey is unique to them.

To begin, I help clients figure out their goals for therapy/coaching. I then explore with them about how present obstacles they face, with achieving their goals, are often rooted in past conditioning.

We do release work to clear ineffective core patterns created through this conditioning. Somatic therapy is used as a mind/body technique that specifically clears and heals a person from the negative impact of their past on their nervous system.

Once a client feels psychologically and physically healthier and freer to be their best self, I then help them figure out their life purpose and teach them specific tools and practices to manifest success in alignment with what they truly desire.

Somatic Energy Treatments

Somatic Energy Treatments are a ninety-minute immersive and comprehensive experience designed to support mind/body balance and nervous system regulation. We begin by identifying your personal goals for the treatment and action steps towards them. I teach you how to connect to source energy and apply it to help manifest your goals.

Next, you'll move to a massage table, and I'll use gentle touch and somatic movement to release restrictions around the flow of the cerebrospinal fluid in your body. This fluid is the clear liquid that cushions and nourishes your brain and spinal cord. As this flow becomes more easeful, your nervous system is invited to shift into a parasympathetic (rest and digest) state, promoting deep relaxation, emotional release, resilience and renewal.

Once your whole system is now in the comfort zone, you will also notice a significant shift in your capacity to succeed with your treatment goals.

I am a one stop shop

because, I am a licensed counselor who does traditional therapy regarding healing core patterns from the past; a somatic therapist who helps heal trauma in the body and a success and manifestation coach who helps people manifest their dream life.

Clients don’t need to hire three different professionals to create what they can in working with me.

What I like to do for fun

I love to dance and was in a dance company for five years called Komo Danceworks. I choreographed for, as well as danced in, company concerts. I have won awards for my choreography. I love to write too and am currently in the midst of writing two books. One is a book of poetry and the other is about the system I developed to help people to direct energy to manifest their dream lives.

I engage in my own spiritual practice of meditation, vision mapping and manifestation every day in order to connect with source energy, create success and flow in my own life.

I constantly study up on the latest holistic healing modalities to further develop my abilities to counsel, coach and energetically heal those who choose to work with me.

My partner and I love to travel and currently own a second home in Mexico. I also enjoy gardening and growing a variety of flowers. Photography of plants, using my iPhone, is one of my pastimes.

Quotes I find inspiring or insightful

“Happiness is a by-product of tapping into source energy and taking action steps towards our desired goals. Doing so ignites us with optimism, thus ensuring that we create a meaningful and successful life.”

Virginia Bloom

“You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground.” Unknown

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw

“Some pursue happiness, others create it.” Unknown

“The greatest courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.” Oprah Winfrey

Licensed Professional Counselor

Virginia A. Bloom, MEd, LPC.

In-person counseling sessions in Austin. Texas and online for all of Texas

Somatic therapy for trauma

provided worldwide

Success/Manifestation Coaching provided worldwide

Licensed Professional Counselor

Virginia A. Bloom, MEd, LPC.

Get In Touch

In-person counseling sessions in Austin. Texas and online ones for all of Texas.

Somatic therapy for trauma provided worldwide.

Success and Manifestation Coaching provided worldwide.

(512) 627-0390

Located near the intersection of Parker Lane and Woodward Street in Austin, Texas.